Yesterday, I returned from trying on possible Mother of the Groom lehengas to read this crap headline from Washington Post: At 59, I needed a fancy gown. Should I go for sexy or mother of the…
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…
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…
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. …
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…
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…
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…