the ask@AAR: What books, shows, movies, or other things are you looking forward to in 2023?

December 23, 2022

Another year has flown by and–I can barely believe this–2023 is almost upon us. I’m super pumped for this coming year–my husband is going to retire and I can’t wait….

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the ask@AAR: Do you like holiday romances?

December 16, 2022

Currently we have over two hundred reviews tagged as holiday romances. One, One Christmas Knight by Kathleen Creighton garnered one of our rare (55) A+reviews. There’s also an snarky F–our…

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the ask@AAR: What was the best thing that happened this year?

December 9, 2022

‘Tis the season to be jolly, right? 2022 was a reasonable year. It wasn’t the sh*tshow that 2020 was or filled with 2020 PTSD like 2021. Billions of vaccines were…

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the ask@AAR: What’s your FINAL pick for best romance of 2022?

December 2, 2022

Hi there AAR readers! Happy December! The staff has begun submitting their Best of 2022 Lists. (I adore these–every year I discover great reads I missed!) I confess I’m having…

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the ask@AAR: What do we think about trigger warnings in reviews?

November 25, 2022

It’s the Friday after Thanksgiving here in the US, a holiday famed for its abundant food, contested history, and familial arguments. I confess my family doesn’t fight at Thanksgiving–we leave…

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the ask@AAR: How do you like your love stories?

November 18, 2022

I was struck by a sentence written by romance novelist Adriana Herrera in the Washington Post this week. Herrera, in an article entitled The 10 Best Romance Novels of 2022,…

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the ask@AAR: What is a feminist romance?

November 11, 2022

Each day my inbox is full of emails about upcoming books romance readers might like to read. And, if publishers are right about romance readers–and who is to say they…

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Whatcha Watching Right Now?

November 9, 2022

After polishing off the final season of Derry Girls–good but not great though I could watch Siobhán McSweeney as Sister Michael all damn day–thoroughly enjoying Nicola Walker’s chatty Annika, loving…

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the ask@AAR: Long series–love ’em or loathe ’em?

November 4, 2022

Nora Robarts, aka J. D. Robb, is publishing the 56th book in her In Death series in January. We appear to have reviewed 42 of the Eve Dallas books (!!!),…

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the ask@AAR: What do we think about Eloisa James?

October 28, 2022

Next month, Eloisa James will publish The Reluctant Countess, the second in her Would Be Wallflowers historical romance series. James has published over 40 books and we’ve reviewed her 38…

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the ask@AAR: How do you use the site?

October 21, 2022

I spend a lot of time looking at AAR’s stats. According to Google Analytics, 60% of AAR readers access the site via their phones and/or other devices. When users visit…

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the ask@AAR: What book broke your heart?

October 14, 2022

The final season of His Dark Materials comes out this December and the trailer has dropped. The thing is, I’m not sure I can take it. The conclusion of series,…

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