Romance novels are EVERYWHERE right now. Each week, a new romance book store opens; the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, even The Guardian all review romance. Bookstores that previously didn’t carry romance now have whole sections. Don’t even get me started on TikTok. So, does this mean the cultural bias against love stories has substantially ebbed?…
Google the phrase “self-care” and you’ll see endless entries. Self care is all about looking after yourself. It means taking the time to tend to your physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional well-being, says on site. Another says Self-care is important to maintaining a healthy relationship with yourself. Doing so enhances our ability to live fully,…
I’m always slightly irked at the number of books Goodreads says I’ve read each year. In 2024, the app says, I’ve read 52 books but that’s incorrect. I’m sure I’ve read at least twenty-five more books but they’re all re-reads which don’t count. I love re-reading beloved books. I find them comforting. In the past…
I’ve read several book reviews lately praising the unlikable lead (which is not the same as flawed). The implication in these reviews is that the traits that make someone likeable are, in a word, dull. Mean people, selfish schemers, folks that can’t see past their own navels–these men and women are more interesting, the reasoning…
Much to my amazement, I now regularly read non-fiction. (I blame Barbara Tuchman.) After decades of struggling to finish fat, detailed non-fictional works, I find, at my nightly reading, I’m drawn towards such works. I’m on my third in six months and my TBR list of such tomes grows daily. I also find I’m reading…
Love is everywhere this year… at least at the movies, both theatrical and streamed. Everyone is making them, watching them, and showing them! I, of course, think this is the best thing ever. Personally, I’ve watched more romances–films, not TV show because that’s a whole ‘nother thing–in the past year than I did in the…
I just watched the Netflix romcom The Family Affair. If you haven’t seen it, it’s fun. But I found myself distracted in the movie by Nicole Kidman’s weird face and, whenever he took his clothes off, Zac Efron’s absurdly jacked body. Here’s the trailer: Now, I do like a well-constructed man–at my age, ogling seems…
Romantasy is everywhere these days. It is the genre in romance that, currently, dominates much of the best-seller list and the conversation around romance. (Honestly, the fact that Sarah Maas’ A Court of Rose and Thorns is STILL on the best-seller list is somewhat staggering.) But besides that, it’s hard to see what the most…
We’re more than halfway through 2024–where DOES the time go? Thus far, AAR reviewers have designated 59 books (out of 178 reviewed) as DIKs. Two have received the rare grade of A+: Bridesmaid for Hire by Megan Quinn and The Perfect Find by Tia Williams. (Not all of the books we’ve reviewed have been romances.)…
It may surprise you to learn there are eight sports romances on the current (2018) AAR Top 100 List. Five are from Susan Elizabeth Phillips’ Chicago Stars series: Match Me If You Can (2005), Natural Born Charmer (2001), Nobody’s Baby But Mine (1997), Heaven, Texas (1995), and It Had To Be You (1994). The other…
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