Blog Archive
Familiar Territory
I’m sometimes sad I will in all likelihood never see a romance set in my hometown. The publishing market in Germany being what it is, there are not many German-set romances printed at all, and those...
Eagerly Awaiting? Not So Much.
Each month Rachel sends all AAR staff a list of upcoming books (wonderfully prepared by Bessie), and asks us to select our “eagerly awaiting” books. Our choices then appear here about a week later. For me,...
Eagerly Awaiting for April
AAR Staff again weighs in with which coming April books they are dying to read. Title and Author Reviewer The Secret Wedding by Jo Beverley Lynn, Heather, Lee, Rike Then Comes Seduction by Mary Balogh Lee,...
Recession? Apparently not at Harlequin
Torstar Corporation, Harlequin’s parent corporation announced their 4th quarter and 2008 full-year earnings yesterday. The corporation as a whole suffered losses in the hundreds of millions, which they sounded surprisingly sanguine about in their press release.
AAR Aid 2009: We’d Like Your Thoughts
Should we go ahead? That’s the question we’re asking today. To give new readers a bit of background, in 2005 and again in 2007 AAR held online auctions to benefit Katrina victims and residents of New...
The Series Conundrum
I recently finished a review book. The only other ARC I have on hand at the moment is for an April release, so I thought I’d reward myself by reading a book from my TBR pile...
For Anybody Keeping Track of Washington Post Book Reviews
Today nine books were reviewed in the Outlook section, the new “home” for book coverage in the Post. Two were reviews of books by women, which leaves…well, you know seven written by men. One of those was...