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Happy Valentine’s Day!
It’s Valentine’s Day and tonight Dr. Feelgood and I plan to do…. nothing special. I didn’t get him a card and I bought flowers on Saturday at the Farmer’s Market so I sure hope he isn’t...
the ask@AAR: What was your favorite romance published in 2021?
We want to hear from you. We’ve shared our top picks for 2021–now it’s your turn. If you’re looking for inspiration, we have two sources for you. Using our new Power Search, we learned that, in...
Has anyone watched any of the films nominated for Best Picture?
The Oscar 2022 Nominations for Best Picture are: Belfast CODA Don’t Look Up Drive My Car Dune King Richard Licorice Pizza Nightmare Alley The Power of the Dog West Side Story
Celebrating Black History Month 2022
In the United States, Black History Month is observed in February. At AAR, we’re celebrating this month by revisiting the books by Black authors we’ve awarded DIK status since February last year. While Black History Month...
the ask@AAR: Have you seen our new Power Search?
We have a new Power Search. Have you tried it? It’s–in my opinion–amazing. You can find it under the Reviews tab. For starters, you can now search by tags. Caroline Russomanno has spent the...
The Best of 2021: Best Belated Reads
Every year I do a “Best Belated Reads” column to accompany my “Best of” column, because a lot of my year’s reading is not books that were published in that year. Here are some books I...
Best of the Best of 2021
Every year, after we’ve run all our individual “Best of” lists, we ask each reviewer to choose their ONE favourite book of the year from their list. We’re an eclectic bunch when it comes to our...