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Goodbye, New Zealand

For those who don’t know, I’ve been living in New Zealand for the past two years.  Last week, I left.  It’s no more than one stage of my life finishing, and another beginning.  But the memories created…

The AAR Annual Poll: It’s Coming Soon

If you’re a longtime visitor to AAR, you know what’s coming later this month. But if you’re new to AAR, let us give you a heads-up now, because on Monday morning, January 24th, the AAR Annual…

Movie Review: Black Swan

I made one of my rare trips to the movies to see Black Swan, a film I’ve been excited about ever since the first promotional pictures came out over the summer.  She’s getting major Oscar buzz…

Enter to Win a New Kindle 3 from AAR (Contest Closed)

We’ve got a brand new Kindle 3 Wi-Fi to give away this week to one lucky reader, courtesy of AAR. The Kindle is the most popular product in Amazon’s history and, as someone who loves her Kindle 3,…

Re-gifting

Like every year, next to a number of Christmas presents I liked hugely (thanks again ever so much, guys!), there were two items under the tree that I was not quite to pleased with. I speak…

Speaking of Audiobooks: January 2011 Releases

All eyes are looking towards 2011 and here at Speaking of Audiobooks, we are no exception.  We are beginning the New Year with a bang as we launch our 2011 Listening Challenge in early January.  Whether…

Serious Series Addiction

I’m a romance reader who loves series books.  Give me books for all the brothers, sisters, cousins, friends, pack mates, or even coven members and blood brothers an author can come up with; I’m good with’em…

New Year's Resolution

We all make them, regardless of the arbitrariness of the notion.  What will we change in the new year?  As there are only a few days left of 2010, I’m going to share one of my…

The Bad, the Worst, and the Most Disappointing

Around this time of year, I start mentally preparing for AAR’s annual poll. I take stock of what I’ve read, what I should squeeze in before the deadline (I am always, always, reading up until the…