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Hey, Did You Know We're All Irrelevant?

That’s right. Avon Books still believes that those of us out there writing internet reviews and reading them before we buy books don’t make a difference in the sales numbers. I was a little startled when…

The Office Season Finale Surprise

If you watch The Office but haven’t seen the finale yet, stop reading. It’s been almost a week, but I’m still freaking out about how the fifth season ended on Thursday night.  The Office is the…

Eating My Words (With a Large Side of Crow)

First of all, if you haven’t read Dead and Gone, the latest in Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse series, and you have any intention of reading it ever in your lifetime, then stop reading this blog. Seriously.…

Winner of the Sourcebooks contest!

We have a winner in the Sourcebooks contest.  The winning commenter, chosen at random, is Anon101.  Her favorite small press book is Mistress in Training by Edwina Columbia, and she is very excited to be the…

Forbes' List of 20 Best Cities

Because I  leave my Internet home page set to MSN, I often get distracted by the articles when my main purpose is to work. Today, one of the feature articles is about the world’s best cities to…

Re-Reading Old Favorites

I first started reading romances around age 11, when I discovered my mother’s huge stash of category romances. I read gazillions of these books—seriously, I couldn’t get enough—reading roughly 6 per week for years. Because I…

Sourcebooks contest! (Contest Now Closed)

If you’re curious about some of the small press offerings you’ve seen in bookstores, the authors at Sourcebooks Casablanca, the romance divison of Sourcebooks, have offered a wonderful prize to our readers. The winner here will…

Small Publishers – Bringing Variety to the Romance Market

I grew up in a smaller city that was a little lacking in the movie theater area. We had choices, but almost all of those choices were mainstream blockbuster films from the major studios. If you…

AAR Goes to the Movies: Star Trek

What’s romantic about Star Trek? The series and films are not exactly famous for long-lived happy coupledom (yes, I am looking at you who killed off Jadzia Dax), and the focus is hardly ever on characters’…