Critical Compendium

Hey, book review junkies -- good news! I know, I know, newspapers are downsizing and killing their book review sections at an alarming pace, these days. But there are still plenty of book reviews published every week in newspapers, magazines, and online. How to keep tabs on everything from the Atlanta Journal Constitution to Bookforum, Bookslut, and the Boston Globe to the Washington Post and Wilson Quarterly? Last month saw the launch of Critical Compendium, a website that takes care of that for you, by cherry-picking reviews from a few dozen English-language periodicals, and linking to them -- thereby offering "a daily dose of book reviews from around the world."

Today, for example, Critical Compendium links to reviews of: Saul Friedlander's "The Years of Extermination" in the New York Times, Pascal Richet's "A Natural History of Time" in the New York Sun, Mary Saums's novel "Thistle & Twigg" in the Nashville Scene, and "Steven Bach's "Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl" in Common Review.

Via Quick Study.