AAR Staff Top Ten Favorites – Rike's Picks
All the romances listed below are true Desert Island Keepers for me, and for each of them the following holds true: Whenever I open them to reread a particular scene, I cannot put them down again,…
In Search of the Real Regency
In my search for good historical reading, I’ll admit that I’m sometimes guilty of something. I’ll moan about Regency-set historicals as a shorthand for “historicals with idiot twit leads, wallpaper settings and stupid gimmicks that make…
What Makes a Book Unforgettable?
I had fun seeing the RITA and Golden Heart award nominations go up yesterday. There were some really good books up there! At first, I was just noting that I had read more of the nominees(and…
Setting the Mood
So, what about a setting makes it feel romantic? We tend to complain about settings being too wallpapery (the 21st Century Regency) or too cliched (every small town in possession of a fetching heroine must be…
You Never Forget the First
When I saw Sarah Johnson’s giveaway over at Reading the Past, her request for people to comment with the name of the novel that got them interested in reading historical fiction. Her contest got me thinking…
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Extra, extra! Read All About It! Roberta Gellis, Juno and more Elizabeth Elliott!
This seems to have been a week for all manner of random bits and snippets of news. So, I thought I’d share a few.