<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>All About Romance @ grerp.blog-city.com</title><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/</link><description>(All About Romance) </description><copyright>Copyright 2009 grerp.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:42:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>All About Romance @ grerp.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>New grerp content</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/new_grerp_content.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/new_grerp_content.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=new%5Fgrerp%5Fcontent</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I haven&#39;t been so good about blogging lately, but I have written a bit for AAR, including 4 new reviews:Undone by Karin Slaughter  (I liked her last Will Trent  book a lot better) Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase &nbsp; And 2 mediocre-to-bad r]]></description></item><item><title>Once More with Feeling Series: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_the_eyre_affair_by_jasper_ffo.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_the_eyre_affair_by_jasper_ffo.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=once%5Fmore%5Fwith%5Ffeeling%5Fseries%5Fthe%5Feyre%5Faffair%5Fby%5Fjasper%5Fffo</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Eyre AffairJasper FfordeFantasy/Alternate Reality 2001Rating: B&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;The Eyre Affair is a little bit of everything - adventure, romance, alternate reality - and a whole lot of fun. I didn&#39;t know quite what to expect from it; in re]]></description><category>books</category><category>fantasy</category><category>alternate reality</category><category>jasper fforde</category></item><item><title>Garden update</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/garden_update.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/garden_update.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=garden%5Fupdate</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It&#39;s been awhile since I blogged.&nbsp; I went on vacation - a week at Lake Fremont with my family - and I had to work like a demon to get stuff done for AAR beforehand.&nbsp; Then when I got home the message boards debuted in their new location,]]></description><category>garden</category><category>gardens</category><category>gardening</category><category>container gardens</category><category>container gardening</category></item><item><title>Cheating on My Blog: Bound by Your Touch by Meredith Duran</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/cheating_on_my_blog_bound_by_your_touch_by_meredith_duran.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/cheating_on_my_blog_bound_by_your_touch_by_meredith_duran.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:04:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cheating%5Fon%5Fmy%5Fblog%5Fbound%5Fby%5Fyour%5Ftouch%5Fby%5Fmeredith%5Fduran</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I have a new DIK review up at All About Romance for Bound by Your Touch by Meredith Higgins.&nbsp; Check it out  .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;.]]></description><category>books</category><category>reviewing</category><category>all about romance</category><category>meredith duran</category></item><item><title>Once More with Feeling Series: Mr. and Mrs. Wrong by Fay Robinson</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_mr_and_mrs_wrong_by_fay_rob.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_mr_and_mrs_wrong_by_fay_rob.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=once%5Fmore%5Fwith%5Ffeeling%5Fseries%5Fmr%5Fand%5Fmrs%5Fwrong%5Fby%5Ffay%5Frob</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp; Mr. and Mrs. Wrong Fay Robinson  Harlequin Superromance #1012&nbsp; 9/2001Rating: B+&nbsp;&quot;Lucky and Jack Cahill have been married for less than a year when Jack decides to move out. The two of them love each other very much, but they can]]></description><category>books</category><category>all about romance</category><category>romance novels</category><category>fay robinson</category></item><item><title>Once More with Feeling Series: Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_remember_me_by_sophie_kinsel.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_remember_me_by_sophie_kinsel.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 14:44:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=once%5Fmore%5Fwith%5Ffeeling%5Fseries%5Fremember%5Fme%5Fby%5Fsophie%5Fkinsel</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Remember Me? Sophie Kinsella Chick Lit 2008Rating: B&nbsp;&quot;Sophie Kinsella&#39;s newest book, Remember Me?, dangles from an interesting premise: What if you woke up tomorrow and everything that you didn&#39;t like about your life was transformed]]></description><category>books</category><category>all about romance</category><category>chick lit</category><category>sophie kinsella</category></item><item><title>Once More with Feeling Series: Fifteen by Beverly Cleary</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_fifteen_by_beverly_cleary.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_fifteen_by_beverly_cleary.