Every year when you fill out AAR’s annual poll, we ask you for your biggest tearjerker. For me, some years it’s a no brainer, and sometimes I really have to think about it. On the whole, I’m not a frequent weeper. I’m not like Cameron Diaz in The Holiday (if you haven’t seen it, she…
And no, I’m not talking about certain recreational activities. I’m just wondering where you guys like to read. See, I used to have this image of a “proper” reader: Someone who sits straight-backed in a chair, or lounges with dignity in an armchair, legs crossed, holding a book in two hands, serenely flipping the pages….
As we head into October, our staff’s book tastes are roaming all over the place. Several of us are excited to see a new release by Elizabeth Hoyt amongst the books on sale in October. I personally am thrilled about seeing another China-set historical from Jeannie Lin – and I’m not the only one. We…
It won’t come as a surprise to anyone in the U.S. that Sunday marks a very important anniversary; it’s been 10 years since September 11, 2001. Our world changed in so many ways that day. Never again would we casually run to the airport to catch a flight. We eyed strangers or those who looked…
I recently listened to Elizabeth Peters’ first Amelia Peabody book Crocodile on the Sandbank for an audiobooks review here at AAR. I was reminded of one of my early posts at the original After Hours site, in which I talked about my favorite couples in mysteries. Some of the authors I originally discussed have stopped writing…
I really like food, but I think I’ve become a bit inured to most food scenes in romance novels. All the dessert-cum-sex scenes have melded together, to the point where all I can think about is the mess. I’m not really into strawberries and champagne, so if the hero starts waving them around, my mind…
Sometimes I take away more from a beloved romance novel than the love story, or fond memories of the hero and heroine. Sometimes other aspects of the book not only stick with me, they actually influence my life. Art glass is something I never thought about, let alone collected, until I read one of my…
I know that for the readers that just love holding the actual paper book in their hands, it is going to take a lot to convince them to change to eBooks. But this week, a recurring dilemma of mine brought home one reason I love them. An AAR reader mentioned wanting to read an out…
As I went over the list of September 2011 books that all of us on staff at AAR cannot wait to try, I noticed that, as usual, the list of books ran the gamut of romance subgenres. However, the unusual historicals certainly made a good showing. Two of them caught plenty of eyes here at…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WE_ehrlJec During university, I volunteered at the local library, shelf-reading and tidying books. When I told a friend, she asked why I didn’t just volunteer at a food bank; then I’d do more good. At the time, I wasn’t aware of the saying “Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day; teach…
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