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You Can’t Review Your Friends. You Just Can’t.
Okay, so maybe it’s just me who can’t, but I really don’t think so. It’s hard to remember these days, but the respect and credibility we now take for granted for this online thing we do…
Pastimes: What Do You Enjoy?
Jane Eyre had her painting. Marianne Dashwood played piano. Often the heroines in our favorite romance books have interests other than finding husbands and running households. The same is true for AAR staff members, who beside…
Did They or Didn't They?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwnmNETUQeM For those of you who are current with this season of Bones, you know what I’m asking. After last week’s episode (RIP Vincent Nigel-Murray) things are a bit ambiguous as to the current state of…
Vampires, Jane Austen, and a Trend that Just Won’t Die
We see lots of weird things in fiction. I don’t love it all, but who cares? Authors write what they want, publishers publish what they choose, and readers bloody well read whatever piques their fancy. So…
Holding Out for a Hero
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuuusuKxaB4… is my earworm of the day. I recently discovered that Jim Steinman is the composer not only of several great Meat Loaf songs, but also of Bonnie Tyler’s Holding Out for a Hero and Celine…
Romance Author Booksignings: May and Beyond
Have you been to any booksignings lately? I was lucky enough to attend a signing by one of my favorite mystery writers, Rhys Bowen, on tour for her latest Molly Murphy mystery – Bless The Bride…
Will & Kate – The Movie
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qu4wQwc6QU I haven’t seen it. And I have no desire to. I’m sure there are better and surer ways to kill a lovely real-life romance for the general public. Divorce. Over-exposure. Super-incompatibility. Okay, there are heaps…