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Picking Review Books One Book at a Time
July 11, 2014AAR receives scores of print and digital books a month. In addition, reviewers are constantly buying or borrowing books above and beyond their AAR allotments. How do AAR reviewers choose…
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Wait. What? They did that where?
July 9, 2014We’ve all read them – those books where the sex just doesn’t make sense. Recently, I’ve stumbled across several that made me cringe.
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Speaking of Audiobooks: Downpour – an Alternative to Audible and a FIVE Credit Giveaway!
July 7, 2014When audio enthusiasts look for downloadable audiobooks, they usually think of Audible first, unaware that there is now another game in town. Downpour.com, Blackstone Audio’s online audiobook retail site, offers…
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The Hachette vs. Amazon Battle: Quality vs. Quantity
July 4, 2014In the battle between Hachette and Amazon, Hachette and those who support it have based their argument upon two simple “facts”. The first is that Amazon is too big. A…
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We’ve Four New Special Title Lists!
July 2, 2014Today we open up four more Special Title Lists for new submissions. And now that summer’s here, we thought it would be fun to focus on what for many, are…
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We’ve Got New Additions to our Special Titles List!
June 30, 2014Today we’re pleased to announce that six more of the Special Title Lists have been updated: (1) Green Romance; (2) Friendships; (3) Best Enemies; (4) Cross-Dressing & In Disguise; (5)…
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Jill Sorenson talks implants, earthquakes, and gives away five copies of Backwoods!
June 27, 2014Author Jill Sorenson is known for her heart-pounding romantic suspense. You can read AAR’s review of her latest book, Backwoods, here. I know Jill on Twitter and asked if she’d…
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Visiting Imaginary Places
June 25, 2014I remember the first time I read Jane Eyre and entered Rochester’s house, Thornfield Hall. Coming from a middle-class family in Nebraska, the middle of the United States, I was…
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Summer Resolutions
June 23, 2014New Years Eve is the traditional time for most people to make resolutions; plans they have to improve their lives, old habits they’d like to break, more healthful habits they’d…
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Loretta Chase interview and BIG giveaway
June 20, 2014Loretta Chase’s latest book, Vixen in Velvet, comes out on June 24. Ms. Chase was kind enough to agree to an interview and to offer ten lucky readers galleys of…
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TBR Challenge – Back to the Classics
June 18, 2014This month’s TBR challenge, reading one of the classics, had me scratching my head for a little bit. Did I want to reach for one of those books that could…
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Women Writing M/M Romance
June 14, 2014I interviewed three groups of m/m romance authors at the Romantic Times convention in May, asking the authors primarily the same questions. I let the discussions go in any direction…
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