Mirrors and Windows
In teaching and libraries, we use a term called Mirrors and Windows to describe books. Mirrors are books which reflect your own experience back to you – the character shares your race, your gender identity, your…
Using Tags to Find Books You Love – Part 2
Last fall, I wrote a blog post about using tags at AAR, which you can find under the Vox Populi tab on the main website. (Using Tags to Find Books You Love) Everything I said in…
When Reading Gets Greedy: Reviewing the Chapters Romance app
After I saw that a Nalini Singh story, Cherish Hard, had been optioned by the Chapters Interactive Stories app, I decided to download it and give it a try. While I really want a game that…
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Coming Soon – The Romances We’re Most Looking Forward to Reading in February 2020
The best thing about the long, dark, cold evenings is being able to curl up with a good book! Every month, AAR staffers comb through the lists of upcoming releases to find the ones we think…
#AuthorsForFireys
Australian authors and people in publishing have come together to host Twitter auctions under the hashtag #AuthorsForFireys, to raise money for the brave firefighters battling the catastrophic fires across Australia. Many members of the romance community…
The Best of 2019 – Caroline’s List
I hate making these lists, because I always feel like I can’t possibly judge the “Best of 2019” without reading at least, oh, another hundred or two hundred books. So I’m going to call this “The…
Tagging Along… making our database easier to negotiate
In several recent blog post comments, I’ve shared links to AAR tags. I’d like to talk a little bit more about the project to improve and standardize tags in our database, and to share some direct…
Tagging Along… making our database easier to negotiate, part two
Yesterday, I shared our tag system. Today, I want to share more of the tags we use the most often. Time settings: Ancient Egypt, Ancient Rome, Arthurian, The Anarchy Matilda of vs. Stephen, Norman Conquest, 1500s,…
Digital Graphic Novel Romances: Finding love on Webtoon
Graphic novels have had trouble making the transition to e-reader format. In order to get the text large enough to read, you usually have to zoom in too far to experience the art. Plus, you lose…
The Best Romances of 2019…. so far!
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