the ask@AAR: Have you checked out our new forums?

April 23, 2021

Have you checked out the new forums at the Agora? We redesigned them, offered lots of new was to interact, and continue to tweak them. (There are SO many options!)…

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Best biography you’ve ever read?

April 19, 2021

My serious book club–as opposed to our Good Time Book Club and my we only read books that make us glad to be alive Book Club is currently reading Barack…

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the ask@AAR: Who’s the author you reread the most?

April 16, 2021

We all have books we love and turn to when we need a comfort read. I suspect most AAR readers could name five to ten books they’ve read many times…

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the Way Back on Wednesday: The 2001 All About Romance Reader Awards

April 14, 2021

originally published March 1, 2001 (many of the links in this post have been lost to history) To all the winners in our fifth annual readers’ poll, congratulations and continued…

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Read any mesmerizing mysteries lately?

April 12, 2021

I’d been in a bit of a reading slump when the upcoming thriller by the always good Clare Macintosh hit my iPad. Hostage is a page turner, the sort of…

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the ask@AAR: What do you think about grading books?

April 9, 2021

I so enjoyed Caroline’s thoughtful and in-depth post about how she grades books here at AAR. Like many readers, I came to AAR because of our Power Search system and…

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The Wayback on Wednesday: The Harem

April 7, 2021

(originally published in 2002)   The Harem by Ellen Micheletti Simply defined, a harem is the area in a household where the women of the family live. But in romantic…

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Eleanor Webster talks the past, the Cornish coast and her work

April 4, 2021

I began writing romance to escape the mundanities of motherhood and the heart-breaking reality too often involved in school counselling.  Indeed, in those first years, I developed a split personality;…

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the ask@AAR: What’s your favorite household hack?

April 2, 2021

I can barely believe I’m asking this because my interest in cooking/cleaning/sewing–things I think of as household tasks–is minimal. And yet…. During the past year as we have been constrained…

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The Wayback on Wednesday: Patricia Gaffney on How Does an Author Feel About Reader Criticism?

March 31, 2021

(originally published in August of 1997) We asked author Patricia Gaffney, author of the Wyckerley trilogy and the upcoming Wild at Heart for her thoughts on reader criticism. Here is…

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And the next AAR Good Time Book Club pick is….

March 29, 2021

You have voted and picked… The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt. AAR reviewed it when it came out in 2007–we gave it an A-. In our review, we wrote: The…

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the ask@AAR: What’s your favorite Joanna Bourne book?

March 26, 2021

Beloved historical romance author Joanna Bourne announced her retirement this month. I’ve reread everyone of Bourne’s books; some many times. I respect her decision but, damn, I’ll miss her brilliance….

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