the ask@AAR: Wanna make some recommendations for the AAR Top 100 poll?

the ask@AAR: Wanna make some recommendations for the AAR Top 100 poll?

The AAR Top 100 Poll has always been a readers’ poll. It’s not a list of what AAR staffers, critics, libraries, or the media thinks are the Top 100 romance novels ever written–it’s what OUR readers think those books are. Over the years, our readers have created different Top 100 Romances lists–the list changes as…

the ask@AAR: What is the best historical fiction you’ve read lately?

the ask@AAR: What is the best historical fiction you’ve read lately?

I cannot stop raving about The Frozen River, Ariel Lawson’s upcoming book. I can’t wait for youall to be able to read it. It is the best historical fiction I’ve read in a good long while. Lawson’s book is about Martha Ballard, an American midwife who lived from 1735 to 1812. Ballard is a well-known…

the ask@AAR: Are people more rude than in the past? And if so, why?

the ask@AAR: Are people more rude than in the past? And if so, why?

Lately, everywhere I read, I see articles about the increased cruelty/meanness/rudeness of our modern world. Articles titled  How America Got Mean, Bad behavior at ‘Barbenheimer’ reflects a worrying trend, If you’ve felt like people are getting crueler, you may be right, We no longer know how to behave in public, and others are proliferating like Taylor…

the ask@AAR: What’s your favorite documentary film?

the ask@AAR: What’s your favorite documentary film?

We are living in a golden age for documentary films. Lately, when I ask people what they’re watching, almost everyone speaks with passion about a documentary. In the past month alone, friends have raved to me about How Can You Mend A Broken Heart, Finding Vivian Maier, Fantastic Fungi, Tiny Creatures, My Octopus Teacher, Honeyland,…

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