Eagerly Awaiting for July
AAR Staff again weighs in with which coming July books they are dying to read. Title and Author Reviewer Loving a Lost Lord by Mary Jo Putney Sandy, Lynn, Blythe, Jean, Anne, Jane, Ellen, Heather, Lea,…
Speaking of Audio Books: It’s All About the Narrator
For me, the traditional printed book will always be the best means of delving into a juicy romance, but audio books have come to play a significant role in my endless search for that next great…
The Delights of Book Festivals
While I haven’t been to RWA, I have been able to celebrate books and reading in a more local arena. I have spent the past few days attending numerous events at the Virginia Festival of the…
How Well do Category Romances Age?
With the publication of Harlequin’s Famous Firsts Collection, I recently read two romances from the 1980s, Debbie Macomber’s The Matchmakers and Anne Stuart’s Tangled Lies. Though Tangled Lies has a suspense plot, it is less prominent,…
I Beg to Differ
There was an opinion piece in yesterday’s Washington Post about the reading of college students. They are, the writer argued, more likely to read ‘inferior texts’ like Stephenie Meyers’ Twilight series, or our new presidents’ memoirs,…
Familiar Territory
I’m sometimes sad I will in all likelihood never see a romance set in my hometown. The publishing market in Germany being what it is, there are not many German-set romances printed at all, and those…
Eagerly Awaiting for April
AAR Staff again weighs in with which coming April books they are dying to read. Title and Author Reviewer The Secret Wedding by Jo Beverley Lynn, Heather, Lee, Rike Then Comes Seduction by Mary Balogh Lee,…
The Series Conundrum
I recently finished a review book. The only other ARC I have on hand at the moment is for an April release, so I thought I’d reward myself by reading a book from my TBR pile…
So, What Do Reviewers Get Out of it Anyway?
In a recent thread at our Let’s Talk Romance Novels Forum, the question was raised why reviewers write reviews, what they get out of it (if they don’t receive any remuneration, which is the case at…