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Music of the Soul
Rita Dove said that “Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.” I totally agree with that. Whether it is painting a beautiful picture or capsulizing an ugly truth, a poem is language used…
Jonesing for Jocks
Currently I am assiduously avoiding sports. Literally. Much of my family is in another room swearing at the television as my husband’s alma mater fights to move forward in the NCAA tournament. In the time they’ve…
I Wish You’d Come Back Revisited
What a difference two years makes. Almost to the day two years ago I wrote a blog about authors, or author styles, I wished would come back to us readers. I wasn’t planning to revisit the blog, but…
Presto! Instant TV for Free!
With season four of Game of Thrones right around the corner, I began thinking about how much my television viewing habits have changed over the last few years. I used to be a news junkie and…
AAR takes on graphic novels
I’m very excited to announce that AAR will be reviewing romance graphic novels. We’ve reviewed a few in the past, but this will be an organized effort. What is a graphic novel? Typically, the term refers…
Because…Romance Novel!
Years ago, I used to do aerobics with an aspiring writer. One day she told me about the book for young readers that she was working on, which involved a villain who went back through time…
TBR Challenge – New to Me Books
I went back to “Sunday” in the Back to School Challenge this month, to read the second of the books I’d chosen for that day. The prompt was – Read a book that has in its…