Libraries: The Ebook Way
I don’t have an eBook reader, mainly because I don’t buy enough new books to justify the cost. But when I checked back to the Toronto Public Library recently, lo and behold they’ve instituted an eLibrary….
A Few of My Favorite Things
Not too long ago, Sandy Coleman blogged about romance cliches she would love to see die. That got me to thinking about the plotlines and features I just love in a romance. I’m sick of small-town…
If You Like…Julia Quinn
We are now in process of periodically updating the If You Like lists at AAR. Pollsters Lee Brewer and Cindy Smith have given suggestions for updates to the lists as they appear now. We also would…
Announcing My Resignation
For the record: I have given All About Romance my resignation. I wish the other three owners – Blythe, Lynn, and Sandy – as well as AAR’s talented staff, the best. All About Romance has a…
What are You Eagerly Awaiting?
Warm weather is here, or at least it is in my part of the world! I’ve been having fun looking over the new releases for summer and picking out books I’d really like to read. There…
Meredith Duran Winners
Congratulations to Christine M. Karen W., TeeLo, Eileen, and Jim, the five winners of early copies of Meredith Duran’s Wicked Becomes You. Notification emails have already gone out to everyone. Thanks to everyone who entered. And, if…
To DNF or Not to DNF?
Some folks online are very open about the books they just can’t finish – the DNFs. Here at AAR, if we’re reading a book for review, we have to finish it. I’ve had a few that…
The iPhone Problem is Solved
Huzzah, huzzah! Thanks to the able assistance of Jeanne Pickering of Pickering Web Design, AAR’s drop down menus are now working again. If you have an iPhone, all you need to do is refresh the page…
Drawing the Line
We thank everyone for the lively discussion. Commenting to this post has been disabled. I’ve been thinking about Voltaire lately. Specifically, one of his most famous quotations: “I do not agree with what you have to…
Is the 20th Century "Historical" Enough Yet?
Think about it. The glamourous mood of Edwardian England and prewar Europe, captured in art and literature with a poignant mix of innocence and decadence. The days when airplanes were so rare that people would run…