In Search of… The Ultimate Plane Reads
Hello, dear readers, do you have a minute? I have a question for you. My husband and I are about to take a vacation that will involve about two days of travel on either end. We…
Maggie and Shannon Talk Mysteries: The Domestic Thriller
In our last column, Shannon and I discussed psychological thrillers, a brand of mystery which is dominating the bestseller list right now. This time out we tackle the domestic thriller. A domestic thriller is essentially a…
July 2018 TBR Challenge – Tropetastic!
The TBR Challenge usually includes a prompt at some time during the year which gives participants the chance to pick a book that uses their favourite trope. This time around it’s July’s prompt, and Caz and…
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What, why and how do you read? A survey by M.K. Tod
Readers and writers – a symbiotic relationship. Ideas spark writers to create stories and build worlds and characters for readers’ consumption. Readers add imagination and thought to interpret those stories, deriving meaning and enjoyment in the…
It’s Summertime – let’s binge!
I’m a greedy reader. If I like a book, I tell every person on earth (who will listen) about it and insist they read it right away, regardless of the types of book they tell me…
The Tropical Romance Book Club featuring Bianca Mori
Welcome back to the Tropical Romance Book Club! The idea for this series is – for me, and hopefully you readers too – to explore some books which tell love stories set in places we in…
June TBR Challenge – A Comfort Read
The “comfort read” prompt for this month’s TBR Challenge can be a tough one, as often the books that spring to mind are those well-read tomes to which we come back time after time… which doesn’t help…
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“I couldn’t put it down…” What was YOUR last unputdownable read?
The unputdownable read… it’s kind of the holy grail of books, isn’t it? That book that hooks you in on the first page and doesn’t let you go until the last; the book you enjoy so…
Maggie and Shannon Talk Mysteries…
Sales figures for books in the digital age can be tricky. That’s because independently published e-books can sell quite well without making a great deal of money for the author or affecting print sales at all….
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Fond First Times… Our first experiences with romance novels, part two
In part two of our reminiscences about our first experiences with romance novels, AAR staffers are here to share more of our stories about our first romances, when we read them, who we read them with…