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Game Changing: Rachel Reid’s Game Changers series
I was overjoyed when I learned that Rachel Reid’s Heated Rivalry was going to be adapted into a six-part TV series. (I was less so when I found out that the international distribution deal doesn’t include…
the ask@AAR: What is your favorite fall/winter holiday tradition?
I have never been great with traditions. In my adult life, I’ve worn very few Halloween costumes, I’d be happy to buy pre-cooked Thanksgiving food from the grocery store, and I’m almost always in bed by…
It Is a Truth Universally Acknowledged… That Context Changes Everything
I love to watch reaction videos on YouTube (movies and music). There is something so satisfying in watching someone–especially young people–discover something that I already love. I really enjoy when big, manly men watch chick-flicks, romances…
It’s the day after Thanksgiving and I am so damn grateful.
Yesterday, I sat down for a marvelous Thanksgiving meal–the chef, one of my nephews, is a serious foodie (Did you know you could make a very good stuffing with broccoli?)–with 21 members of my family. The…
the ask@AAR: What do we think about the romances Goodreads loves?
It’s that time of year again. You know, where Goodreads nominates a bunch of books for the Goodreads Choice Awards and many of us are shocked–and not in a good way–by the choices. This year, the…
the ask@AAR: What Are Your Favorite Pulitzer Prize–Winning Novels?
I’m reading Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead right now and, to my surprise, loving it. That’s not usually my experience with Pulitzer winners; more often than not, I either loathe them or theoretically admire them from a…
the ask@AAR: Are You Seeing the Changes in Book Publishing?
Book publishing has again shifted and for this, we can thank two behemoths that begin with A: Amazon and AI. AI is now part of every aspect of publishing. It designs covers, cleans up prose, writes…
