The Best of 2017 – Melanie’s List
I’ve been a bad reader this year, so it was a bit of a struggle to go through and pick out the best from this past year. There were some books, though, that really stood out….
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Reading Resolutions for 2018
AAR staff have been making plans to be their best reading selves in 2018. Here are some of our reading resolutions: Caroline: My resolution is to reread books that have been on my keeper shelf without…
The Book Blind Taste Test #2
Welcome again to our new semi-regular feature wherein a group of AAR staffers challenge themselves to pick up a book by an author they’ve never read before, either one they’ve never heard of or one they’ve…
Midweek Minis
Here’s another in our occasional series of mini reviews in which AAR staffers talk about what they’ve read lately. Not all these books are romances (although most of them are), and some were obviously more well-received…
Long May She Reign: A Roundtable Discussion
Freya might be in the line of succession to the throne, but being in the double-digits in that line doesn’t inspire dreams of ruling. She’s dedicated herself to a life of science and logic, not of…
Amanda Bouchet’s A Promise of Fire: A Roundtable Discussion
Catalia “Cat” Fisa lives disguised as a soothsayer in a traveling circus. She is perfectly content avoiding the danger and destiny the Gods-and her homicidal mother-have saddled her with. That is, until Griffin, an ambitious warlord…
Midweek Minis
AAR staffers are such avid readers that, in addition to our regularly schedule programme of daily new reviews, we’re able to bring you another in our series of mini-reviews. Here Alex, Heather, Melanie and Maria Rose share…
Deadly Peril: An Audio DIK
Narrated by Alex Wyndham We first meet Alec Halsey in Lucinda Brant’s Deadly Engagement, where he investigates the death of a friend, and then again in Deadly Affair, with another murder and a mystery. Now, Alec is…
Amanda Bouchet’s A PROMISE OF FIRE – a Roundtable Discussion
AAR staffers Melanie, Shannon and Mary recently read Amanda Bouchet’s A Promise of Fire. They share their thoughts on what they’ve agree is a very strong début novel. Catalia “Cat” Fisa lives disguised as a soothsayer…
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A Roundtable Discussion on Lost Among the Living
Today, AAR Reviewers Maggie, Caz, Mary, Linniegayl and Melanie have AAR’s first ever Round Table Discussion. The book chosen is Simone St. James Lost Among the Living. Ms. St. James is a popular author with AAR…