What We’ve Been Thinking About

Essays & Musings

Thoughts on books, reading, culture, and the literary life.

We’ve Got New Additions to our Special Titles List!

June 30, 2014

Today 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, 2014

Author 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, 2014

I 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, 2014

New 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, 2014

Loretta 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, 2014

This 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, 2014

I 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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Hachette vs. Amazon: Show Me the Money

June 11, 2014

I am no Amazon fangirl. In April 2013 I blogged about my concerns when they took over Goodreads. On the other hand I have what is probably an unhealthy attachment…

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Nine romance writers band together to support RAINN, the largest anti-sexual violence organization in the United States

June 9, 2014

What happens when love gets caught in the rain? In this romance anthology, RITA-Award winning author Molly O’Keefe shows us the power of a city thunderstorm from the top of…

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Not Your Ordinary Hero

June 6, 2014

I’ve spent the past few weeks watching the TV show Veronica Mars (I so love Amazon Prime.) I’d seen it when it first came out but my husband hadn’t. When the…

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Remembering Mary Stewart

June 4, 2014

Mary Stewart died this month at the age of 97. As the author credited for creating the romantic suspense genre she leaves behind a tremendous legacy in the world of…

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From Inside the Reviewer’s Studio

May 30, 2014

One of the things I like best about reviewing for AAR is the fact that I’m encouraged to select books to review rather than being assigned what to read. Of…

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