Challenge! Create a Soundtrack for Your Favorite Book

I’m really inspired today by our household’s latest toy, which is the 120GB Zune MP3 player. My husband is a musician, and we’ve thought about taking his collection digital for a while.  He was a little resistant because he’s a bit of a purist. All reservations aside, I managed to convince him to try it, [...]

My Challenge Updates

I just updated my challenge page. Click Here if you’re interested in reading it.
Or, leave a comment with a link to your challenge updates!

New Feature: Coffee & A Book Discussion Carnival

I’d like to introduce a new feature here at AmericanBibliophile.com.  Toward the end of each month, I’ll post discussion questions on a book that I’ve read.  If you’ve read the book, post your ideas (you can answer one question or all of them) on your blog and then come back and sign Mr. Linky.  It’s a [...]

Blog Improvement Project Catch-Up

In Week 1, we were asked to set goals for our blogs in 2009.  This is really important for the successful completion of any project, and I’ve known what I need to do for a while.  Thus, my goals are as follows:

Keep up with Google Reader and leave more comments on other people’s blogs.  This will help [...]

Friday Feature: GNMParents

I’ve written about this site before because it’s one of my favorites, but today GNMParents get’s a feature for having a book giveaway contest. Want to win “The No Cry Nap Solution” by Elizabeth Pantley?  Click Here to enter. It’s easy, it’s fun, and you could win a free book!

One more challenge, if you please!

I couldn’t resist joining the Jewish Literature Challenge, which runs from Hannukah to Passover.  The truth is, I’ve got several books by Jewish authors or about Jewish customs on my TBR list.  Here’s my reading plan:

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Foreskin’s Lament: A Memoir by Shalom Auslander
Rashi’s Daughters, Book 1: Joheved by Maggie Anton
Those [...]

The Sunday Salon: My Week in Words

What can I say? It’s been an awesome Christmas break!  I’ve gotten a couple of books read (which is an amazing accomplishment for me lately), had lots of family time, played lots of video games, and sung lots of songs with my little guy (today we’ve been singing Happy Birthday to everyone we know).  I [...]

Challenges for 2009

Have you gotten your challenges for 2009 set up yet?  Here’s what I’m doing:
50 Book Challenge (2009 Edition): Hosted here at American Bibliophile.  Click Here to sign up.
New Author Challenge: Hosted at Literary Escapism
Support Your Local Library Challenge: Hosted at J. Kaye’s Book Blog.
Is there anything else you think I should try? Leave a comment and [...]

The Sunday Salon: My Week in Words

I didn’t get much reading done until the end of the week since I was battling the stomach flu while Matt was also working 2nd shift.  It made for a very busy and interesting week.  Unfortunately, I’ve still got the flu, but I’ve also got Matt to help around the house now, which is nice. [...]

10 Books I’m Thankful are in My Life: Happy Thanksgiving!

The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Digging to America by Anne Tyler
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
1984 by George Orwell
Harry Potter By JK Rowling
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory
Seven Wild Sisters by Charles de Lint
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

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