As a reviewer at AAR I tend to review mostly contemporary and category romances, with a bit of paranormal thrown in. However, in my non-AAR time I read quite a bit of historical fiction, historical mystery, and even historical romance. Over the years, much of the historical fiction I’ve read has sparked my interest in…
I’m happy to say my reading slump may be over, but I’m also now a bit puzzled. The book that got me out of it is Julie Ann Long’s How the Marquess Was Won. I read it in a delicious fury over one night and several hours of an afternoon. I loved the story and…
Today is the 16th of December and the biggest holiday of the year is growing ever closer. In between decorating, shopping, and being busier than I should be work-wise, I’ve had little time to read lately. Well, let me put it this way: Time I used to spend reading, I’m now spending more and more…
Okay, I’m joking about the annual contest. But this is a blog about reformed brats. They say that reformed rakes make the best husbands. Well, if that’s the case, then reformed brats should make the best wives. After all, they’re both people you should stay far away from. Arguably, they’re both inherently ill-mannered and immature,…
Frequently as romance readers we discuss “conversion kits” – those books we would give a non-romance reader to try to get them to understand the wonderfulness that is our genre of choice. Usually we pick the best of the best because we want to showcase the cream of the crop and prove that we aren’t…
Even a casual visitor to the AAR message boards quickly learns one thing: We are an opinionated bunch. And in just about every thread somebody posts about a plot device they loathe. Be it a couple who jumps into bed right off the bat or an arranged marriage, the list of plot devices that we…
Although I was kind of a goody-two-shoes teenager (and by “kind of” I mean very) I promise there are rules I break. I drive five miles above the speed limit a lot of the time. I swear. Sometimes I even pay the Verizon bill a couple of days late (living on the edge, that’s me)….
One of my children asked me recently if I’d ever given a book I’d reviewed an A+. I said I hadn’t. He then asked if I thought I ever would. I said yes, that in fact, there was a book I’d reviewed this past year and had given an A- to that I now see…
I recently attended an event featuring three historical mystery writers at Aunt Agatha’s bookstore. Two of the authors – Jeanne M. Dams and D.E. Johnson – set their mystery series in the United States during the early 1900s. The third, Carrie Bebris, writes mysteries set in Regency England. And for AAR readers who like mysteries…
I recently began re-listening to Jayne Ann Krentz’s Eclipse Bay, the first in her Eclipse Bay trilogy, originally published over 10 years ago. After being very frustrated by her recent Arcane series books, this re-listen has been refreshing. I’ve found myself wishing that Ms. Krentz would write another series like her Eclipse Bay series, with…
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