I recently finished a review book. The only other ARC I have on hand at the moment is for an April release, so I thought I’d reward myself by reading a book from my TBR pile first. So I started hunting. And I found either books from the middle of various series that I hadn’t…
Today nine books were reviewed in the Outlook section, the new “home” for book coverage in the Post. Two were reviews of books by women, which leaves…well, you know seven written by men. One of those was a book written by a man about a woman (Flannery O’Connor). Does that get any extra points? And the…
We’ve all heard for a while that Borders is in trouble. Word has it that Thursday was a big lay off day for the Ann Arbor-based company. First of all, my sympathies to everyone affected. The economy is a bitch. Secondly, a knuckle sandwich to Borders boneheaded management that is responsible – just as much as…
You may have heard of the controversy concerning Lori Foster’s latest book, My Man Michael. This book is part of the SBC Fighter series, a contemporary series, albeit one with mild suspense elements, about mixed martial arts fighters — but this one’s a time travel/futuristic. I must admit that my first thought was “Huh?” (My…
While reading message boards online, I have happened upon a phrase that stuck with me. The reader said that she couldn’t stand to see how “Heroine X settles for Hero Y”. She expected her heroine to find love with another, and regarded her turning to the hero and her finding love with him as ‘settling’….
I love food. I always have. Though my friends expect me to be more exacting in my tastes, I’m not exactly a food snob; I’ll gladly eat both store-brand macaroni and cheese, and seared tuna atop an eggplant tapenade (though maybe not at the same time). I love to cook for my friends, experiment with…
“Oh my goodness, I can’t BELIEVE that you don’t know this book!” How many times have you heard this – or said it to someone after raving about your latest find? Every reader I know seems to stumble upon a few truly wonderful reads that just don’t seem to generate the buzz we think they…
As many romance readers do, I tend to buy quite a number of my romances second-hand. The shape they arrive in can vary dramatically. Now I read most of by books in bed, which means I am finicky about anything that might have gotten stuck to the books’ covers and between their pages. So any…
It’s been one year since I officially became a reviewer for AAR. I worked on my A and F reviews for a long time (the requirement when applying to be a reviewer), but never had the nerve to complete and submit them. Finally, I submitted them in early January of 2008, and within a few…
Last week we showcased our favorite contemporary picks; this week, it’s the historicals (and our two lucky winners…in other words, books that received more than one vote).
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