Paperback Pleasures

This episode contains discussion of rape and assault, along with brief mentions of incest and slavery. Listener discretion is advised. --- Romy reviews the first Bodice Ripper ever written, The Flame & The Flower by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss . Annabel gets a history lesson. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com or join our discord here ! Fin...

Annabel reviews Normal People by Sally Rooney . Romy thinks she's funny. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com or join our discord here ! Find all books mentioned in this podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Join us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including more an...

Romy reviews Priest by Sierra Simone . Annabel works on her poker face. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com. Find all books mentioned in this podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Join us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including more answers to the listener question...

Annabel reviews The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows. Romy is defying gravity. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com. Find all books mentioned in this podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Join us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ for exclusive b...

Romy reviews Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon . Annabel questions alien anatomy. --- This episode contains mention of sexual assault, suicide, and dubious consent. Listener discretion is advised. If you or anyone you know is having thoughts of self harm or suicide, please remember you are not alone. Help is out there. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasur...

Happy New Years Eve! Annabel reviews This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens . Romy makes a New Year prediction. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com. Find all books mentioned in this podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Join us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including...

Merry Christmas Eve! Romy reviews holiday-themed erotica novella Trick Shot by Kayla Grosse. Annabel turns desserts into emotional weapons. --- This episode includes discussions of kink and what some may consider graphic descriptions of sexual acts. Listener discretion is advised. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com. Find all books mention...

Annabel reviews Twisted Love by Ana Huang . Romy has a conspiracy theory. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com. Find all books mentioned in this podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Join us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including more answers to the listener questio...

** We apologize for the audio quality of this episode. There was a technical snafu and one of the hosts' mics didn't work right! ** --- Romy reviews The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer . Annabel wants more drafts. --- Romy misspoke when mentioning another book, it is Everything For You by Chloe Liese , not Anything For You. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to Paperback...

The girls interview author Georgia Clark about her queer holiday romcom Most Wonderful. Annabel talks potatoes. Romy swoons over fictional love. Georgia gets real about Buffy. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com. Find all books mentioned in this podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠. Join...

Annabel reviews Outlander by Diana Gabaldon . Romy swoons over the Scots. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com. Find all books mentioned in this podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Join us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including more answers to the listener questio...

Due to serious illness, Episode 25: Outlander has been delayed by a week. Instead, please enjoy this glimpse into a ⁠ Patreon-exclusive ⁠ series called Down The Rabbit Hole, where we discuss romance-adjacent topics of all kinds. We are eager to return to regular programming as soon as possible! --- She's been crowned 'The Queen of Romance.' Celebrated by the royal family, the creator o...

Romy reviews ⁠ The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue ⁠ by V.E. Schwab. Annabel gets deep. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com. Find all books mentioned in this podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Join us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including more answers to the list...

This episode covers topics some may find disturbing - such as body horror and serial killers. Listen at your own discretion. --- Annabel reviews Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver. Romy fails to gird her loins. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com. Find all books mentioned in this podcast ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ . Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠In...

HAPPY (almost) HALLOWEEN! Romy honors a classic literary monster in her review of ⁠⁠ Carmilla ⁠⁠ by Joseph Sheridan le Fanu. Annabel uses her undergrad degree and runs out of wine. Everyone learns a lot. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com. Find all books mentioned in this podcast ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ . Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ,...

Author Swati Hegde joins Annabel and Romy to talk about her debut novel, Match Me If You Can - a desi romcom retelling of Jane Austen's Emma . --- Interested in being an ARC reader for Swati? Information on her instagram profile @SwatiHegdeAuthor . Preorder her next novel Can't Help Faking In Love here ! --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@g...

Romy reviews 50 Shades of Grey. Annabel tries to keep her calm. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com. Find all books mentioned in this podcast ⁠here⁠ . Follow us on ⁠TikTok⁠ , ⁠Instagram⁠ , and ⁠Youtube⁠ . Join us on ⁠Patreon⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including more answers to the listener question and blooper reels! --- Paperback Pleas...

Annabel reviews The House In The Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune. Romy has a surprise. --- DONATE OR JOIN: IJA: Indigenous Journalists Association The Sixties Scoop Network CREATORS MENTIONED & SOURCED: @MyNameIsMarines @FromTheMixedUpDesk @DinaeAesthetics @melissa..blair Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com. Find all books mentioned in this podca...

Romy reviews One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig. Annabel gets a lesson in monsters. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com. Find all books mentioned in this podcast ⁠here⁠ . Follow us on ⁠TikTok⁠ , ⁠Instagram⁠ , and ⁠Youtube⁠ . Join us on ⁠Patreon⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including more answers to the listener question and blooper reels! -...

Annabel reviews Bride by Ali Hazelwood. Romy dives headfirst into werewolf erotica. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com. Find all books mentioned in this podcast ⁠here⁠ . Follow us on ⁠TikTok⁠ , ⁠Instagram⁠ , and ⁠Youtube⁠ . Join us on ⁠Patreon⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including more answers to the listener question and blooper reels!...

Romy reviews Icebreaker by Hannah Grace. Annabel tries to make Shuffleboard a thing. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com. Find all books mentioned in this podcast ⁠here⁠ . Follow us on ⁠TikTok⁠ , ⁠Instagram⁠ , and ⁠Youtube⁠ . Join us on ⁠Patreon⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including more answers to the listener question and blooper reels...

Annabel reviews Heartstopper by Alice Oseman. Romy finds a newfound respect for Darth Maul. --- Music by Eric Matyas, "Sculpture Garden" | www.soundimage.org --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com. Find all books mentioned in this podcast ⁠here⁠ . Follow us on ⁠TikTok⁠ , ⁠Instagram⁠ , and ⁠Youtube⁠ . Join us on ⁠Patreon⁠ for exclusive...

Romy reviews Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Annabel unleashes her inner dragon. --- Influencers mentioned in this episode: @Ceartguleabhar speaks beautifully to the accurate Scottish Gaelic pronunciations of the names used in Fourth Wing, and the controversy around the use of a Celtic minority language. @alex_falcone creates merch for fake bands from his fave movies and TV shows! --- Send your ans...

Annabel reviews The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han. Romy relives Middle School. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com. Find all books mentioned in this podcast ⁠here⁠ . Follow us on ⁠TikTok⁠ , ⁠Instagram⁠ , and ⁠Youtube⁠ . Join us on ⁠Patreon⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including more answers to the listener question and blooper reels...

Romy reviews ⁠ Twilight ⁠ by Stephanie Meyer. Annabel finally admits to being Team Jacob. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com. Find all books mentioned in this podcast ⁠here⁠ . Follow us on ⁠TikTok⁠ , ⁠Instagram⁠ , and ⁠Youtube⁠ . Join us on ⁠Patreon⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including more answers to the listener question and blooper...