Happy Juneteenth!
OK, peeps. We’re halfway through 2020–a year I’ll be thrilled to see the back of–and I want to know: What’s the best book you’ve read this year? And why?
Go!
Happy Juneteenth!
OK, peeps. We’re halfway through 2020–a year I’ll be thrilled to see the back of–and I want to know: What’s the best book you’ve read this year? And why?
Go!
Almost 50% of pregnancies in the United States are unintended and, in 40% of those, women chose to end their pregnancies. Whether you’re pro-life or pro-choice, the fact is many women choose abortion–nearly 1 in 4 women had an abortion in the US last year. And yet abortion rarely shows up in our books, our…
Dr. Feelgood and I just watched the final half season of Ozark, something I’d been wildly looking forward to, and it was a serious let down. I didn’t like hardly anything about it–the way the characters’ behaved, the futures they may or may not have going forward, the completely unnecessary plotlines that detracted from the…
Lately, I’ve been thinking about babies in romance novels. Not as plot twists or conveniently timed disruptions—though a surprise pregnancy can still complicate things in interesting ways—but as a future a character chooses with clarity and hope. I am, generally speaking, pro-baby. I believe families are good for individuals, for communities, and for the world….
I was lucky enough to get a chance to sit down and chat with Sarah MacLean while at RWA. (This was before she won the RITA for best historical romance!) I wanted to follow up with her. I’d talked to her in December of 2013 about her challenge to The New York Times and that paper’s…
This week an author we’ve reviewed frequently declined to discuss her latest work of women’s fiction with us. Her reason? ….AAR is not the place to discuss this book, simply because of it being called All About Romance. This book, we feel, is really mainstream…. I don’t think she’s alone in thinking the name is…
I’ve always loved poetry and since Covid hit, on my Facebook page, I’ve posted #APoemADay. I’ve shared poems from across the centuries, written by men and women from many nations, on topics as varied as death to washing the dishes. It’s been great fun.