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Speaking of Audiobooks: It’s All Reviews Today

It’s all reviews again today here at Speaking of Audiobooks.  We are featuring eight romance audiobooks including Contemporary, Romantic Suspense, Paranormal, and European Historical.  Up for review are Lisa Kleypas’ Prince of Dreams, Jayne Ann Krentz’s…

In Praise of the Frittata

For most of this hot summer my evening meal of choice has been anything cold. I’ve eaten salads in every variety possible. I’ve also done a few cold soups. I’ve had various combinations of cheese and…

Romance Author Booksignings: August and Beyond

This is my first booksigning since the closing of Borders was announced. Over the past year I have consistently found more romance and mystery author events at Barnes and Nobles and independent bookstores around the country…

TBR Challenge 2011 – The Steamy Stuff

For July’s TBR Challenge read, I had to dip into the spicy stuff. I have more then a few Blazes lying around and several Megan Hart novels, but I was craving a historical. What to do?…

A flood of fruit

My parents dropped by on Saturday, and left behind mountains of fruit. More specifically, about three pounds of blackberries, about seven pounds of mirabelles, and an unknown quantity of pears. The thing is, my parents know…

How EBooks Save Me from My Own Decluttering

I know that for the readers that just love holding the actual paper book in their hands, it is going to take a lot to convince them to change to eBooks. But this week, a recurring…

Tennis, anyone?

I used to be a fairweather fan. Back (waaaay back) when the Jays won the World Series back-to-back, I think every non-sports person jumped on the bandwagon. But I fell of the sports wagon and never…

Eagerly Awaited September Books

As I went over the list of September 2011 books that all of us on staff at AAR cannot wait to try, I noticed that, as usual, the list of books ran the gamut of romance…

It's raining – again

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFvJgjmW1nQThis must be the coldest, wettest, dreariest summer in history in Central Europe. The gardens are lush and green, weeds are sprouting, and the slugs are having a field day. Warm days are a rarity, and…