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Best rom com movie?
We had a tough weekend here in our house–a family member with a crisis–and last night my husband said, “Let’s watch a light rom com.” So I looked up best rom-coms and there was one we’d…
the ask@AAR: What’s your go to comfort read?
Between the coronavirus, the election, the stock market, and putting our house on the market (last kids moved out and we are downsizing big time), I am frazzled. I take more baths, listen to music that…
The Wayback on Wednesday: A Winning Review Parody
Reviews Parody Contest 1999 (from December, 1999) Merry Christmas, everyone, and a joyous holiday season to all! Today we announce the winner in our first ever Reviews Parody Contest! First we’d like to thank all those…
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The romance community is running a great fundraiser to support literacy. AAR has a team and we’d love it if you’d donate to make the world a better place!
When Reading Gets Greedy: Reviewing the Chapters Romance app
After I saw that a Nalini Singh story, Cherish Hard, had been optioned by the Chapters Interactive Stories app, I decided to download it and give it a try. While I really want a game that…
the ask@AAR: What kinds of stories would you like to see more of in romance?
We’ve talked here before about no-go stories in romance–narratives that readers just aren’t having. Many readers can’t abhor infidelity, others can’t stand violent heroes/heroines, etc… Today I’m curious what stories would you like to see more…
Coming Soon… The Romances We’re Looking Forward to Reading in March 2020
For some of us, February was a bit of a lean month when it came to new releases, but March is more than making up for it, and we’ve a bumper list of what we think…
Dear reader… I’m worried.
What is AAR? It’s not a business–we don’t make any money and no one gets paid. It truly is a labor of love for all of us. (I do give the staff gift certificates at the…
the ask@AAR: What’s your favorite romance novella?
Today, it’s all about the novella. According to Wikipedia, A novella is a work of narrative prose fiction, longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. Publishers and literary award societies typically describe a novella’s word count as falling between…