Essays & Musings
What We’ve Been Thinking About
Thoughts on books, reading, culture, and the literary life.
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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Hachette vs. Amazon: Show Me the Money
June 11, 2014I 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, 2014What 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, 2014I’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, 2014Mary 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, 2014One 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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RT20014: The Author interviews, part four
May 29, 2014The best part of RT was, for me, talking to authors. I asked each the same three questions. What is the most interesting piece of research you ever uncovered while…
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Books with Characters Who Read
May 26, 2014Last week I was walking past a used bookstore that had a number of books displayed on a shelf outside the store. One of the books – The Library by…
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