Blog Archive
the ask@AAR: What is the best historical fiction you’ve read lately?
I cannot stop raving about The Frozen River, Ariel Lawson’s upcoming book. I can’t wait for youall to be able to read it. It is the best historical fiction I’ve read in a good long while.…
TBR Challenge September 2023 – New Author
This month’s prompt is “new author” – and Caz and Lynn both went for books by authors whose work they haven’t read before. Caz picked up an age-gap contemporary romance set in New Zealand while Lynn…
Fanfiction versus Retellings – Do you have a favorite?
I got interested in fanfiction when I saw that three new books I’m reviewing were inspired by popular fanfiction characters and realized how fast this genre is growing! Fanfiction is described as new stories based on…
the ask@AAR: What do you think about our new site?
Welcome to the new All About Romance! We’ve changed our Home page, added a way for you to keep track of the books you love–Bookmarks–and improved our backend coding. We hope you like it! Please let…
Coming Soon – The Books We’re Most Looking Forward to Reading in September 2023
September is traditionally a BIG month for new romance releases, and this September is certainly continuing that tradition with a bumper crop of new titles to get stuck into! As always, we love hearing which books…
the ask@AAR: Have you seen Barbie and what did you think?
I finally saw Barbie last week in a funky little theater in Asheville, North Carolina. My daughter and I took in an afternoon show and the theater was almost empty–it was the two of us and…
Are these movies better than the books? I think so! Do you?
Gone with the Wind The Godfather Jaws The English Patient Little Women (2019) The Notebook Stardust What, you ask, are these? Movie adaptations that are better–in some cases, much better–than the books they are inspired by.…
the ask@AAR: Are people more rude than in the past? And if so, why?
Lately, everywhere I read, I see articles about the increased cruelty/meanness/rudeness of our modern world. Articles titled How America Got Mean, Bad behavior at ‘Barbenheimer’ reflects a worrying trend, If you’ve felt like people are getting crueler,…
