Poll: What’s Your Recession Reading Pleasure?
Romance sales are up. Which is a total no-brainer, right? After all, it’s scary out there. But here’s what’s got me curious. What are you reading these days? And, just as interesting to me, have your…
When Too Much is Too Much – Literally
So I was tooling along happily, reading the first dialogue between hero and heroine, and suddenly the hero concludes that he had rarely been so expertly teased. Expert teasing my ass. The hero hasn’t done anything…
I Miss Mall Bookstores
AAR’s Ellen Micheletti was recently mourning the sad passing of a Waldenbooks in her town in Kentucky. I well know the feeling. Until about five years ago, there were two malls in my area — Tysons…
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AAR Annual Reader Poll: A Heads Up About Some Changes
We’re coming up to our yearly tradition here at AAR and we wanted to give our readers a chance to prepare for a few changes in the Annual Reader Poll. The annual poll when readers get…
AAR Featured in Bodice Ripper-Free Article on CNN.com
The mainsteam media came a-callin’ again and this time it came without any attitude. Woohoo! I was interviewed last week about the popularity of vampire romances by Lisa Respers France, a reporter who told me she…
And Now to Give Thanks
I spend a fair amount of time calling out some of the things in romance that hurt the genre and absolutely make me crazy. However, having read romance since the early 90s (ah, the days of…
Joss Ware ARC Giveaway and Exclusive Sneak Peek (Contest Now Closed)
You’re seeing it here first, folks: An online excerpt from the upcoming new series from Joss Ware, AKA Colleen Gleason. And, even better, the author is offering AAR readers a chance to win an ARC of…
Avon Advanced Read Giveaway Winner
LaRue Foster is the lucky winner of three e-galleys and six print galleys of upcoming Avon books. Not to even mention the supercute pink and green tote bag. We thank everyone who took the time to…
A Solution to the Reading Slump
I never thought I’d say this, but here’s my answer to the reading slump: Stop reading. About three weeks ago, I had a period of major crunching, and for two solid weeks I didn’t read a…
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I’m Always a Sucker for This One
Rike’s post yesterday on plotlines that could use a break got me thinking. I’ve got plenty of kvetches, believe me – many of them mentioned already by Rike – but, to put a Pollyanna spin on…