Time for our regular look ahead to the new releases we’re most looking forward to reading over the next few weeks. There’s a bumper crop of new books this April, although as usual, there’s no way…
This month’s TBR challenge prompt of “grumpy” yielded almost an embarrassment of riches. After all, grouchy heroes aren’t exactly a rare find in Romlandia. And grumpy/sunshine romances are having a bit of a moment now, too….
Romance, as a genre, stands on the shoulders of Jane Austen, but some books stand more directly than others. Her work has reached the levels of stories like Cinderella and Robin Hood in terms of being…
Despite having some truly atrocious weather in my part of the world over the past week, I’m firmly telling myself that we’re heading into Spring and that soon the daffodils will be flowering and we’ll be…
No, not that kind of climax. That’s a different post! I’m talking about the sort of finale scene in which every plot element (effectively but never heavy-handedly foreshadowed) comes together in a meticulous and satisfying culmination,…
Fairy tale romance – now there’s a TBR prompt that can go in all kinds of different directions. When we talk about romance, we often talk about “fairytale romances.” Lynn and Caz took this one to…
In the United States, Black History Month is observed in February. At AAR, we’re celebrating this month by revisiting the books by Black authors we’ve awarded DIK status since February last year. While Black History Month…
We have a new Power Search. Have you tried it? It’s–in my opinion–amazing. You can find it under the Reviews tab. For starters, you can now search by tags. Caroline Russomanno has spent the…
Every year I do a “Best Belated Reads” column to accompany my “Best of” column, because a lot of my year’s reading is not books that were published in that year. Here are some books I…
We’re midway through January 2022, and I still feel like I’m playing catch-up from 2021. Who’s with me? The “Quickie” TBR theme was exactly what I needed because my brain just doesn’t have bandwidth for more….