Blog Archive
In 2000, our readers loved….
Twenty years ago, these are the books AAR readers picked as the best of the year…. (a column from March 1, 2001)
Words on Love… for Valentine’s Day
Ever since the start of 2020, I’ve been–more or less–posting a poem a day on Facebook. It’s been a wondrous gift. A poem, short and searing, takes just a few moments of your time to read.…
the ask@AAR: If you could give your partner (or your dream date) one romance novel, what would it be?
In 2010, when I’d fallen deep deep deep into the wonderful world of romance novels (as an adult), my husband got curious. “What do you love about them?” he asked. “To begin with, everything,” I answered.…
How’s everyone doing?
Incredibly, we are well into 2021. We, more or less, survived 2020. So that’s good. So, now that that dumpster fire is done, how are you doing? What’s bringing you joy? What’s still hard? What…
Here are the books you picked as the Best of 2020!
Here are the books readers picked as the ten best books of 2020. Ms. Ryan’s Queen Move came in at the top–the rest of the list is in no particular order. All but one of…
And the Winner of the AAR Best Book of 2020 Poll Is….
After three rounds and thousands of votes, the winner (by a landslide) is: Queen Move by Kennedy Ryan We are not surprised. The book got a glowing review here and our readers have raved about on the…
the ask@AAR: How do you feel about multiple reviews?
An ongoing consideration at AAR is whether or not it’s worth doing more than one review per book. Typically, we have a list of books reviewers can choose from and one reviewer picks a book and…
