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Good Small-Town Romance?

Okay. I know small town romances can get a bad rap online sometimes. And it’s not totally without reason. After all, we’ve all read more than one (probably WAY more than one) book about the spunky…

Movie Memory Lane

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6bvuhPyq8Q This weekend, I somehow got hold of a copy of the original Star Wars trilogy (not that misbegotten, atrocious affair from the 90s), and I had a glorious 6-hour marathon going back to Yoda, Han…

Drop Dead Diva

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AUCSeyhkSs How did I miss this one? Somehow, Lifetime’s summer series Drop Dead Diva wasn’t just under my radar, it was completely outside of my radar. Then, a friend happened to mention that she was doing…

Nora Roberts Swag Winner

Danielle D is the randomly selected winner of the J.D. Robb ball cap and the Nora Roberts messenger bag.  Thanks to everyone who entered! And stay tuned.  Big doings coming up over the next few weeks,…

Speaking of Audiobooks: June 2010 Releases

My Unofficial Personal Listening Challenge for 2010 is proceeding quite well much to my delight.  For my first challenge category, Fantasy Romance, I chose Lois McMaster Bujold’s The Sharing Knife, Volume 1: Beguilement.  It was truly…

Perfectly Perfect Heroines

Confession: I’m not perfect. Well, duh, you say.  No one is.  But judging by some of the romances I read, I’d never know that women lead imperfect lives. I’m not talking about historicals, which are a…

Glee (I know. Again.)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwwb_S2qoo0 If you read this blog regularly, you’ve probably figured out there are a few Gleeks on AAR’s staff, myself very much included.  But now we’re coming up on the end.  After last night’s episode, there’s…

Eagerly Awaited July Books

The summer of fun reading continues! The July 2010 release list had many books which caught the eyes of AAR staffers, and the books we cannot wait to try are listed below. Title and Author Reviewer…

And 12 points go to … Germany!

On Saturday, the German contribution to the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest (also called the Grand Prix de la Chanson) won, the first time in 28 years. It’s a charming song and a charming performance, so here…