November 14 is World Diabetes Awareness Day, a holiday which means a lot to me because there are a number of diabetics in my family. Managing diabetes is a difficult, lifelong task exacerbated in many parts…
I love to re-read–I’d hazard that at least a quarter of my romance reading is re-reading books I’ve previously read and loved. I’m lucky–it’s rare I’ve re-read a book and been far less happy with it…
October is the perfect month for reading gothics. Halloween is just around the corner, and who doesn’t want a deliciously shivery book? This month’s TBR Challenge was great fun, and coincidentally, both of us found ourselves…
Looking for Halloween romance novels? So am I! For all that paranormals have been solid romance performers for decades now, and we get deluged with maple leaves and pumpkins if we so much as glance in…
Thanks to the generosity of publishers and authors, the AAR staff has a wide variety of books they can choose to review. (We don’t assign books–reviewers can pick from our currently available list.) I thought it…
We celebrated Black History Month and AAPI Heritage Month, and now here is our list of recent DIKs by Hispanic authors for America’s Hispanic Heritage Month. As always, we don’t limit our list to American authors….
I think I may have been overthinking TBR Challenge a little bit. When I tried to pick out a book from my bookcase that would be “unusual”, I found myself wondering, “Unusual to whom?” After all,…
Covers in romance come up again and again and, usually, readers are complaining. Whether it’s the Fabio-licious covers of the 1990s or the cartoon covers all over the place today, there’s always a contingent who just…
I’ve been on a rereading binge. After the AAR Good Time Book Club read the surprisingly unsatisfying Fool Me Twice by the usually great Meredith Duran, I was inspired to read several others of hers that…
September is usually the time of year you’ll find more new releases than you can shake a stick at, and it seems that this September is continuing that tradition! As usual, for this column, we’ve chosen…