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What to watch after The Lost City?

  Dr. Feelgood and I (finally) watched The Lost City (6.1 rating at IMDB) and enjoyed it. I, of course, beamed through all the love for romance novels. If you’ve not seen it, Sandra Bullock stars…

the ask@AAR: What’s your favorite book set in a foreign country?

Caroline’s fabulous blog–DIKS set in every state–got me thinking about romances I love that take place foreign locales.  I’m ruling out England from the list because there are what seems like six million Regency romances set…

DIKs around the USA

It’s the Fourth of July – Independence Day in the United States! Let’s celebrate with the best romance novels set in all fifty states!  When I started tagging, I had this really stupid idea to tag…

the ask@AAR: Who is the greatest athlete of all time?

I’ve been on a family vacation this week and we’ve been watching–which I, as a UNC graduate and an NC resident have OF COURSE already seen– The Last Dance, the mini series chronicling the success of…

This month’s best sellers!

Lately I’ve been keeping track, at Amazon, of what books our readers are buying. (This does not include the dreaded KU–I can’t track those and we don’t get any credit for them.) This is the list…

AAR Loves… Fantasy Romance

I originally came to romance through fantasy novels with what AAR would now describe as “strong romantic elements.” (Ok, yes, and X-Files fanfiction. It’s a strong overlap).  Back before YA got its own major marketing classification,…

the ask@AAR: What’s the best audiobook you’ve ever listened to?

For the last week, I’ve been transfixed by Tom Hanks. Not his acting or any of his movies–my favorite is Saving Private Ryan–but rather his narration of Ann Patchett’s Pulitzer Prize Finalist novel, The Dutch House.…

Coming Soon – The Romances We’re Most Looking Forward to Reading in July 2022

There’s a wealth of new books being released in July, so here’s our regular Coming Soon feature, highlighting the books we’re most excited about reading this month.  As ever, it isn’t a comprehensive selection, but hopefully…

Celebrating Emma Holly

AAR was saddened to hear of the recent passing of Emma Holly, who was a trailblazer of erotic romance. For writers and readers alike, her books expanded the definition of what was possible and permissible to…