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 02:08:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=once%5Fmore%5Fwith%5Ffeeling%5Fseries%5Ffifteen%5Fby%5Fbeverly%5Fcleary</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[FifteenBeverly ClearyYA&nbsp; 1956Rating: A&nbsp;&quot;There is something about adolescence, those teenage years, that marks you and leaves its brand for life. It&#39;s a time of an enormous breadth of feeling; breathless excitement, staggering humil]]></description><category>books</category><category>all about romance</category><category>ya lit</category><category>beverly cleary</category></item><item><title>Cheating on My Blog: Catch of the Day by Kristan Higgins</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/cheating_on_my_blog_catch_of_the_day_by_kristan_higgins.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/cheating_on_my_blog_catch_of_the_day_by_kristan_higgins.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cheating%5Fon%5Fmy%5Fblog%5Fcatch%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fday%5Fby%5Fkristan%5Fhiggins</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I have a new DIK review up at All About Romance for Catch of the Day by Kristan Higgins.&nbsp; Check it out .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;.]]></description><category>books</category><category>reviewing</category><category>all about romance</category><category>kristan higgins</category></item><item><title>Once More with Feeling Series: His Majesty&apos;s Dragon by Naomi Novik</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_his_majestys_dragon_by_naomi.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_his_majestys_dragon_by_naomi.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=once%5Fmore%5Fwith%5Ffeeling%5Fseries%5Fhis%5Fmajestys%5Fdragon%5Fby%5Fnaomi</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[His Majesty&#39;s DragonNaomi NovikFantasy 2006 Rating: B&nbsp;&quot;His Majesty&rsquo;s Dragon is straight fantasy, no romance whatsoever, but it does have, at its heart, a very lovely and emotionally rich relationship between a man and his newly ha]]></description><category>books</category><category>all about romance</category><category>naomi novik</category></item><item><title>Once More with Feeling Series: Laws of the Blood: Companions by Susan Sizemore</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_laws_of_the_blood_companions.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_laws_of_the_blood_companions.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:36:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=once%5Fmore%5Fwith%5Ffeeling%5Fseries%5Flaws%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fblood%5Fcompanions</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Laws of the Blood: Companions Susan SizemoreVampire Fiction 2001 Rating: B&nbsp;&quot;I am always up for a good vampire story, and if a little romance is thrown into the mix, so much the better. Until now I was unaware that Susan Sizemore wrote a vam]]></description><category>books</category><category>all about romance</category><category>susan sizemore</category></item><item><title>Once More with Feeling Series: I Am Not Esther by Fleur Beale</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_can_you_keep_a_secret_by_sop_1.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_can_you_keep_a_secret_by_sop_1.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:01:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=once%5Fmore%5Fwith%5Ffeeling%5Fseries%5Fcan%5Fyou%5Fkeep%5Fa%5Fsecret%5Fby%5Fsop%5F1</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I didn't know exactly what to expect from Can You Keep a Secret?. Becky Bloomwood, the heroine of Kinsella's previous books, the Shopaholic trilogy, struck me as an irresponsible twit, but Kinsella's writing was enjoyable. So this time I was hoping f]]></description><category>books</category><category>romance</category><category>novels</category><category>all about romance</category><category>sophie kinsella</category></item><item><title>Once More with Feeling Series: Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_can_you_keep_a_secret_by_sop.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_can_you_keep_a_secret_by_sop.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=once%5Fmore%5Fwith%5Ffeeling%5Fseries%5Fcan%5Fyou%5Fkeep%5Fa%5Fsecret%5Fby%5Fsop</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I didn't know exactly what to expect from Can You Keep a Secret?. Becky Bloomwood, the heroine of Kinsella's previous books, the Shopaholic trilogy, struck me as an irresponsible twit, but Kinsella's writing was enjoyable. So this time I was hoping f]]></description><category>books</category><category>romance</category><category>novels</category><category>all about romance</category><category>sophie kinsella</category></item><item><title>Once More with Feeling Series: Miranda Blue Calling by Michelle Curry Wright</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/miranda_blue_calling.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/miranda_blue_calling.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=miranda%5Fblue%5Fcalling</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Miranda Blue CallingMichelle Curry WrightChick Lit 2004 Rating: B&nbsp;&quot;A friend of mine recommended Miranda Blue Calling to me, comparing it to Tim Farrington&#39;s The Monk Downstairs . Since I enjoyed that book so much I was eager to try Mich]]></description><category>books</category><category>romance</category><category>novels</category><category>all about romance</category></item><item><title>Cheating on My Blog: Fortune and Fate by Sharon Shinn</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/cheating_on_my_blog_fortune_and_fate_by_sharon_shinn.