Blog Archive
Do You Like to Be Spoiled?
Let’s get this out of the way first thing: I love to be spoiled. In fact, I frequently beg people at AAR for spoilers before I’ll take a risk on reading a book by a new-to-me…
What About All Those Eagerly Awaited Books?
Each month, the AAR staff post their picks of soon-to-be-released books that we’re excited about. These are not necessarily books we’ll read for review, but they may be new releases from much-loved authors or books that…
Reality TV Update
As the fall TV season approaches, I’m looking forward to the start of my two favorite fall reality shows, Survivor and The Amazing Race. While I’ve watched Dancing With the Stars most seasons, I’m less than…
Speaking of Audiobooks: Valued Archives and Future Possibilities
Although Speaking of Audiobooks is a relatively young column, our archives contain a tremendous amount of information relating to romance audiobooks. Yes, the actual columns do comprise a fair amount of this content but the greater…
PW Select: Boon or Bust for Self-published Authors
Publishers Weekly is a trade journal read primarily by booksellers and librarians (although some authors subscribe because of the industry news, and book geeks like me will spring for a copy now and then). They review…
Monty Python
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npjOSLCR2hE The world, I sometimes feel, is divided into two categories: the Pythonites, and the non-Pythonites. It took me a while to even understand what they were talking about, and some of the stuff I really…
Eagerly Awaited October Books
As fall approaches, the weather will (hopefully) cool off and I can enjoy the crisp air and leaves changing, and curl up with a good book. As we’ve been noticing all year, there are lots of…