TBR Challenge April 2023 – Unusual Historical

TBR Challenge April 2023 – Unusual Historical

It’s undeniable that the historical market has for years been flooded with plenty of choices for those who love Regency or Victorian England settings. And we’ve both certainly read (and enjoyed) plenty. However, there’s a LOT of history to be explored outside of 19th century England and having “unusual historicals” for a TBR prompt gave…

TBR Challenge May 2022  – Tales of Old
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TBR Challenge May 2022 – Tales of Old

For someone who started out their romance reading career with historicals, a prompt like “Tales of Old” is the perfect catnip. Lynn and Caz took this prompt in rather different directions, with Lynn heading way back into the past with a tale of ninth century Vikings carving out a living in what is now Scotland,…

the ask@AAR: And the top selling books at AAR this year are….
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the ask@AAR: And the top selling books at AAR this year are….

I’m always interested to see what AAR readers buy through the links on our site and in our newsletter. After looking over the data from Amazon for our account, it’s clear this is the year of historical romance. Out of our top ten best sellers, eight are historical romances. (I’m including Sherry Thomas’ Murder on…

the ask@AAR: Does Historical Romance have a quality problem?
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the ask@AAR: Does Historical Romance have a quality problem?

We listen to you, we really do. And we’ve noticed that you, along with several of our reviewers, aren’t all that happy with most – not all, but most – of the historical romance that’s been published in the past year or so. Using our Power Search feature, we looked at all the Historical Romance…

June TBR Challenge – Historical Romance
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June TBR Challenge – Historical Romance

I have to admit that I loved being prompted to read a historical this month. Historicals and gothics were my first loves, but my reading habits have evolved over time, and I don’t read as many as I used to. And as frequent readers here well know, Caz is something of a historical maven, so…

AAR Loves… Modern Historicals
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AAR Loves… Modern Historicals

There’s a book you love set in 1960, but is it a modern historical? Modern historicals differ from classic contemporaries in that contemporaries were written when the setting was “now,” but to a modern historical author, the setting was “then.” If that 1960 book was written in the sixties, it’s a classic contemp. That same…

Jan 2019 TBR Challenge – Looking For Something Short.
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Jan 2019 TBR Challenge – Looking For Something Short.

It’s that time again – TBR Challenge is on! Wendy the Superlibrarian is hosting again, and Lynn and Caz are joining the group to challenge one another (and you!) to go through your stack of books and shop your bookcase at least once each month. This month we’re looking for something short – a category…

Introducing… Minerva Spencer
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Introducing… Minerva Spencer

On Friday, I reviewed début author Minerva Spencer’s Dangerous, book one in her series, The Outcasts. I remember being a bit sceptical when the book first appeared on my radar;  I’ve become increasingly wary of historical romances touting danger and adventure over the past couple of years, as so many of them have been disappointing…

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