Blog Archive
Male fatphobia in romance novels: why does romance hate overweight men?
In all my years of romance reading, the only hero I recall who was described as overweight was Henry Tewskbury-Hampton of Carla Kelly’s delightful vintage Signet regency Miss Billings Treads the Boards. Over twenty years.
Coming Soon… The Romances We’re Looking Forward to Reading in July 2019
With summer in full swing (in the Northern Hemisphere, at least), how many of us are looking at new release lists to see which books we want to take on holiday? AAR has some ideas for…
June TBR Challenge – Historical Romance
I have to admit that I loved being prompted to read a historical this month. Historicals and gothics were my first loves, but my reading habits have evolved over time, and I don’t read as many…
At the Corner of Strong Women and Responsible Writing: A Guest Post and a Giveaway
Unless your head is buried in the proverbial sand (or real sand if you’re attempting to get in touch with your inner ostrich), you can’t possibly have missed the outpouring of strength that is the #MeToo…
AAR Loves… Modern Historicals
There’s a book you love set in 1960, but is it a modern historical? Modern historicals differ from classic contemporaries in that contemporaries were written when the setting was “now,” but to a modern historical author,…
Seasoned Romance: A Guest Post by Sandra Antonelli
In one of our recent AAR Loves… posts, (AAR Loves… Seasoned Romances) we talked about romances we loved that featured ‘more mature’ protagonists, and especially heroines who were over forty. One author of such novels who’s…
Five Baseball Romances Worth Your Time
It’s spring, and in my world, that means it’s baseball season. I’ve loved this sport since I was wee and I will hear none of this “it’s too boring” nonsense. (I respect all opinions, of course,…
