No news here: Kanye West hijacked Taylor Switft’s acceptance of her award at the MTV Video Music Awards last weekend and proclaimed Beyonce’ the true winner. As I watched the clip on the Internets, I focused – as I am sure most everybody else did, as well – on Taylor Swift’s stricken face. She was…
I’ve always had a soft spot for the If You Like pages because they are actually what led me to All About Romance in the first place. Back in the fall of 1999 a lot of the chaos of my twenties was finally behind me. I’d finished school, grad school, gotten a job, gotten married,…
When I saw Sarah Johnson’s giveaway over at Reading the Past, her request for people to comment with the name of the novel that got them interested in reading historical fiction. Her contest got me thinking not just of historical fiction I have loved, but about the first novel that hooked me on romance. No…
This has been a very good reading year so far. Not only are there a lot of good new books out there, but there are more good reissues than I’ve seen in ages. For the past year or so, I’ve been enjoying the gorgeous reissues that Sourcebooks has been doing of Georgette Heyer’s novels. I…
Cathy M is the lucky reader of a Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning.. Thanks to everyone for entering and look for more giveaways soon. -AAR Sandy
DIK. Desert Isle Keeper. Most of us have dozens of them, those tried-and-true favorites you re-read time and again. Unfortunately, most desert isles don’t have room for all of my DIKs. Nor does carry-on luggage.
Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase. It was close. Neck in neck there for a while, but the perennial favorite of many at AAR is the book chosen for the next AAR Book Club by site readers. We’ll hold a Cover it Live online discussion on Sunday, September 27th at 4 p.m. eastern time. Look…
Coming up with a list of six – three historicals and three contemporaries – wasn’t easy, but, hey, I’m up to the challenge. Each of the books in the poll has achieved “classic” status, though we all seem to define it differently. Each would spark good discussion. Each is easily available and currently in print. …
Sandy’s recent blog entry about Bad Boys made me think of the Bad Boy’s counterpart, the Bad Girl. To qualify as a Bad Girl, it’s not enough for a heroine to simply be strong, independent and kick-ass. No, like her male equivalent, she needs to be selfish, pleasure-seeking, careless of others, wasteful and possibly promiscuous….
According to Bette Midler, some say love is a river, others say it is a razor; she personally thinks it’s a flower. I disagree. I say love is like cheese. It ripens with time. But left alone, it hardens and dries out. It comes in many shapes, sizes and colors. It can be holey, kosher,…
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