Essays & Musings
What We’ve Been Thinking About
Thoughts on books, reading, culture, and the literary life.
Heather’s Best of 2014 List
January 30, 2015When I began this endeavor, I really was not sure I would have enough books for a top reads post for 2014. I think I read so many mediocre books…
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It’s the 20th Anniversary of Lord of Scoundrels!
January 23, 2015AAR feels old! We can’t believe many of us first read Loretta Chase’s classic romance Lord of Scoundrels 20 years ago! We first reviewed the historical romance in 1997. The…
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Rose Lerner on her latest hero, being Jewish in Regency England, and an interesting bit about Ivanhoe
January 19, 2015Ash, the hero of my Regency romance True Pretenses, is a Jewish con artist who grew up in a London rookery and has been passing as a Gentile for a…
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AAR’s Buried Treasure Picks for 2014
January 16, 2015Each year, the AAR staff picks their favorite Buried Treasure–a book that ran under the radar or that we think many readers may have missed. Last year’s list–which you may…
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Tara Tropeful’s Holiday Letter
December 26, 2014I wasn’t even sure I’d find the time to write my annual holiday letter this year. Whoa Daisy, 2014 was a busy year. Between getting married to the love of…
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Caroline: Why I won’t be contributing to any Best of 2014 lists
December 21, 2014Despite the fact that I read a large number of books this year, and that I posted several DIKs, I can’t contribute to “Best of 2014” lists. Why? Most of…
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Crude and Clueless? If so, I’m sorry.
December 15, 2014The column I wrote on Friday that, among other things, listed serious and silly suggestions for a series AAR is planning on heroines raised the ire of many. Readers felt…
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Sweetheart or Shrew? Sister or Skank? AAR announces a new yet to be named series!
December 12, 2014[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] In July, AAR introduced the new series “Dreamboat…
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A Dinner Party with Heroines
December 5, 2014I rarely throw dinner parties. So much work for too little time. But that doesn’t stop me from imagining ones I’d love to attend–these always involve me staying far away from the…
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What does Megan Frampton want? A smart man.
December 3, 2014If I have any type beyond the physical, it is that the guy be smart. As in smarter than me, smarter than everyone in the room, but not a jerk…
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Romance, thanks for everything. Really.
November 26, 2014They say–they being a psychology professor writing in the New York Times–you may be able to keep yourself from desperately seeking Black Friday bargains by giving thanks for what you…
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I know just where I was when…
November 17, 2014When I think about my life and art, I think first about music. There’s a soundtrack to my life–I have an annoyingly crisp memory for where I was when I…
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