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Read any Romantasy lately?
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You guys really love historical romance!
We will be launching our poll for the 2024 AAR Top 100 Romances list later this week. There will be 200 books to choose from, taken from a combination of the last AAR Top 100 Romances list, reader nominations, and reviewer favorites. I analyzed the list for genre–and it didn’t surprise me historical romances were…
Romance Reading Quiz Answers: Part Four
AAR readers have long loved historical romance, a trend that appears to still be true. You chose historical romance (44 votes) as your favorite genre in romance by almost twice as many votes as the next winner: Contemporary romance (26 votes).
And the next AAR Good Time Book Club pick is….
The (very close) votes are in and we’re reading Elizabeth Kingston’s The King’s Man. (Here’s our B+ review.) Here’s the summary from Amazon (right now, the ebook is 2.99):

I can’t get the page to open, sorry!
Or click on the pink title “We’ve Narrowed It Down..” instead of the page front – like I did.
Try this:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NDXMFSR