Paperback Pleasures

You've heard the synopsis. It's time to talk romance. Romy finishes up her review of  Wuthering Heights  by Emily Brontë. Annabel (re)introduces us to Kate Bush. --- Today's episode is part two of two, we highly suggest listening to part one where we flesh out the synopsis and themes of Wuthering Heights and learn more about the author. --- Find the audiobook Romy recommends  here . Re...

It's that time of year again! The girls dive back into the world of classic gothic literature as Romy reviews Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. Annabel taps back into her undergrad studies. --- Today's episode is part one of two, comprising of a gothic history lesson and a fleshed out synopsis! We'll put Wuthering Heights through our usual episode format in part two! --- Find the audi...

Author Cortney Winn graces Paperback Pleasures with her presence once again to celebrate her second publication date for the same book: Vesselless is officially on shelves today as a traditionally published novel. Support us & Cortney and buy your own copy of the dark romantasy Vesselless here . --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or...

We are in the running for Listener's Choice for Best Indie Podcast! VOTE FOR US HERE ! Voting is open through October 9. --- Annabel rounds out Sapphic September with a review of Learning Curves by Rachel Lacey. Romy discovers a new way to role play. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media an...

Romy reviews The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. Annabel trusts the powers of a re-read. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel! Join our discord  ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ ! Follow us on  ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ ,  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Join us on  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠  for exclu...

Annabel reviews And They Were Roommates by Page Powars. Romy gets pastry-splained. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel! Join our discord  ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ ! Follow us on  ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ ,  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Join us on  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠  for exclusive bon...

ATTN: This episode contains spoilers for all five books in Elsie Silver's Chestnut Springs Series: Powerless, Flawless, Heartless, Reckless & Hopeless + the H opeless Bonus Epilogue! --- Annabel & Romy take their final jaunt in Chestnut Springs (until the holidays!), tune in for Beau & Bailey's wedding! And don't miss reviews of the bonus Harvey Chapters for each book on th...

ATTN: This episode contains spoilers for the entirety of Elsie Silver's Chestnut Springs series. --- Hopeless bids farewell to Chestnut Springs, and the girls aren't mad... they're just disappointed. Okay, Annabel is a little mad. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord...

ATTN: This episode contains spoilers for the first four books in Elsie Silver's Chestnut Springs Series: Powerless, Flawless, Heartless, & Reckless + t he Reckless Bonus Scene . --- The girls unpack Winter & Theo's infamous "Morning After" with a TikTok live audience weighing in! --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com,...

ATTN: This episode contains spoilers for Powerless, Heartless, and Flawless, and Reckless the first four books in Elsie Silver's Chestnut Springs series. --- Elsie Silver breaks all the rules in Reckless , and the girls learn a lesson about not judging a book by its tropes. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompt...

ATTN: This episode contains spoilers for Powerless, Flawless, and Heartless +  the bonus epilogue,  the first three books in Elsie Silver's Chestnut Springs series. --- Free falls & so many kids! --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel! Join our discord  ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ !...

ATTN: This episode contains spoilers for Powerless, Heartless, and Flawless, the first three books in Elsie Silver's Chestnut Springs series. --- Cowboys take a back seat as the girls review Powerless , and discover a new Literary Lover (or two). --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or...

ATTN: This episode contains spoilers for Flawless & Heartless +  the bonus epilogue,  the first two books in Elsie Silver's Chestnut Springs series. --- The girls talk Cade Kink and Romy finally comes around. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel! Join our discord...

ATTN: This episode contains spoilers for Heartless & Flawless, the first two books in Elsie Silver's Chestnut Springs series. --- The girls review Heartless by Elsie Silver, the most popular book in the Chestnut Springs series, only to end up on opposite sides of the rating system! --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our w...

The girls reflect on one year in business and on the airwaves. This minisode is part business meeting, part roast, part walk down memory lane, and 100% us . Thank you for a year of listens, downloads, reviews, and endless support. We wouldn't be here without you. Heartless will be released next Tuesday. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail....

ATTN: This episode contains spoilers for Flawless + the bonus epilogue, the first book in Elsie Silver's Chestnut Springs series. --- The girls swoon over Rhett + Summer 7 years later --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel! Join our discord  ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ ! Follow us on  ⁠⁠...

ATTN: This episode contains spoilers for Flawless, the first book in Elsie Silver's Chestnut Springs series. --- Join us in our cowboy era - we're going to Chestnut Springs reviewing Flawless by Elsie Silver. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel! Join our discord...

Annabel reviews The Pairing by Casey McQuiston (they/them). Romy nearly throws the book at the wall. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel! Join our discord  ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ ! Follow us on  ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ ,  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Join us on  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Annabel and Romy talk romance audio, Phantom of the Opera, and intimacy coordination with the incomparable Megan Carver. Interested in learning more about Megan and her work? Check out her website here . --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel! Join our discord  ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ !...

Romy reviews Curvy Girl Summer by Danielle Allen. Annabel wins the date game. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel! Join our discord  ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ ! Follow us on  ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ ,  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Join us on  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠  for exclusive bonus co...

It's a book vs show face-off! Annabel reviews The Duke & I by Julia Quinn. Romy compares it to the Netflix show it inspired: Bridgerton. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel! Join our discord  ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ ! Follow us on  ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ ,  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and  ⁠⁠...

Romy reviews First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison . Annabel reveals an early-age emo streak. --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel! Join our discord  ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ ! Follow us on  ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ ,  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Join us on  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠  for exclus...

Romy hosts a live panel with romance authors Chelsey Ann Tompkins and K.L. Parsons to unpack "The Nature Of Desire: Passion, Power, and the Art of Spicy Romance." ** This is a live event recording from the Tacoma Book Fair, meaning the audio quality will sound different compared to our usual studio recordings! ** --- Check out Chelsey Ann Tompkins' books here . Check out K.L. Parsons&#...

Romy interviews Khaya Fraites. the voice of Violet Sorrengail in the Empyrean Series Graphic Audio production! ** This is a live event recording from the Tacoma Book Fair, meaning the audio quality will sound different compared to our usual studio recordings! ** --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social...

Romy reviews Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa. Annabel arrives in Seattle! --- Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel! Join our discord  ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ ! Follow us on  ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ ,  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Join us on  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠  for exclusive bonus conte...