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Bad News for Chocoholics

New reports are saying that chocolate will become “like caviar” — i.e., a luxury good beyond the price range of most people — as prices and demand skyrocket. This is terrible.  I eat an obscene amount…

Eagerly Awaited December Books

For December, I think many of us are planning to catch up on our reading and do some Christmas gift shopping. Though we’ve had a good reading year by and large, for some reason there just…

Dressing up

At the opera house some weeks ago, my husband and I watched the audience and were struck by how little most of the women dressed up. Mind you, it’s easier for the men: Wear a dark…

Kiss and Tell

I read Surrender of a Lady recently, and as I read it, the heroine’s past really stuck with me. For those not familiar with Tiffany Clare’s debut, it centers on a heroine sold into slavery in…

Doing Without

So Friday I got ready to spend the weekend at a friend’s, got myself organized, and everything’s great.  PJs, check.  ProActiv, check.  Weekend work and Loretta Chase, double check.  All is well. Until Friday night arrives and…

Sherlock

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSQq_bC5kIw I first discovered Sherlock Holmes when I was in the 8th grade, and a friend gave me a copy of The Hound of the Baskervilles. I stayed up late reading it, completely scared myself, but…

Ah…Italy!

I recently took a trip to Italy with close friends, and as I strolled the streets of Rome or admired the views in small Tuscan villages, I couldn’t help wondering why I don’t find more romances…

Voting

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdRVQ4xwwmQ As I hope you Americans are aware, yesterday was Election Day.  I’m not here to talk about the results, which we’re all going to disagree on.  I want to comment on voter turnout. I go…

Long Buried Treasures

Each year AAR features a list of staff members’ buried treasures for the past year. In last year’s blog announcing our 2009 buried treasures, Lynn described them as  “the books that we really liked this year…