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When the Hero You Want Isn’t the Hero She Gets
I’m thinking of calling it The Eric Factor. For those of you who don’t read Charlaine Harris’ Southern Vampire series, Eric is a 6’ 4” thousand year-old Viking vampire who – and I don’t think I’m…
Royalties on Used Books?
Think back to the last time you went to a used book store. When they checked you out, did they scan the books and track the ISBNs? Did they update their stock on their in-store computers?…
Eagerly Awaiting for February
AAR Staff again weighs in with which coming February books they are dying to read. Title and Author Reviewer What I Did For Love by Susan Elizabeth Phillips Sandy, Jane, Rachel, Lea, LinnieGayl Temptation of the…
Tales From the Contact Form
As many of you have already noticed, we added a contact form to AAR a couple of years ago. I’ve been handling the contact form, along with Cheryl Sneed, ever since it began, and it’s been…
Children in Romances
They are a hot button for many romance readers. Rachel recently posted a thought-provoking entry here on foster children in romances. Over the years, I’ve seen numerous threads on AAR’s forums focusing on children in romances,…
Audiobooks – Does the Narrator Make the Book?
Ever since I moved farther away from work, I’ve been listening to more audiobooks. So far, because I have the patience of a fruit fly, I’ve only listened to short audiobooks. For that reason, I always…
I've Been Looking for the Silver Lining and Perhaps Romance is it..
I keep reading that publishers are completely in the hole and yet, whenever I’m in the bookstore, it seems like there are practically lines out the door. Granted, there seem to be a lot of readers…