Back in law school, I used to buy boxes of old category romances at library sales, and I still have many of these hanging around. When I want to try out some 80s/90s romances, these can be great fun. And while we love many of the historicals coming out today, there are some treasures to…
It’s the Fourth of July – Independence Day in the United States! Let’s celebrate with the best romance novels set in all fifty states! When I started tagging, I had this really stupid idea to tag by U.S. states. As with cities, I tried to limit myself to books where the state is an important…
Lately I’ve been keeping track, at Amazon, of what books our readers are buying. (This does not include the dreaded KU–I can’t track those and we don’t get any credit for them.) This is the list for the past month. I am also now, every Monday, putting the top ten best sellers on the Home…
I originally came to romance through fantasy novels with what AAR would now describe as “strong romantic elements.” (Ok, yes, and X-Files fanfiction. It’s a strong overlap). Back before YA got its own major marketing classification, a lot of us teens who were good readers but cognitively still kids found that speculative fiction was a…
There’s a wealth of new books being released in July, so here’s our regular Coming Soon feature, highlighting the books we’re most excited about reading this month. As ever, it isn’t a comprehensive selection, but hopefully there’s something here for everyone to enjoy. We love hearing from you about which of these titles you plan…
AAR was saddened to hear of the recent passing of Emma Holly, who was a trailblazer of erotic romance. For writers and readers alike, her books expanded the definition of what was possible and permissible to publish. Many people remember her books as their first encounters with menages, and her heroes were among the first…
War romances have a certain intensity to them that draws in audiences. But what happens once the war is over? How do people wrestle with what they have experienced and how can they adjust back to civilian life? That’s our theme this month in TBR Challenge. Caz read a novel taking on the aftermath of…
This Pride, AAR wanted to share some of our favorite reads starring less-represented members of the Rainbow Family: the BTQ+ part of LGBTQ+! Read on for our favorite romances starring bisexual, nonbinary, genderqueer, genderfluid, transgender, and asexual protagonists, Bisexual protagonists: Tags: bisexual, bisexual hero, bisexual heroine We have LOTS of DIKs of books featuring bisexual…
May is celebrated as AAPI Heritage Month in the United States. Here, we uplift and celebrate books by authors of Asian descent and Pacific descent which we have loved since we made our last AAPI Heritage Month list in 2021! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW
Yeah, yeah, I know. This is not a romance topic. BUT. I am on vacation with Dr. Feelgood and we spent some time today in the British Museum where we goggled again at the Elgin Marbles. (We’re headed to Greece on Friday–I look forward to seeing Greece’s claim to the artifacts evinced there.) Tonight, we…
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