Blog Archive
the ask@AAR: What are your favorite 2025 TV shows?
I had a damn good time watching TV this year. Not everything wowed me–Reacher was a slog, I don’t understand the now old buzz about The Blacklist, Wisting was too gloomy, and The Bear, a yawn.…
Publishers and Reviewers: The Romance Is Fading Fast
It used to be that publishers courted reviewers and review sites like ours. Back in the day, my mailbox (and those at AAR who came before me) overflowed with paperbacks and the occasional hardback. Those advance…
the ask@AAR: What love scenes make you swoon?
Back in 2017, we ran a set of columns asking our reviewers what love scenes in romance novels made them swoon. Reading over them now–you can find Part One here and Part two here–was a lot…
the ask@AAR: What was the golden era of romance?
What was the golden age of romance? For some, it’s the 1980s and 1990s—the era of Judith McNaught, Julie Garwood, and Lisa Kleypas, when paperbacks ruled the checkout aisle and nobody apologized for a happy ending.…
The Books We’re Most Looking Forward to in October 2025
We would love to hear which books you’re looking forward to in the coming weeks. Here are a few from our AAR reviewers. (You can see them all at Amazon here.) Are you excited about any of these?…
the ask@AAR: What romances have made you roar with laughter?
One of the great joys of romance is that it offers light when life feels dark. Right now, when stress seems to shadow much of life, laughter isn’t just a luxury–it’s a necessity. Romances that make…
the ask@AAR: Where do we go from here?
Since 1996, All About Romance has been where readers come to swoon, to squabble, and to share the joy (and occasional outrage) of a genre that never stands still. For almost three decades, we’ve written about…