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/cheating_on_my_blog_fortune_and_fate_by_sharon_shinn.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:34:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cheating%5Fon%5Fmy%5Fblog%5Ffortune%5Fand%5Ffate%5Fby%5Fsharon%5Fshinn</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I have a new review up at All About Romance for Fortune and Fate by Sharon Shinn.&nbsp; Check it out.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;.]]></description><category>books</category><category>reviewing</category><category>all about romance</category><category>sharon shinn</category></item><item><title>Cheating on My Blog: Fractured by Karin Slaughter</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/cheating_on_my_blog_fractured_by_karin_slaughter.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/cheating_on_my_blog_fractured_by_karin_slaughter.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:18:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cheating%5Fon%5Fmy%5Fblog%5Ffractured%5Fby%5Fkarin%5Fslaughter</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I have a new review up at All About Romance for Fractured by Karin Slaughter.&nbsp; Check it out .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;.]]></description><category>books</category><category>reviewing</category><category>all about romance</category></item><item><title>Once More with Feeling Series: The Darkangel by Meredith Ann Pierce</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_darkangel.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_darkangel.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:56:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fdarkangel</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Darkangel Meredith Ann PierceYoung Adult Fantasy 1982Rating: B&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Myths and fairy tales have a soft spot in the heart of many a reader. I remember very clearly whiling away my childhood hours with Edith Hamilton&rsquo;s Mythology or]]></description><category>books</category><category>young adult</category><category>all about romance</category><category>meredith ann pierce</category></item><item><title>Once More with Feeling Series: The Last of the Honky Tonk Angels by Marsha Moyer</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/last_of_the_honky_tonk_angels.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/last_of_the_honky_tonk_angels.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=last%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fhonky%5Ftonk%5Fangels</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;The Last of the Honky Tonk Angels Marsha Moyer Women&#39;s Fiction 2004 Rating: A-&nbsp;&quot;The Last of the Honky Tonk Angels is a true sequel to The Second Coming of Lucy Hatch in that the action of the story picks up right where the first o]]></description><category>books</category><category>fiction</category><category>romance</category><category>all about romance</category><category>marsha moyer</category></item><item><title>Once More with Feeling Series: A Rose for Maggie by Kathleen Korbel</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/a_rose_for_maggie.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/a_rose_for_maggie.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Frose%5Ffor%5Fmaggie</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A Rose for Maggie Kathleen KorbelSeries Romance 1991Rating:B+&quot;I picked up my copy of A Rose for Maggie at the UBS on one of those I-can&#39;t-find-anything-but-I-need-to-buy-something kind of days. I&#39;d seen it before, had scanned the back co]]></description><category>books</category><category>romance novels</category><category>all about romance</category><category>kathleen korbel</category></item><item><title>Once More with Feeling Series: The Wedding Party by Robyn Carr</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/wedding_party.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/wedding_party.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:21:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=wedding%5Fparty</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Wedding PartyRobyn CarrWomen&#39;s Fiction 2001 Rating:B+&nbsp;&quot;Charlene Dugan, family lawyer extraordinaire, is very much in control of her life. And then one day. . .she isn&#39;t. On one spring day, April 1st, everything seems to fall apa]]></description><category>books</category><category>romance</category><category>novels</category><category>all about romance</category><category>robyn carr</category></item><item><title>Cheating on my blog commentary: Romance&apos;s Foster Kid Ubiquity</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/cheating_on_my_blog_commentary_foster_kid_ubiquity.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/cheating_on_my_blog_commentary_foster_kid_ubiquity.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:44:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cheating%5Fon%5Fmy%5Fblog%5Fcommentary%5Ffoster%5Fkid%5Fubiquity</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today I wrote a new piece for AAR&#39;s blog   discussing the ubiquity of foster kids and former foster kids in romance novels.&nbsp; Here&#39;s a snippet:&quot;I just finished reading Wolfsbane and Mistletoe, a werewolf Christmas anthology edited by]]></description><category>foster kids</category><category>romance novels</category><category>all about romance</category></item></channel></rss>