Essays & Musings
What We’ve Been Thinking About
Thoughts on books, reading, culture, and the literary life.
Love and Star Wars
March 25, 2016It’s been long enough since the release of The Force Awakens that I feel it’s fair to write a post with a big fat spoiler about the movie and post it somewhere where…
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Want to write for us?
March 23, 2016You read us. You trust our reviews and comment on our blogs and message boards. You like that we’re independent, that we don’t answer to publishers, authors, or a media…
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Sunday Steals and Deals
March 20, 2016So many books and so many deals! Here are some of our favorite bargains to be found right now. This collection has an impressive lineup of authors: Alexis Hall, Del…
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Blasts from our Past: Purple Prose Parodies
March 19, 2016For years, All About Romance ran a very amusing Purple Prose Parody Contest. We thought we’d share some of the entries. These two are culled from the 1999 Contest. from Carol…
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March Minis
March 17, 2016It’s another edition of the midweek minis. This time we have Melanie, Heather, and Dabney assessing seven books. Have you read any of these? We’d love to know your thoughts in the…
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What’s Up at AAR
March 12, 2016Hello again, everyone! It’s our round-up of some of what we’ve been doing. We’ve got lots and lots of Best of 2015 lists! And fresh content for you to enjoy. Here’s…
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A Lambda Awards Roundup
March 10, 2016The 28th Annual Lambda Literary Awards–or the “Lammys,” as they are affectionately known–kick off another record-breaking year with this week’s announcement of the finalists. They were chosen from a record 933…
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Does Size Matter?
March 8, 2016I’ve read some pretty long books in the course of my life. Tolstoy’s War and Peace with the original French quotes included – 1,296 pages. The Far Pavillions by M….
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Lessons of Politics, Lessons of Love: A Guest Piece (and a Giveaway) from Roan Parrish
March 3, 2016Colin Mulligan cares (a little too much) what his father thinks. He cares about cars. He cares about football. But when Out of Nowhere begins, he doesn’t really care about…
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Merry (and not so merry widows): A guest post by Megan Mulry
March 2, 2016In my latest book, Encore, both of the main characters are widowed, so I became fascinated with all sorts of ideas about loss and redemption and second chances while I…
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Career Matches in Real Life
February 29, 2016Bloomberg recently released a statistical report which examines marriage patterns by occupation in the United States. Who do female doctors marry? Male doctors? Female and male lawyers? It’s a fun…
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And the Nominees Are….
February 26, 2016Several readers asked for a list of the nominees in this year’s Annual Reader Poll. Here you go! And if you’ve not yet voted, please do. Here’s the link. Best…
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