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the ask@AAR: Have you seen any of the Best Picture Nominees? What did you think?

It’s Oscar time and, as usual, I have seen almost none of the nominees–currently I’ve only seen Barbie. The nominees are: American Fiction Anatomy of a Fall Barbie The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon Maestro…

Chatting with Kami Tei, Amazon Senior Editor, about the Top Romances of 2023

I was interested in Amazon’s list of the top romances of 2023. (Of these, we’ve reviewed Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, Happy Place, Hello Stranger, Love, Theoretically, Forget Me Not, The Love Wager, The Blonde Identity, and…

Best Belated Reads

When we do our annual Best of posts every year, we limit our choices to books that were published that year – so our Best of 2023 posts included only books that were published in 2023. …

the ask@AAR: Does anyone still love bad boys?

AAR typically gets its review books from two places: Edelweiss and Netgalley. I love pursuing these lists. I see upcoming books that mystify me–The Ten Best Kentucky Derbys! How to Date A Foreigner!–as well as those…

TBR Challenge January 2024 – Once More With Feeling

Time to kick off TBR Challenge 2024! The challenge is hosted once again by the wonderful Wendy the Super Librarian, and this month’s theme is Once More With Feeling. We went in different directions with our…

The Best of the Best – Our Favourite Books of 2023

We’ve reached the end of our individual Best of 2023 lists, so now it’s crunch time, and we’ve all narrowed our choices down to a single (mostly!) Best Book of the Year.  Without further ado, here…

the ask@AAR: What were your top reads of 2023?

You’ve seen ours–it’s your turn to share! What were your top reads of 2023? (And, if you’d like to see all our choices for Best of 2023 in one place, you can see them all here.)

The Best of 2023 – Dabney’s List

2023 was a smashing reading year for me. I read a book or so a week–a slower pace than of old but one that gave me more time for thought. Of those reads, these ten books,…

The Best of 2023 – Caz’s List

2023 has been another pretty good reading year for me, although I will admit that I’ve reached a stage where I carefully curate my reading – life’s too short to read crappy books – which undoubtedly…