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 Best of 2021 – Dabney’s List
According to Goodreads, I read eighty-two books (for the first time – my rereads would have put that number closer to 165) in 2021. I read across genres and glommed series. I DNF’d anything that didn’t…
Anne AAR | Caroline AAR | Characters | Dabney AAR | Dreamboat or Douchebag | Haley AAR | Heroes | LinnieGayl AAR | Maggie AAR | Mary AAR
The Way Back on Wednesday: Alex Markov: Dreamboat or Douchebag?
(originally published on June 3, 2016) In another of our occasional series in which we discuss the merits – or lack thereof – of fictional heroes and heroines, AAR staffers turn their attention to Alex Markov of Kiss…
Are billionaires the new dukes? Or do we hate both these days?
According to Wikipedia, there are around 2700 or so billionaires in the world. Several of them are determined, after mastering our world, to take their empires to other worlds. Many a critic has said, good, get…
What holidays do you love to celebrate? And happy 4th of July!
I read an interesting–and to me, depressing–article in the New York Times yesterday about how the American flag itself is now considered by many a partisan symbol. The same is true for the 4th of July,…
What are you reading?
I’ve really been on a mystery kick lately. After inhaling all the Will Trent books, I’ve moved on to the Rockton books. Both were recommendations from AAR readers. YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!! I’ve also been…
AAR Shannon | Caroline AAR | Dabney AAR | Heroines | Keira Soleore | Kristen D | Maggie AAR | Romance reading
A Retro Write: Yes We Can! Our favorite Activist Heroines
originally published on February 3, 2017 Women have a long history of standing up for their beliefs, and there are great romance novels starring heroines doing just that. American and British suffragettes (or suffragists), Civil Rights…
the ask@AAR: How are you feeling about historical romance?
In October of 2019, we asked you whether you thought historical romance had a quality problem. That column is still the most commented upon Ask column and it made many angry. In the past twenty months,…
Pick the next AAR Good Time Book Club read!
It’s time to pick the next AAR Good Time Book Club read! In this first round, pick as many as you’re interested in! Here are the choices. You must use the poll link if you want…
the ask@AAR: What was the first romance novel you read?
While the first romance that ever really registered with me is Sweet, Savage Love (and I attribute that to it being the first book in which the sex was varied and, for the time, explicit), the…