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Eagerly Awaited November Books

It looks like both historical and contemporary romance lovers have big releases to look forward to in November. On the historical side, our staff are all looking forward to reading the newest books from favorite authors…

The results of the AAR Top Ten Lists are in and the winner is….

Back in April, we began, on each Tuesday, publishing a reviewer’s Top Ten list. There were no rules other than the books be in the romance genre. Over the next five months, we published twenty-three lists.…

Favorite Movie of the Summer or Mother Nature is a Serial Killer

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sqfYPRrc2M Now that summer is officially over I am ready to call my favorite movie of the season, which would be (drum roll please) World War Z. Terrific pacing, strong acting and an interesting story line…

Cutest Commercial Ever

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryNtVK55OUY Does it seem that commercials have gotten better in recent years? This one is a current favorite. Wendy Clyde

Speaking of Audiobooks: Locating Your Audiobook Files

We have something special at Speaking of Audiobooks today. Brenda Lee is giving us some technical advice – she’s quite good at it and has been the hidden technical side of Speaking of Audiobooks for years…

Favorite Teen Romance Movies

Jenna’s recent blog on teen romance novels reminded me of another teen love: The teen romance movie. It seemed like the 80s and 90s were full of high school romantic adventures. These days those simpler tales…

Winter Warmers: Ad Hoc Scalloped Potatoes

A lot of my recipes are those I’ve sort of made up through goofing around in the kitchen, not really having the ingredients I’m supposed to have to make the recipe I’ve got in mind to…

And…The Top 100 Poll is Open for Voting!

Over the summer the AAR staff has shared with you our top ten romances. These posts were fun for us, and now it’s your turn to join in the fun and tell us what your favorite…

Bye-bye Breaking Bad

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nWjNgV_6yc This past Sunday the last episode of this iconic show aired on AMC. I wasn’t much of a fan but the minute I saw the first episode I knew my husband would like it. I…