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Speaking of Audiobooks: How We Listen

In many ways, listening to an audiobook these days is far simpler than six years ago when I first discovered my love for them.  At the time, I still relied on a cassette tape player and…

Taking in the New FTC Guides

First of all, a disclaimer – Nothing in this piece is meant to be taken as legal advice by anyone reading here. Individual situations may vary widely, and anyone with a legal question should consult his…

AAR Book Club: The Readers Have Spoken

In an extremely tight race, Welcome to Temptation edged out SEP’s Nobody’s Baby But Mine.  It was a squeaker. The next AAR Book Club discussion will be held on Sunday, November 1 at 4 pm eastern…

Great Gabaldon Winner!

We have a winner in our Great Gabaldon Giveaway! From all the entries featuring the correct answer to the trivia question, random.org selected Jennifer Feltwell for us. Congratulations! I hope you enjoy the book! -Lynn Spencer

The State of AAR: September 2009

Last month we started the first in a series of monthly reports on the status of AAR. We’re happy to report that September was another good month. We added a variety of new content and visits…

The Most Complicated Sport in the World

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi0K0V-SBEc This video is not lying.  In fact, it’s about the clearest explanation of cricket I’ve ever gotten.  Which is about as clear as mud.  Cricket is nuts.

Eagerly Awaiting for November

AAR Staff again weighs in with which coming November books they are dying to read. Title and Author Reviewer A Regency Christmas anthology Jean, Lee, Anne, Blythe, Lynn, Rachel, Rike, Ellen To Desire a Devil by…

You Send Things by Snail Mail?

A recent thread at AAR on the lost art of cursive writing got me thinking about snail mail. I’ve always had horrible handwriting. In fact, the only grade of C I ever received in school was…

Visiting the Oktoberfest

Although we live more than 200 miles from Munich, we are Bavarians, so this year, we did what all Bavarians (in my husband’s opinion it’s an act of patriotic duty) should do: we visited the Oktoberfest.…