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• The Perennial Question of the Bad Boy Hero

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  Over the years, we’ve published many a piece about Bad Boys. I wrote one nine years ago about being over bad boys (this proved to be a...

• the ask@AAR: Are 50 Shades of Grey or Twilight dangerous?

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  A friend of mine recently sent me an article entitled Why Bestselling Romance Author Colleen Hoover Is Receiving Backlash . In it, the...

• Chatting with Maya Rodale about Dangerous Books for Girls v.2

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  In 2015, I interviewed Maya Rodale about her fabulous book, Dangerous Books for Girls . (You can read the interview here .) Maya has...

• the ask@AAR: Are there traits you hate?

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  In a recent discussion about Barbara Cartland, several readers bemoaned her incessantly giving her heroines heart shaped faces and small...

• Time Travel Careers

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  Due to (gestures widely), it’s been a long time since I saw one of my childhood best friends, who is now a dentist. When we recently got...

• the ask@AAR: What is your favorite trope?

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  A trope, according to Merriam-Webster, is a common or overused theme or device  :  CLICHÉ . I’m going to ignore the overused...

• On vacation…..

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  This week, I am in Iceland with my daughter. Thus, there will be no blogs other than the ask@AAR on Friday. So, enjoy the reviews and...

• the ask@AAR: why do you read?

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  I’ve had a rather heated set of exchanges with my best friend Ann recently about our differing perspectives on why we read. She reads...

• Coming Soon – The Books We’re Most Looking Forward to Reading in April 2023

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  Hopefully the advent of April will bring with it some more Spring-like weather – in my part of the world, at least! – but even if...

• Thinking about Barbara Cartland….

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  I was going to write a column today asking what was the first romance you ever read. I, however, have no idea what, specifically, the answer...

• the ask@AAR: Which romances do body positivity well? Which don’t?

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  Today’s ask is a suggestion from BeckyK . She suggested we ask about body positivity — Do you enjoy books with plus size...