The Feral Bookshelf: a podcast where we talk about smut

This week on Truth Bomb Tuesday, we’re taking a serious and scholarly turn—because obviously, that’s what our listeners expect from a podcast about truth and history. Tune in for a completely normal discussion on such wholesome topics as… well, you’ll see. Let’s just say there’s plenty of historical throbbing (metaphorically speaking… mostly). Consider this our gift to you—because nothing says "We...

Whore-o-scopes for Pisces, Aries, and Taurus! What are we reading this week? Kitty:  Omega Founded - Mae Pierce Marie: Bull Moon Rising by Ruby Dixon | Deep End by Ali Hazelwood Sarah 1:  Mercy, Ian Haramaki Sara 2: Mother of Pearl by AA Fairview Ivy: The House Witch by Delemhach Music: Track: "Revolutionary Clouds" Music provided by https://slipstreammusic.com Download / Stream: https://get.slip....

Sara 2 found us an unhinged themed book to read to you all! Listen if you dare! What we're reading this week: Marie: The Witch Queens Mate by H.L. Rose (The Royal Mates Series #2) Sarah 1:  Stolen by the Wolves by Lyx Robinson Sara 2: Duskwalker 5 by Opal Rayne Kitty: Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Music: Track: "Irish Sea" Music provided by https://slipstreammusic.com Download / Stream: https://...

This week we're talking all about sexy ass vampires, blood, biting, you name it! What We're Reading This Week:  Kitty:  Fragile Heart by Jillian Rink  Marie: The Vampire King's Mate by H.L. Rose (The Royal Mates Series #1) Sarah 1:  Of Scales and Judgement by Elliott Ason, part of anthology coming out Villains Need Love Too  Sara 2: Promised in Blood by Sadie Kincaid  Ivy: Be Ready When the Luck C...

We're Back from Our Break and Ready to Read! This week we are talking about our reading goals for the year, which books we're looking forward to this year, and how we use our smutty books as a form of activism. What are we reading this week?   Sarah 1:  The Scent of Us Part 1 by Eliana Lee Sara 2:  Charmed by the Past by Amy Robinson Kitty: The Debt of Time by ShayaLonnie & Sharp by Natoshia Baer...

This week on Feral Friday we're wrapping up Season 3 and talking about how our book goals went and what we're looking forward to for the new year. Tangents galore! WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK:  Kitty:  Running up that Mountain part 2 / Her Mafia Bride by Persephone Black  Marie: Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood  Sarah 1:  The Orc and the Innkeeper by cora crane  Sara 2: Feral by Trish Heinrich  Ivy:...

This week we're continuing to talk about winter-themed monster smut! WHAT WE'RE READING:  Sarah 1: ARC of Pack for Winter - MMFM omegaverse and Monsters under Mistletoe Anthology - Ash Raven's Story - Good Mornings Under the Mistletoe  Sara 2:  Monsters under Mistletoe Anthology  Marie:  Sugar and Snow by Irene Davis (Marie and the Mouse King #1), Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Music from...

This week we read books about winter monsters or monsters in winter - yetis, Krampus, and more! Slewfoot spoilers 19:00-20:30 Tw fictional cat death 18:00 WHAT WE'RE READING: Marie: in between books, but will start A pack for Autumn this week Sarah 1: Creamy (DNF Bookstore Series) by Bex Dawn Sara 2: Slewfoot by Brom, Getting Kinky with Krampus A Pack for Autumn Ivy: The Serviceberry by Robin Wall...

This week we're low on spoons, so we're doing a few fun smut-themed games to get us through the week! Join in on the silly, mashed-potatoes-for-brains fun! WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK:  Kitty :  Shades and Silver by Dax Murray  Sara 2: Slewfoot by Brom Marie: Evocation by ST Gibson | Queens & Monsters series by JT Geissinger Sarah 1: Blood in the Water by R.E. May Music:  Track: "Life Goes On" M...

It's our holiday tradition to do a disgusting live read - so here you go! And Sara 2 brought us a super special treat, too! WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK:   Kitty:  Shades and Silver by Dax Murray  Marie: Savage Hearts by JT Geissinger, Queen and Monsters Book 3  Sarah 1:  Brave New Omega, Part 2 by Ramona Maxine  Sara 2: Wayward by Emilia Hart Ivy: ink blood sister scribe by Emma Torz Music : (Opt...

It's another round of Whore-o-scopes! Find out our recommendations for Sagittarius, Capricorn, and Aquarius seasons based on the tropes best suited for these signs! WHAT ARE WE READING THIS WEEK:   Sara 2: Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J Maas  Marie:The God of the Woods by Liz Moore, not smut but definitely recommend. Ruthless Creatures by J.T. Geissinger Sarah 1: finished ARC of Pack for Autumn by Emil...

This week we're pulling cards again to help us figure out what to read next. We assign tropes to the tarot cards Ivy drew for us and pick books based on those! We even have a homework assignment for you listeners, so leave a comment after you listen to let us know what you think! WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK:   Kitty:  Queen of Dreams by Kit Rocha  Marie: Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark...

