As part of the ongoing discussion about reading or really the lack thereof, I must admit that I’ve been in a major reading slump for the last few months. Obviously, I’m not the only one. Recently…
We’re Buzzing about the books that you’re buzzing about. Since the launch of our Books with Buzz feature in 2009 we’ve featured Lisa Kleypas, Colleen Gleason, Mary Balogh, Charlaine Harris, Elizabeth Hoyt, Leslie Parrish, Meredith Duran,…
AAR Staff again weighs in with which coming February books they are dying to read. Title and Author Reviewer Lessons in French by Laura Kinsale Lynn, Lee, Rachel, Jean, Anne, Lea, Heather, Rike, Andi The Golden…
In my work life, I couldn’t survive without being relentlessly organized. My office bookcase is alphabetized and arranged by subject. My home? Um, not quite so orderly. The books in that picture on the left may…
Romance sales are up. Which is a total no-brainer, right? After all, it’s scary out there. But here’s what’s got me curious. What are you reading these days? And, just as interesting to me, have your…
So I was tooling along happily, reading the first dialogue between hero and heroine, and suddenly the hero concludes that he had rarely been so expertly teased. Expert teasing my ass. The hero hasn’t done anything…
AAR’s Ellen Micheletti was recently mourning the sad passing of a Waldenbooks in her town in Kentucky. I well know the feeling. Until about five years ago, there were two malls in my area — Tysons…
AAR Staff again weighs in with which coming January books they are dying to read. Title and Author Reviewer Chalice of Roses anthology Blythe, Lynn, Rike The Betrayal of the Blood Lily by Lauren Willig Jane,…
I never thought I’d say this, but here’s my answer to the reading slump: Stop reading. About three weeks ago, I had a period of major crunching, and for two solid weeks I didn’t read a…
Rike’s post yesterday on plotlines that could use a break got me thinking. I’ve got plenty of kvetches, believe me – many of them mentioned already by Rike – but, to put a Pollyanna spin on…