Whatever else may be said about Ree Drummonds's blog Pioneer Woman, and much has been said, including a NewYorker profile on May 9 (p.26-31), it is a great blog technically with lots of disparate parts and pictures to follow.
I wonder if book-reading groups ever assign themselves a blog such as hers to follow, and then meet and comment on it, and possibly dissect it. Such as assignment would be fun and welcome to the readers who can never finish a tome such as Ulysses (grand though it is), and certainly never go back to it after the meeting. In some cases, the critical thinking and analysis that goes into reading books can and should be brought to bear on reading a series of blog posts. Viz, well written? true? complete? unique voice? shows development over time? characterizations? etc.
Somebody tell Oprah.
http://thepioneerwoman.com/
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