Caroline’s fabulous blog–DIKS set in every state–got me thinking about romances I love that take place foreign locales. I’m ruling out England from the list because there are what seems like six million Regency romances set in Britain. The US is off the list too because the vast majority of contemporary romances we cover here…
I’ve been on a family vacation this week and we’ve been watching–which I, as a UNC graduate and an NC resident have OF COURSE already seen– The Last Dance, the mini series chronicling the success of the 1990s Chicago Bulls helmed by Michael Jordan. As we started watching it, my brother said, offhandedly to his…
For the last week, I’ve been transfixed by Tom Hanks. Not his acting or any of his movies–my favorite is Saving Private Ryan–but rather his narration of Ann Patchett’s Pulitzer Prize Finalist novel, The Dutch House. After Circe, narrated by gorgeous voice of Perdita Weeks, The Dutch House is the best audio rendering of a…
I don’t buy a lot of books–I am the romance reader version of Billy Mack: I became the Publisher of AAR and now they give them to me for free! But despite having thousands of unread books on my TBR, I continue to purchase new ones. Some are books I find on my daily Steals…
A recent comment at AAR made me wonder, for the thousandth time, if AAR reviews the novels our readers are interested in. My very cursory assessment of this year’s reviews is thus: We’ve published close to 200 reviews. Of those, 84% were published this year. In terms of genre, the breakdown of 2022 books is…
I’ve spent the last eight days traveling around the Mediterranean and, everywhere I go, the stories of past and present ethnic/spiritual/cultural tensions between nations and cultures surround me. I’ve listened to stories of invasions, of bitter conquest, of cultures decimated by sectarian war. It’s been fascinating to learn about the centuries that brought these cultures…
You may have noticed that there’ve been very few Steals and Deals posted in the past week. Blame me. I am taking a long awaited vacation and have been trying NOT to work. Thus far, instead of doing AAR things, I’ve seen sights in Greece–Athens and the extraordinary Meteora monasteries–and am now in Istanbul. I’ll…
Dr. Feelgood and I just watched the final half season of Ozark, something I’d been wildly looking forward to, and it was a serious let down. I didn’t like hardly anything about it–the way the characters’ behaved, the futures they may or may not have going forward, the completely unnecessary plotlines that detracted from the…
I’ve been reading endless articles about whether or not and, if so, how the probable overturning of Roe v. Wade in the United States could influence the 2022 midterms and the 2024 election. The answer seems to be: Not much. Most pundits think that despite the strong passions voters have about the issue, stricter limits…
One of the great things about all those Bridgertons–besides more fodder for Netflix seasons–is that Violet and her children are a fun brood to read about/watch. One of my favorite things on the show is watching Gregory and Hyacinth amuse and torment one another. It’s almost as much fun as taking in the elder four’s…
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