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’s your favorite book set in a foreign country?
Caroline's fabulous blog--DIKS set in every state--got me thinking about romances I love that take place foreign locales. I'm ruling out England from the list because there are what seems like six million Regency romances [...]
the ask@AAR: Who is the greatest athlete of all time?
I've been on a family vacation this week and we've been watching--which I, as a UNC graduate and an NC resident have OF COURSE already seen-- The Last Dance, the mini series chronicling the success [...]
the ask@AAR: What’s the best audiobook you’ve ever listened to?
For the last week, I've been transfixed by Tom Hanks. Not his acting or any of his movies--my favorite is Saving Private Ryan--but rather his narration of Ann Patchett's Pulitzer Prize Finalist novel, The Dutch [...]
the ask@AAR: What was the last book you bought?
I don't buy a lot of books--I am the romance reader version of Billy Mack: I became the Publisher of AAR and now they give them to me for free! But despite having thousands of [...]
the ask@AAR: What’s your favorite Romeo/Juliet love story?
I've spent the last eight days traveling around the Mediterranean and, everywhere I go, the stories of past and present ethnic/spiritual/cultural tensions between nations and cultures surround me. I've listened to stories of invasions, of [...]
the ask@AAR: Why have there been so few Steals and Deals lately?
You may have noticed that there've been very few Steals and Deals posted in the past week. Blame me. I am taking a long awaited vacation and have been trying NOT to work. Thus far, [...]
the ask@AAR: What series have the worst endings?
Dr. Feelgood and I just watched the final half season of Ozark, something I'd been wildly looking forward to, and it was a serious let down. I didn't like hardly anything about it--the way the [...]
the ask@AAR: What issues matter to you in elections?
I've been reading endless articles about whether or not and, if so, how the probable overturning of Roe v. Wade in the United States could influence the 2022 midterms and the 2024 election. The answer [...]
the ask@AAR: Who’s your favorite family in romance?
One of the great things about all those Bridgertons--besides more fodder for Netflix seasons--is that Violet and her children are a fun brood to read about/watch. One of my favorite things on the show is [...]
the ask@AAR: I am a cranky old lady, not a cranky middle aged lady, right?
I will be 61 next month–woo hoo! I was discussing my life with my daughter and when I referred to myself as an old lady, she said that was absurd. “You’re, like, middle-aged, Mom,” [...]
the ask@ AAR: Do all artists deserve our support?
Do I have to support/promote the art of someone I dislike or whose thoughts/actions I dislike or disapprove of? Here's why I ask. There's an author who's been really nasty about AAR who has a [...]
the ask@AAR: What matters most in true love?
I was at a wedding this past weekend and found myself in an interesting discussion. My tablemate, a woman a bit older than me, married to her high school sweetheart, said she thought it was [...]
This is good. Now all the arguments are in a single place.
Ha ha ha!