Every Friday, we ask you what YOU think about an issue in romance. The questions are good (we think)–the comments much better! So join us, every Friday at the ask@AAR!
the ask@AAR: What romance does everyone else love that you can’t stand?
Hey Dabney, what’s your favorite contemporary romance written in the past five or so years? Oh, no question, it’s Sally Thorne’s The Hating Game. I ADORE that book. So you must be a Sally [...]
the ask@AAR: What’s the ONE best non romance you read last year?
While I love me some romance, I’m a catholic reader: I like all kinds of stories. And, in 2021, I read so many great books. Honestly, I can’t remember a more rewarding reading year. [...]
the ask@AAR: What’s your reading goal(s) for 2022?
Happy New Year! Given that I’ve never been able to keep a New Year’s resolution going for a whole year, I’ve given them up. Instead, I’ve become goal oriented. It’s a lot easier. In [...]
the ask@AAR: What are your hopes for romance in 2022?
Whoa--2021 is almost in the books. Thus, it's times to think about what we hope for in romance next year. Everyone's likes and loves are personal and my list is just that. What's on your [...]
the ask@AAR: What brought you comfort and joy in 2021?
This time last year, I hoped that the worst of 2020 wouldn't follow me into 2021. And while that didn't happen, I did find much to celebrate in 2021 perhaps because the past two years have [...]
the ask@AAR: Stand alone or series–do you have a preference?
There are few greater reading pleasures–for me–than diving into a beloved series. In the past 18 months, I’ve listened to all the Harry Potter books, inhaled series by Karin Slaughter, Maria Vale, Eve Silver, [...]
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 [...]
the ask@AAR: What makes you happy?
I spent Thanksgiving or, as non-Americans would call it, yesterday, with a part of my extended family. We had two intense discussions. We almost came to blows over who should be cast as the [...]
the ask@AAR: What are some romances with train rides in them?
Tomorrow, I'm taking the train from North Carolina where I live up to Washington, DC to spend the weekend there. It's been a tough week here--I had to put Sophie, my dog of ten years, [...]
the ask@AAR: Why is the sexiest question in sex so rarely asked in romance?
We’ve discussed here how we feel about consent in romance–in general, good–although there are those, me among them, who feel constant questions in a love scene are hard to do well. For the sake [...]
the ask@AAR: Do we care what heroines (or heroes) look like?
In the last three recently published romances I've read, I've very little idea of what the heroine looks like. The heroes are still chiseled with piercing blue/green/grey eyes, abs like an egg carton, long silky [...]
the ask@ARR: It makes me crazy when fertility is used to punish women–is it just me?
--there are spoilers ahead for the Grant County series-- I've recently just slogged--and, sadly, it was a slog--my way through Karin Slaughter's Grant County series. I love the Will Trent series although I skimmed much [...]
This is good. Now all the arguments are in a single place.
Ha ha ha!