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RT 2014 Day One
May 14, 2014First of all, if you don’t know what RT is, don’t worry. I didn’t know what it was until I’d been reviewing for several years. Basically, the romance community has…
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Seeking Submissions for Six Special Title Listings
May 12, 2014Today we open up six more Special Title Lists for new submissions. That’s right, we’re going all out with the following six lists as this will be our last major…
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It Has a Name: The Comma Splice
May 9, 2014“Among the signs that more particularly betray the uneducated writer is inability to see when a comma is not a sufficient stop. Unfortunately little more can be done than to…
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AAR Mini-Polls: Which Should We Do Next?
May 7, 2014AAR reader response to the re-opening of the Mini-polls was robust and we are thrilled with the updated Western/Frontier romances. With renewed spirits we turned our attention to the rest…
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And the results of your favorite Western/Frontier romances are in!
May 3, 2014Thanks to the many readers who voted for their favorite Western/Frontier Romances in our Mini-Poll. We can definitely say that Ellen O’Connell is very popular with AAR readers and receives…
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Jumping the Shark
May 1, 2014AAR ran a style poll back in 2002 which had completely slipped my mind until I clicked on it by accident the other day. (Take a look; it’s got some…
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Some Titles Never Get Old
April 23, 2014One of the great pleasures of revising AAR’s Special Titles Listings is the re-discovery of old books. A reader nominates a title, or I spot it already on the list…
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Westerns AAR Loves
April 18, 2014When AAR ran the Top 100 romances poll, our reviewers blogged their personal Top 10s weekly to share some of their favorites. Since the mini-polls are smaller, we consolidated a…
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Mixed martial arts, football, rugby, tennis, baseball, hockey—oh my!
April 14, 2014Do you love sports romance? Today, Carina Press published six new sports romances, and the authors are here interviewing their sports-star characters. Batter up!
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Reviving the AAR Mini-Polls: Your Top 10 Favorite Frontier/Western Romances
April 11, 2014Back last fall when we were feeling inundated with the Top 100 Poll, several readers asked if we would consider reviving the AAR Mini-Polls, or “Top Ten Polls.” Our rather…
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An interview with Elizabeth Essex
April 9, 2014I recently had the good fortune to listen to Ms. Essex read from her latest novel, After the Scandal, at my local Lady Jane’s Salon. There, I asked if she’d…
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How Pregnancy Changed One Reviewer’s Romance Reading
April 4, 2014I knew pregnancy was going to change my life, but it came as a surprise to me that pregnancy changed my romance reading. I haven’t read books, especially historicals, in…
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