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Libraries in the Digital Age
This confession will probably give some of you a heart attack, but I haven’t read any of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series. I know, I know. It’s like I’ve been living under a rock buried 3 miles…
And in the End
Personally, if only given one choice I’d far prefer a bad beginning to a bad ending. The beginning sets the stage and opens the book, but who are we kidding? We’re romance readers. The ending’s the…
Hallelujah
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v22NMAG1k18&feature=related It is my untested and unscientific observation that Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” is the most covered song I’ve ever heard. It’s also one of my favorites. It’s interesting to listen to, and compare, different versions. As…
Giveaway News! (Contest Now Closed)
Though we draw readers from around the world, this site is based in the United States and today is Election Day here in a number of states. So – we have a special little giveaway for…
Eagerly Awaiting for December
AAR Staff again weighs in with which coming December books they are dying to read. Title and Author Reviewer Sold to a Laird by Karen Ranney Lynn, Lee, Jean Twelve Nights by Hope Tarr Rike, Lynn…
Happy Halloween!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1_I36qHDts&feature=PlayList&p=0370005369E75023&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=11 I love spooky movies, especially old black and white films from the 1950s or earlier. Now I’m not talking about slasher films; those just aren’t for me. But give me a good old Vincent Price…
The Lover Scorned
Recently, I reread Thornton Wilder’s The Ides of March. It’s a book I’ve read with great pleasure before; this time I was particularly struck by the way the relationship between the poet Catullus and society lady…