Blog Archive
2013 Reading Year: In Search of Great Chick Lit/Women's Fiction
It’s hard to believe but we’re now into the eighth month of the 2013 reading year. This means there are only four months left to read the best of romance novels published in 2013 before voting…
Fall is Here and That Means FOOTBALL!
Summer is almost over and for many of us that means college football is about to begin. In the south, it is said there are three seasons: football, recruiting and spring practice. Fans obsess over every player…
Summer Recipes: Jean's Random Dressings
Summer is salad season for me. Period. It’s been less salady this year than other years because we had one heat wave of unending discomfort for two weeks, and everything else has been sub 30, and…
Bloggers, Reviewers and Street Teams?
The idea of the street team isn’t brand new; it’s been around the music industry for a while now and it started crossing over into romance at least 5-6 years ago. However, as self-publishing has grown…
Remembering Elizabeth Peters/Barbara Michaels
It was with much sorrow that I learned last week that Barbara Mertz (aka Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels) died on August 8. This notice appeared soon after on the author’s website: “Barbara Mertz (aka Elizabeth…
Lose Ten Pounds in Three Days
Back in the 80s I had an overweight friend that wanted to join the Navy. To qualify for the placement he wanted he had to lose something like seventy pounds in a few months. To aid…
AAR Staff Top Ten Favorites – Pat's Picks
Coming up with a list of my top romances is not romantic at all. In fact, it can be downright unromantic as I found out the first year I tried to compile a list of my…