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Karen Ranney Winner!

We have a winner in the Karen Ranney giveaway. Commenter Mari, who studied abroad at the Univerisity of Glasgow and was interested in the Scottish settings of Ms. Ranney’s books, is our winner. Congratulations, Mari! We…

New True Blood Trailer: It Hurts So Good

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qufAFY7FL0U In case you didn’t follow us at the old blog, you might not know that I am completely geeked out about True Blood, the HBO series based on Charlaine Harris’ addictive Sookie Stackhouse series. This…

Favorite Books by Favorite Authors for April

Continuing the process of re-polling for your favorite books by favorite authors, our three pollsters – LinnieGayl, Cindy, and Lee – polled again in April for: Victoria Alexander Christine Feehan Gaelen Foley Jillian Hunter Beverly Jenkins…

A Day With King Tut

Since we’ve decided not to do the family vacation thing this year, we’re going to pack as many trips as we can into the weekends.  Recently, we went to the Atlanta Civic Center to see the…

What Money Can’t Buy

It seems that many of today’s lifestyle tips concern a newly rediscovered thrift; a quick glance at the newsstand confirms this.  10 Ways to Save on Household Products bleats one magazine’s subhead. Five Local Vacation Hotspots! blasts…

In case you needed another way to waste time…

Oh, how I love failblog.org. And its sister sites, punditkitchen.com, roflrazzi.com, and icanhascheezburger.com. (There are others, I just don’t like them as much.) The sites have trademarked the funny picture caption. I’m sure you cat lovers…

Speaking of Audio Books: It’s All About the Narrator

For me, the traditional printed book will always be the best means of delving into a juicy romance, but audio books have come to play a significant role in my endless search for that next great…

Karen Ranney Giveaway!

When readers think of emotional reads, Karen Ranney’s name is often mentioned. She even did a piece here at AAR on the two-hanky read. Karen Ranney’s latest book, A Scotsman in Love, has just been released…

When Middle of the Road Is Not an Insult

The dreaded MOR is exactly what xina called AAR in a post on this blog last week. I’ll admit that I knee-jerked to that designation because my head was suddenly filled with visions of Barry Manilow,…