Most blogs have RSS feeds setup - so all you have to do is click on the RSS button on the blog, copy and paste that URL into your reader and viola - all the blogs I want to view are all in one spot - I see all the new postings in the blog as one line titles and if they look interesting I click on them to view the entire page.
You can categorize the blogs by type - food, crafts, etc.
Also - alot of news sites, traffic sites, weather sites use RSS too - so I have those in my reader - to let me know the weather and traffic.
PS - And I've just added most of the ones you posted above - they look fab!!!!