Essays & Musings
What We’ve Been Thinking About
Thoughts on books, reading, culture, and the literary life.
A Guest post and Giveaway by Elizabeth Michels
February 22, 2016Dear Romance Readers of the World, Pull up a chair and we’ll have a nice chat. I’m so happy to be here today to tell you about the first book…
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The Best of 2015: Anne’s List
February 19, 2016When I look back at my favorite reads of 2015, most have one thing in common. They were published before 2015. From guilty pleasures like The Selection series (yes, I…
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A Guest Post and a Giveaway from Grace Burrowes
February 18, 2016A dark-haired, handsome guy shares domestic life with me, and I treasure him dearly. As romance heroes go, he has some creds. For example, he never says much unless he’s…
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An Interview and a Giveaway with Farrah Rochon
February 16, 2016Farrah Rochon’s newest story, Passion’s Song is out this month as part of the Harlequin Kimani Febraury Lineup. (I’ve written a DIK review of it for AAR). A friends to…
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The Best of 2015: LinnieGayl’s List
February 15, 2016I’m finally coming out of a nearly two-year reading slump, but to do it I had to read a lot of old favorites (Julie James, Lauren Willig, Karen Templeton, Sarah…
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A Blast from our Past: Declarations of Love
February 14, 2016Here’s a column from three years ago. It holds up well, we think. What are your favorite proposals? We at AAR wish all our readers a happy Valentine’s Day! Today is Valentine’s…
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The Birth of a Series: A Guest Post (and a giveaway) by Jodi Thomas
February 12, 2016People often wonder how a series comes about. I’ve written several and sometimes I’ve asked myself the same question. My first trilogy was five books, my second was four and my…
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Court of Thorns and Roses: A Pandora’s Box
February 10, 2016Dabney: Haley picked Sarah Maas’s Court of Thorns and Roses for her best Romance Novel of 2015. Here’s what she said about the book: This is a retelling of Beauty…
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A Guest Post and a Giveaway from Theresa Romain
February 8, 2016A Gentleman’s Game is the story of Nathaniel and Rosalind. He’s a seemingly carefree Thoroughbred trainer and baronet’s son; she’s the baronet’s unlikely secretary. They’re both hiding more than a…
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The Best of 2015: Heather’s List
February 7, 2016Some years are stellar reading years, while others are just meh. Fortunately for me, I’ve had the joy of reading several exceptional books this year. So without further ado, in…
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Best of 2015: Keira’s List
February 6, 2016I read a total of 84 books. This was the year I read less romance than I’d read in a decade. However, what I read was superb so I really lucked…
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Writing in Pieces: A Guest Post (and a giveaway) from J.R Gray
February 5, 2016Writing is a process. A deeply personal process. As artists who weave words, we all have our own variation of this process. I write in pieces. I used to think…
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