Updating the Conversion Kit
All About Romance has discussed conversion kits for non-romance readers for quite some time now. The list of resources has helped me tremendously and for the first time, I now have offline friends who read romance!…
Eagerly Awaited in June
After looking over the June releases list, I think it’s fair to say that most of us here at AAR are eagerly anticipating Julia Quinn’s newest book, Just Like Heaven. Money Shot by Susan Sey also…
My Contemporary Dilemma
Series romances with contemporary settings appear to be going strong. Harlequin releases plenty of them every month and readers (including me) eagerly snatch them up. However, single title contemporaries are a little harder to find. Anyone…
TBR Challenge – Westerns!
I was excited about April’s TBR Challenge theme. I love Westerns! I always read at least a few historical Westerns every year, so for the Challenge I decided to pull out one of the contemporary Westerns…
Eagerly Awaited in May
We’ve been looking over the May 2011 releases and deciding what books we’re all longing to try. In going over this month’s rather lengthy list of anticipated reads from everyone here at AAR, I saw two…
In Defense of Darkness
Earlier this year, Leigh blogged about liking lighter romance. I enjoyed her piece and it got me thinking about my own views on tone in the books I prefer to read. I certainly don’t mind humorous…
TBR Challenge – New to Me Author
Even though I haven’t noticed my TBR pile diminishing in size, I have to say that I’m still looking forward to my TBR Challenge read each month. This month’s theme is New-to-You Authors, and I had…
Eagerly Awaited in April
This April, we’ve got one book that has many on our staff excited. With each new release, Kristan Higgans seems to generate more buzz in online romanceland, and her April release, My One and Only has…
Buried Treasures of 2010
2010 seems to have been a good reading year for many of our readers and also for AAR staff. Some of the books we’ve loved have gotten lots of buzz, but there are always those buried…
TBR Challenge – The Ugly Duckling Edition
It’s been a busy winter here, but I’m sticking with the TBR challenge. This month’s theme is Ugly Ducklings. Even though my TBR pile is huge and AAR’s Special Title listing on the subject is also…