I recently agreed to post mother-daughter book reviews at Reading Local Portland, a place for all things literary related to my hometown. Reading Local is a new concept that started in Portland and has since expanded to Seattle, Atlanta and Chicago. Of course it makes sense that a Web service dedicted to reading locally would debut here in Portland, home to Powell’s City of Books and the Multnomah County Library, which has one of the largest circulations in the country.

Reading Local’s parent website, ReadingLocal.com, says it’s looking for bloggers to help it expand to other cities around the country. A wish list of targeted communities can be found on the website along with contact information.

Here’s a description from Reading Local’s About page: “Reading Local is an attempt to expose and promote local literary communities. We feature interviews with and profiles of authors, bookstore owners, publishers, agents, and the proprietors of local literary organizations. We offer reviews of books from local authors and publishers, commentary on news involving local literary institutions, and original content from local writers. Additionally, we pride ourselves on supporting any and all literary events occurring in our participating literary communities.”

Check out Reading Local and my review for the wonderful book by Kristin O’Donnell Tubb, Autumn Winifred Oliver Does Things Different.