The Way Back on Wednesday: A Few Historical Characters I Miss

July 14, 2021

originally published on March 23, 2009 One of the perennial favorite topics around AAR is the lack of historical accuracy in today’s historical romances. Still, there is what AAR readers…

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Romances with football–soccer for our US readers!–or tennis players?

July 12, 2021

This past weekend was a biggie for sports watchers. (Just ask Tom Cruise–he was seen at the Wimbledon finals AND at the Euro 2020 final game.)  Novak Djokovic won at…

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the ask@AAR: Is it OK for lovers to lie to one another?

July 9, 2021

My book club just read Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter and, in our meeting, we had a long and heated disagreement discussion about whether or not and/or when it’s…

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We’re more than halfway through 2021–what have you been listening to this year?

July 6, 2021

Every year, since 2017, I’ve made a playlist on Spotify of my favorite songs I heard put out that year. Then, in January, I listen to all those songs and…

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What holidays do you love to celebrate? And happy 4th of July!

July 4, 2021

I read an interesting–and to me, depressing–article in the New York Times yesterday about how the American flag itself is now considered by many a partisan symbol. The same is…

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the ask@AAR: Where have all the true rakes gone?

July 2, 2021

In an interesting conversation in the comments for Harper St. George’s recent release The Devil and the Heiress. Marian posted a link to an article that said: The rakes in…

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What are you reading?

June 28, 2021

I’ve really been on a mystery kick lately. After inhaling all the Will Trent books, I’ve moved on to the Rockton books. Both were recommendations from AAR readers. YOU GUYS…

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the ask@AAR: What’s the best vacation you’ve ever taken?

June 25, 2021

I am on a mediocre vacation. It’s a large family trip to a very boring beach with accommodations that unfortunately resembles a cave. The weather has been on the chilly…

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The Next AAR Good Time Book Club is… Fool Me Twice by Meredith Duran

June 22, 2021

Y’all have picked Fool Me Twice by a large swath of votes! It’s by the storied Meredith Duran–we’re SO blue she’s currently not writing–and Blythe gave it a fairly happy…

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the ask@AAR: How are you feeling about historical romance?

June 18, 2021

In October of 2019, we asked you whether you thought historical romance had a quality problem. That column is still the most commented upon Ask column and it made many…

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Pick the next AAR Good Time Book Club read!

June 14, 2021

It’s time to pick the next AAR Good Time Book Club read! In this first round, pick as many as you’re interested in! Here are the choices. You must use…

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the ask@AAR: What was the first romance novel you read?

June 11, 2021

While the first romance that ever really registered with me is Sweet, Savage Love (and I attribute that to it being the first book in which the sex was varied…

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