During the past month, things were a bit sparse for author book signings. I did manage to go to one book signing for two mystery authors in December. It was an interesting pairing of authors. One – William Whitbeck – is a debut author who is also a judge. The other, is the multi-published, immensely…
If you’re a longtime visitor to AAR, you know what’s coming later this month. But if you’re new to AAR, let us give you a heads-up now, because on Monday morning, January 24th, the AAR Annual Reader Poll will begin. The Annual Reader Poll has a long tradition at AAR, and is one of the…
I’m a romance reader who loves series books. Give me books for all the brothers, sisters, cousins, friends, pack mates, or even coven members and blood brothers an author can come up with; I’m good with’em all if they’re well done of course. Luckily for me, my three most favorite series books will all soon…
A few months ago Lynn did a post here calling for more romances set in Italy. Soon after, Jean wrote about her desire for more romances set in France. I heartily agree with both of those posts; I’d love to read more romances set not only in Italy and France but also in places such…
One of the best things about the holidays is that we all give in to indulgence of our Guilty Pleasures for weeks at time. Much chocolate and champagne consumption ensues – at least for this holiday-er. As romance readers, though, we’re familiar with a different type of Guilty Pleasure: Books we love that we don’t…
I’ve been doing this feature now for several months, and am looking for suggestions from you to help make the lists I prepare more comprehensive. Each month, I go through a series of steps to create as complete a list of book signings as possible. As a first step, I visit the Web sites of…
Our holiday season in Oklahoma is in full swing and I’m finding myself busy with gift buying, decorating, and planning several trips to see family from Christmas through New Year’s. Ours will be an old fashioned Christmas celebration, complete with country cooking and Southern style cornbread dressing. Traveling to and from our family get-togethers, I’ll…
This has been a banner month for me for book signings. In late October I attended a signing for a debut mystery author, Gary Corby, at my local mystery book store. He was charming, and ended up talking and answering our questions for almost 90 minutes. I walked away with his book – The Pericles…
Each year AAR features a list of staff members’ buried treasures for the past year. In last year’s blog announcing our 2009 buried treasures, Lynn described them as “the books that we really liked this year that just didn’t seem to get nearly as much attention as we thought they deserved.” While tabulating your votes…
Polls and lists are exciting to me. Hey, it’s the little things in life after all! And, I’ve been thinking about my Top 100 Romances list for a long time now for the poll that runs through November 15th and I’m still not any closer to actually putting it in order yet. I will be…
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