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Celebrating AAPI Month 2022 – Great reads by Asian and Pacific Islander heritage authors

May is celebrated as AAPI Heritage Month in the United States. Here, we uplift and celebrate books by authors of Asian descent and Pacific descent which we have loved since we made our last AAPI Heritage…

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

Time for our regular look at the new and upcoming releases the AAR team is most excited about reading over the coming weeks. As usual, this is in no way a comprehensive list, but is rather…

the ask@AAR: What’s the greatest work of art you’ve ever seen?

Yeah, yeah, I know. This is not a romance topic. BUT. I am on vacation with Dr. Feelgood and we spent some time today in the British Museum where we goggled again at the Elgin Marbles.…

TBR Challenge May 2022 – Tales of Old

For someone who started out their romance reading career with historicals, a prompt like “Tales of Old” is the perfect catnip. Lynn and Caz took this prompt in rather different directions, with Lynn heading way back…

Shiver me Timbers–I love Our Flag Means Death!

The buzziest romance show streaming this spring turned out not to be season 2 of Bridgerton, but HBO Max’s pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death (you can watch the trailer on HBO’s site here). OFMD stars…

the ask@AAR: What series have the worst endings?

Dr. Feelgood and I just watched the final half season of Ozark, something I’d been wildly looking forward to, and it was a serious let down. I didn’t like hardly anything about it–the way the characters’…

Will authors keep their e-books alive?

Disclaimer: I am not an author and have only a generalized sense of what is involved in regaining the rights to one’s work.  I keep, at Amazon, lists of books I care about. I plumb these…

How to use tags instead of our Special Title Listings

We haven’t updated our Special Title Listings since 2016, but that doesn’t mean we’re not committed to making AAR the best place to find the kinds of stories you want. It’s more searchable and more up-to-date…

the ask@AAR: What issues matter to you in elections?

I’ve been reading endless articles about whether or not and, if so, how the probable overturning of Roe v. Wade in the United States could influence the 2022 midterms and the 2024 election. The answer seems…