TBR Challenge – It's RITA Time!
Note: This year’s RITA awards will be held next week at the RWA National Conference, so the July multi-blog challenge is focusing on reading RITA nominees and winners. My choice for the multi-blog TBR challenge was…
TBR Challenge – Back to the Classics
This month’s TBR challenge, reading one of the classics, had me scratching my head for a little bit. Did I want to reach for one of those books that could be considered part of the romance…
Eagerly Awaited July Books
July looks like it’s going to be a month for historical lovers. Even though all of us here at AAR picked out some favorites across a variety of subgenres, historicals topped the list. Loretta Chase, Kaki…
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TBR Challenge: Lots to Choose From
Today we’re taking a little break from the RT author interviews for May’s installment of the TBR Challenge. For this month’s adventure through the TBR pile, I went looking for a book by an author represented…
Eagerly Awaited June Books
In terms of subgenre, our tastes are all over the place this June. Both Lauren Willig’s latest historical as well as some romantic suspense from Jill Sorenson are catching several of our eyes. And then of…
Eagerly Awaited May Releases
With new books from Jo Goodman and Julie James, May is shaping up to be a month that just might be hard on the wallet. And let’s not forget, the legendary historical, The Windflower is finally…
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TBR Challenge – Modern Love
When I saw that this month’s TBR Challenge category called on us to read a contemporary romance, I found almost an embarrassment of choices. Did I want to go mainstream or inspy? Small town or big…
TBR Challenge – New to Me Books
I went back to “Sunday” in the Back to School Challenge this month, to read the second of the books I’d chosen for that day. The prompt was – Read a book that has in its…
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We pick the “Buried Treasures” of 2013
In 2013, self-publishing was mainstream, social media allowed authors more specific ways to publicize their work, and everyone had a strongly held opinion about what constituted a great romance novel. This environment makes the idea of…
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TBR Challenge – Back to School and Some Catching Up to Do
February proved to be quite the “challenging” month for me and I finished only four books that applied to my challenges. The good news is that reading three of those books helped me finish off my…