The Smut Report Podcast

We tumbled all over the place this week, including talking about Erin's romance hero husband and what pop culture the kids know, but it all started with that thing where characters say, "Obviously *that* won't happen, it's not like we're in a romance novel." Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast

This month we buddy read Manners and Monsters , mainly because the cover seemed appropriate for spooky season.  Spoiler alert: this one was not a winner for team Smut Report. Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast

In the spirit of "negative reviews can be just as helpful as positive ones", this week the Smut Report team talks about some recent reads that didn't work for them. Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast.

Ingrid's leading Tumblereads this week—and the team is talking about books they read recently that they really enjoyed.  Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast

This week on Tumblereads, Erin is asking Ingrid and Holly about lack of follow through.  Full show notes (lots of links to books whose titles we didn't remember in this one!) at smutreport.com/podcast .

This month on book club, Holly, Erin, and Ingrid buddy-read The Paris Match by Kate Clayborn. They talked about metaphors and how much every single person in this book needs therapy. Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast

This episode of Tumblereads was inspired by this excellent piece by Rien Grey . Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast.

Ingrid loves a good craft list, so we're talking about how authors ruin the meet cute.  Want more episodes like this? Check out " How to Ruin a Bleak Moment in 10 Ways " and " How to Ruin a Kiss in 10 Ways ." Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast

This week on Tumblereads, Erin wanted to talk about book series, which is a very large topic, so we kinda went all over the place. Full show notes (including links to all the many many series we discussed) at smutreport.com/podcast .

This month, Ingrid is leading book club, and the team is talking about Not Another Vampire Book by Cassandra Gannon. There was a lot of discussion of the line between laughing at something and laughing with something. Buy on Amazon Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast

This week on Tumblereads, we're revisiting an old post deep from the blog archives to spark the discussion on the Best Friend's Sibling trope. Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast .

This week on Tumblereads, Ingrid asks the Smut Report team to think about load bearing sex scenes.  Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast .

We're back from our summer hiatus, which means more weekly discussions of romance books with the Smut Report Team! Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast.

After a summer break, the Smut Report team is back with book club! This month was Erin's choice, and we read Iron & Velvet by Alexis Hall. Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast . Buy Iron & Velvet : Amazon | Libro.fm

Our June book club pick was A Lady Awakened by Cecilia Grant. It was Holly's choice, and ended up being a very Holly book. Erin and Ingrid were less enthused. Buy A Lady Awakened: : Amazon | Bookshop | Libro.fm Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast

Apparently Holly is new here, because she was surprised when the teachers started murdering the students. Full show notes (inluding recs!) at smutreport.com/podcast

This week on Tumblereads, Ingrid just wanted to talk about the duology she just binged, so that's what we did.  Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast

This month for book club, we're talking building tension and intimacy. And repetition. Note: This episode contains SPOILERS. Second note: This is a slightly edited / reuploaded version of this episode. Buy The Everlasting: Amazon  |   Bookshop  |   Libro.fm Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast

The Smut Report team talks about what would entice us to buy special editions (TL;DR: annotations). Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast

We're talking about fancy special editions today.  Show notes (with copious links and other fun things) at smutreport.com/podcast

It's Ingrid's week to host, so it should not come as a big shock that we're talking about craft. However, Holly hijacked the conversation a wee bit, so we spent a lot of time talking about historical fashion. Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast .

This month, we dig deep on the reasons this fluffy romcom didn't work for us, because you can do literary analysis on any piece of media if you read it carefully.  (Note: this is a slightly edited version of the episode) Buy You Complicate Me : Amazon  |   Bookshop  |   Libro.fm Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast

We are extra chaotic this week. Sorry, not sorry. Show notes (including a link to that pineapple / chicken abomination) at smutreport.com/podcast .

Holly asks Erin and Ingrid: how do they decide what to read? Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast

AKA culture shifts and reader preference shifts and how they play together. Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast