I’ll be the first to admit that I have a propensity towards criticism and pessimism. Take romance novels, for example – I could go on for hours about the general Decline and Fall of the Romance Civilization. But you know what? I still read romance novels. I still love them. And I still defend them…
I’d be wary if one of my friends started dating a guy with a shady rep. Yeah, everyone deserves a second chance, but that doesn’t mean I want to test that myself, or have one of my friends be the ones to see if a jerk has reformed. At the same time, I love redemption…
Yes, I’m one of those romance readers who fits the cliché: Just give me a box of bon bons and a shirtless duke in a cape and I’m all set. Okay, so I’m not quite that clichéd. Bon bons have w-a-a-a-a-y too many carbs and just slapping the title on any wallpaper character doesn’t cut…
I’ve made no secret of the fact that I love the books of Sherry Thomas. And, with His at Night scheduled for release on May 25th, those who love historical romance as much as I do have reason to celebrate. As one of the author’s biggest fans, I’ll say that this one is a bit…
We’re talking casting here again at the AAR blog. Lynn wrote earlier this week about how she never, ever visualizes actors as characters in a novel she’s reading. Truth is I rarely do either. But sometimes something just clicks and the pairing of an actor with a character feels totally right. The list of favorite…
We thank everyone for the lively discussion. Commenting to this post has been disabled. I’ve been thinking about Voltaire lately. Specifically, one of his most famous quotations: “I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.” Last Monday, my campus newspaper printed a…
We’ve been buzzing around AAR for some time now about Meredith Duran, one of the rising stars of historical romance. It started with Duke of Shadows in 2008 and continued into a blockbuster 2009 with Bound By Your Touch (my favorite by the author and one of many AAR readers as well, considering the results…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQotZg-ZkIQ Every once in awhile a thread will pop up in the forums asking readers to pick their choices for actors to play the heroes and heroines of favorite romances. Just who should play Roarke? And what about Bobby Tom Denton? And can anyone correctly portray Zhadist? Well, some readers have given up waiting for…
The Heroine with a Herb Basket: She works in the kitchen to brew the herbal concoctions with which she heals the tenants! And the neighbors! And, of course, the noble, injured hero who just happens to get oh-so-nobly injured right in her neighborhood. The Herb Basket Heroine is frequently aided in her activities by… The…
There are certain books with which I have a bit of a love-hate relationship. Perhaps love-unease might be a better way to describe it, because I’m not sure my feelings ever quite fall to the level of hate. My love-hate books tend to be those which are unabashedly retro in their outlook, so I suspect…
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