Incredibly, we are well into 2021.
We, more or less, survived 2020. So that’s good.
So, now that that dumpster fire is done, how are you doing? What’s bringing you joy? What’s still hard? What are you hopeful for?
Incredibly, we are well into 2021.
We, more or less, survived 2020. So that’s good.
So, now that that dumpster fire is done, how are you doing? What’s bringing you joy? What’s still hard? What are you hopeful for?
This week has great steals and deals. Click on the book covers to go to Amazon. Thanks and happy reading. Caroline Linden’s I Love the Earl is just 1.99. We haven’t reviewed this one but we’ve given many of her other works high marks. Here’s the description from Amazon. Many other books are currently 4.99 which…
It’s always an experience to read Vintage AAR. This article by Paula Detmer Riggs on writing taboo subjects is especially thought-provoking. She wrote about the hero of her book, Her Secret, His Child, a book she published in 1995 and we gave a DIK to in 1998. Years ago, her hero–and he is her hero–date-raped…
When Dabney Grinnan asked me to define a Gothic at RWA in New York, my first reaction was to use Potter Stewart’s infamous “I know it when I see it” line. But of course, that won’t do. So for my overarching statement I will say that in a Gothic, every single aspect of the text—language,…
Today we feature something a little different. A friend of mine, Eric Muller, has created a podcast I think is wonderful. It’s called Scapegoat Cities and features human stories behind the Japanese American Internment. I asked Eric if any of his stories featured love affairs. The most recent one, Are You Now or Have You Ever…
We’ve talked about having an AAR book club for what feels like forever and, you know what, it’s time. I made a few executive decisions so we could get started. The book had to be fun, a DIK at AAR, and cheap. So, using those criteria, I came up with three choices.
I enjoyed reading in 2017. I read widely and much of what I read was good. So that’s a win. Of the couple hundred books I read last year, these are the ones, in no particular order, that stood out. Edge of Power by Megan Crane. (You can read Em’s B+ review here.) Edge of Obsession,…