Blog Archive
Happy Independence Day!
For all of our American readers, hope you enjoy a happy Independence Day filled with freedom, fireworks, celebration, and good books! – AAR
Summer Recipes: Blythe's Mom's Lemon Squares
Both the houses I grew up in had swimming pools, so when any summer holiday rolled around the party was always at my house (in New Jersey this carried the added benefit of free volunteer labor…
All Roads Lead to Rome
When my daughter, son-in-law, and grand-twins moved from Washington, DC, to Rome because Richard was promoted, my husband and I were dismayed. Fortunately, the United Nations, for whom Richard works, gives a travel allowance that lets…
AAR Staff Top 10 Favorites – LinnieGayl's Picks
As one of AAR’s three pollsters – along with LeeB and Cindy – I truly adore the Top 100 poll. Sure, it’s a lot of work, but it’s also fun to look at the ballots as…
Sometimes It's Hard to be a Fan of Romance AND Sci-Fi
The romance community certainly has its kerfuffles, and some of it – such as the pointing of fingers at reviewers and calling them bullies – can get frustrating. Yet in the past few weeks, I’ve been…
RWA Time – What Would You Like?
May I just say that I can’t believe we’ve reached the end of June already? This year has just been a blur of activity and if it weren’t for the fact that it’s been 90+ degrees…
Dipping My Toes Into New Waters
I’ll be blunt here and say that I used to have little faith in self-publishing and small press publishing. There seemed to be so many terribly edited self-pubbed books out there, and I also used to…