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I’ve read some EXCELLENT books lately! How about you?
I have read several truly superb books recently–being on crutches has given me more time to read and I’ve picked, in general, a bunch of winners. The best book I’ve read lately is Cloud Cuckoo Land...
the ask@AAR: What happens when writers fictionalize the lives of others?
I, like much of the writing attached world, have been unable to stop thinking about Dawn Dorland and Sonya Larson whose feud was covered in depth by the New York Times this week. Here’s the gist...
What would you like us to review?
Thanks to the generosity of publishers and authors, the AAR staff has a wide variety of books they can choose to review. (We don’t assign books–reviewers can pick from our currently available list.) I thought it...
Best looking on screen couple of all time?
A friend came over this weekend and said he and his 22 year old daughter had been discussing this for fun and, no shock, had completely different answers to the question: Who is the most attractive...
the ask@AAR: Is there a romance canon?
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a canon is a. Literary Criticism. A body of literary works traditionally regarded as the most important, significant, and worthy of study; those works of esp. Western literature considered to...
The Wayback on Wednesday: Riffs on Political Correctness
originally published in August of 2000 This feature grew out of Laurie Gold’s 1997 review of a 1997 romance, A Well Pleasured Lady by Christina Dodd, and a subsequent column she wrote about it and other...
Coming Soon – The Romances We’re Most Looking Forward to Reading in October 2021
I don’t know where the last month has gone, but it’s already time for AAR’s regular Coming Soon feature, this month looking ahead to the new books we’re most looking forward to reading in October. As...