This week we've invited our friend Heidi onto the pod to talk about Frankenstein! She's a macabre enthusiast and brings an especially fun flavor to our book club as she works in a very cool escape room! She's also our book club's resident Mary Shelley expert and she's got OPINIONS about a recent book we read.... tune in for extra fun laughs and lore! WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK:  Marie:  Never Wh...

We're tired, we've ready sooo many books. So let's have a feral fireside chat where we talk about all the unhinged shit in our brains. Want to start your own podcast? Try Riverside! ⁠Use this link to sign up! WHAT WE'RE READING:   Kitty:  Serpentine Valentine - Giana Darling  Marie: Spookily Yours by Jennifer Chipman , audiobook: Laurens Barbarian by Ruby Dixon  Sarah 1:  Laurels and Liquor by Tho...

This week we're low on brain energy, so madlibs is it! Hilarity ensues when we try to come up with adjectives, adverbs, and nouns, oh my! WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK:  Kitty:  Serpentine Valentine by Gianna Darling Marie: Spookily Yours by Jennifer Chipman  Sarah 1:  Lavender and Lightning by Thora Woods  Sara 2: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Caitlin Doughty MUSIC: Track: "Creep - Full Mix" Music pro...

In This Very Special Episode we are doing more live reads. But this time we have all chosen excerpts from some of our favorite books of the year and we are giving them to each other to read...... blindly. So we don't know what the others have chosen and we haven't read them in advance -- unless we just so happened to have read the book before. Want to start your own podcast? Try Riverside! ⁠Use th...

It's Another Live Read Episode! And we're kicking off our anniversary month with a Bigfoot live read. This one's a doozy, too! Buckle up and grab your stiffest drink or biggest joint!.... or maybe a barf bucket. WHAT WE'RE READING: Marie:   Bad Guy, Ruby Dixon Sarah 1: Queen of Dreams, Kit Rocha Sara 2: Broken by Daylight, Elizabeth Helen MUSIC Track: "Catching The Scent" Music provided by https:/...

We have a super special guest this week, indie author Trish Heinrich! We talk about everything under the sun including the writing process, tropes, and our favorite - cock pockets! WHAT WE'RE READING:  Kitty: Insurrection  by RL Caulder & M Sinclair Sarah 1:   Inferno by Trish Heinrich  Sara 2: Debt of Time by ShayaLonnie Trish: Embers in Snow by Anna Carven MUSIC: Track: "Be Bee Double You" Music...

We were very good girls (gender neutral) and did our summer reading. Now get our very official reports! Get updates on our reading goals (however great or terrible they might be!) and what we're looking forward to reading the rest of the year! WHAT WE'RE READING: Marie: Bad Guy by Ruby Dixon  Sarah 1:  ARC of Inferno by Trish Heinrich and ARC of Summoning my Grumpy Demon Boss by Ami Wright  Kitty:...

This week the Feral Friday squad is talking about a monsters of all kinds in Marisol Knight's Monster Universe novella series. What steamy shenanigans do her humans and monsters get up to in less than 100 pages? Tune in to find out! Want to start your own podcast? Try Riverside! ⁠Use this link to sign up! WHAT WE'RE READING:  SARAH 1: Rare Royal by Torah Channing MARIE: Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo ...

This week, we're celebrating a special occasion—it's Sara 2's birthday! And what better way to mark the day than with a hilarious, eye-opening exploration of some of the most bizarre and wonderfully bad books Kindle Unlimited has to offer? In this episode, Sara 2 shares her handpicked selection of short novellas that range from the absurd to the downright questionable. Get ready to join us on a wi...

Today we are introducing another fun new quarterly episode series we're calling Smutty Whore-o-Scopes! In each of these episodes we'll cover 2-3 of the upcoming Zodiac seasons, what they mean, and what you can READ to harness the sexy energies coming up in the next months! And if you happen to be one of these signs, you're extra lucky because it will be YOUR time, so make sure to get extra sexy an...

This week the Smut Heathens pulled tarot cards to help them pick books to read and recommend! Each card aligned with some of our favorite smutty tropes and themes! Grab a pen and paper so you can add these to your ever-growing TBR! CHECK BACK HERE FOR A BLOG POST WITH ALL OUR RECOMMENDATIONS!! Have the audacity like us to start your own podcast? Try Riverside! ⁠Use this link to sign up! WHAT ARE W...

This week we have a very special guest, our pod bestie and one of our favorite authors - Ash Raven! Ash Raven (@authorashraven on instagram and threads, www.authorashraven.com ) is an indie author who specialise s in spicy monster and alien romances that focus on plus-size and LGBTQ+ leads who get the love of a lifetime. They strive to write stories that are inclusive and real, with a touch of mag...

This week we are talking about women loving women, sapphic romance, lesbian love... yeahh baby! If you're here because you have a weird fuckin fetish for lesbians, please keep to yourselves. Women loving women are not here for the weird cis hetero toxic male gaze. There are so many things we can love about sapphic romance aside from the actual physical side of things! WHAT WE'RE READING: Marie:  D...