The Host by Stephenie Meyer

Regular readers will know that I enjoyed the Twilight series and the story, but did not especially care for the writing. I wasn’t sure Meyer was bringing anything new to the table, and I found the dialogue hard to read.  But I loved the story so much that I kept reading. Fast.  You know that’s saying [...]

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 [...]

The Sunday Salon: My Week in Words

Well, we’ve recovered from another bout of family illness.  Seriously, how many times in a season can someone be sick?  Apparently three if the illnesses don’t come at once.  Anyway, the Am Bib hiatus is over, and I am back to my reading life.
Yesterday our 3-person book club expanded into lots more.  I invited an [...]

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: PageTurningMomma

For this week’s feature I’ll direct you toward my super-organized friend Melissa’s blog.  She’s refocusing it so that she can share more of the ton of info she knows about parenting, and she will still talk about what she’s reading.
Seriously, check her out! Visit http://pageturningmomma.blogspot.com/

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!

So what are you reading now?

A few of you were off to a good reading start with the coming of the new year. Are you still reading strong or have you wavered?
I started off great by reading The Alchemist’s Daughter (which I still need to review) in the first 2 days of the new year. Since then, I’ve had a [...]

Friday Feature: The First Step Is Admitting It

Yep, I’m a reality TV junkie.  My husband hates this about me. I don’t love it about me either. But it’s true, and it’s not going away. It’s something you should know about me.
Anyway, for this week’s feature, I direct you to Reality Blurred, written by Andy Denhart. His blog is in my Top 3 [...]

Your Favorite Reviews of 2008

It seems like everyone in the book blogging community is looking at their site statistics during 2008, so I thought I would share a couple of my own.
The reviews you loved the most were 19 Minutes by Jodi Picoult and New Moon by Stephanie Meyer.  If you’re looking for more reviews I’ve written of books [...]

Friday Feature: Abecedarian Academy

We’re developing a curriculum for Matthew’s early preschooling, and have really been liking some of the info we find at this site.  The Bug is two, and won’t be going to a regular preschool until he’s a bit older, but a week of working with him at home during Christmas break using more of a [...]

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