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Looking back at the best books of 2020

Next week we will begin running the first of many Best of 2021 columns. In anticipation of that, I thought it would be fun to look back at the books we loved from 2020. Did you...

Coming Soon – The Romances We’re Most Looking Forward to Reading in December 2021

December is always a fairly quiet month for new releases, and this year is no different.  But I like to think of this month’s list as small but perfectly formed; maybe not as many new romances...

the ask@AAR: How are Taylor Swift and Romance Alike?

warning: today’s ask is more of a rant than a question Taylor Swift’s first album came out when my daughter was ten. We both loved it–I still get a catch in my heart when I listen...

November 2021 TBR Challenge – Competition

Healing Her Emergency Doc by Caroline Anderson This theme was a little bit of a headscratcher for me. Off the top of my head, I couldn’t come up with anything in my TBR that might involve...

What’s everyone reading?

So what’s everyone reading? I’m currently listening to Apples Never Fall by the always enjoyable Liane Moriarty. I’m a third of the way through and I have no idea what’s going to happen so, if you’ve...

the ask@AAR: What are some romances with train rides in them?

Tomorrow, I’m taking the train from North Carolina where I live up to Washington, DC to spend the weekend there. It’s been a tough week here–I had to put Sophie, my dog of ten years, to...

Romances featuring diabetic characters – a post for World Diabetes Awareness Day, 14th November 2021

November 14 is World Diabetes Awareness Day, a holiday which means a lot to me because there are a number of diabetics in my family. Managing diabetes is a difficult, lifelong task exacerbated in many parts...

We’re starting to work on our Best of 2021 lists–and we want yours!

AAR staffers are beginning to compile our Best of 2021 lists. We’d like a list of our readers’ Best of 2021 too! So–and I know many of you will find this hard to do but PLEASE!–give...

the ask@AAR: Why is the sexiest question in sex so rarely asked in romance?

We’ve discussed here how we feel about consent in romance–in general, good–although there are those, me among them, who feel constant questions in a love scene are hard to do well. For the sake of this...

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