Maud Newton Looks Back on Eight Years of Book Blogging

It’s been eight years since Maud Newton set up her book blog, which made her a kind of household name in the vast house of the literary Internet. Lots and lots of people love her quirky, and deeply smart, writing about books, authors, and life in the Internet age, and for good reason: she brings a lovable kind of personality to literary obsession that’s equal parts geek and scholar, and most of us who read and write about books can find bits of ourselves in her, while also finding tons of surprises.