Blog Archive
the ask@AAR: What do you think about grading books?
I so enjoyed Caroline’s thoughtful and in-depth post about how she grades books here at AAR. Like many readers, I came to AAR because of our Power Search system and its unparalleled ability to sort, in...
The Wayback on Wednesday: The Harem
(originally published in 2002) The Harem by Ellen Micheletti Simply defined, a harem is the area in a household where the women of the family live. But in romantic imagination, it is so much more....
What Grades Mean to Me by Caroline Russomanno
As a reviewer, I try to be consistent with the rest of AAR’s team in terms of what an A, B, C, D, or F grade means. I know, however, that there will always be judgment...
Eleanor Webster talks the past, the Cornish coast and her work
I began writing romance to escape the mundanities of motherhood and the heart-breaking reality too often involved in school counselling. Indeed, in those first years, I developed a split personality; psychologist and romance author. One was...
the ask@AAR: What’s your favorite household hack?
I can barely believe I’m asking this because my interest in cooking/cleaning/sewing–things I think of as household tasks–is minimal. And yet…. During the past year as we have been constrained and limited to, mostly, spending time...
The Wayback on Wednesday: Patricia Gaffney on How Does an Author Feel About Reader Criticism?
(originally published in August of 1997) We asked author Patricia Gaffney, author of the Wyckerley trilogy and the upcoming Wild at Heart for her thoughts on reader criticism. Here is what she had to say: Show...
And the next AAR Good Time Book Club pick is….
You have voted and picked… The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt. AAR reviewed it when it came out in 2007–we gave it an A-. In our review, we wrote: The Raven Prince is classic romance. It...