Blog Archive
Speaking of Audiobooks – The Reprise!
It’s been quite a while, but as AAR is now hosting all the reviews from the recently retired AudioGals website, it seemed like a good time to revive the old Speaking of Audiobooks ‘brand’ and bring…
the ask@AAR: What was the best….?
It’s that time of year: Our Best of 2024 lists will start to run soon! We don’t make lists by genre but that doesn’t mean you can’t! What is your pick for: the best historical romance…
Science is Sexy
Garrison Keillor once said Beauty isn’t worth thinking about; what’s important is your mind. You don’t want a fifty-dollar haircut on a fifty-cent head. I think he’s onto something, because intelligence is sexy. I’ve been re-reading…
the ask@AAR: Do you need a hug?
Whatever your politics and wherever you live, this week’s American election is something you’ve been inundated with stories and opinions about. On election day, I heard from friends in India, France, and UK about how shocked…
Time Traveling Is NOT Romantic
The very first romance I ever read was Jude Deveraux’s A Knight in Shining Armor. It was the summer between my freshman and sophomore years in college (1992), and I was staying with a friend for…
the ask@AAR: What, if any, social media do you use?
I’m old enough to have signed up for Facebook as soon as it was available to the general public. It was 2006 and my 15 year old son and I did it together. We weren’t sure…
You guys really like historical romance!
As we approach the end of the year, I start running reports–how we’re doing financially, what pages readers visit the most, etc…. One I run each year that becomes less and less accurate thanks to Kindle…