Tumblereads 12: Heated Rivalry and Hot Takes

Erin squees about Heated Rivalry and Ingrid leads the Smut Report team in a game of This or That.Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast

In honor of Thanksgiving, we're talking about family in romance book today: the families we leave behind, the families we reconcile with, and the families we make ourselves.Full show notes (which this month is a long list of all the books we mentioned) at smutreport.com/podcast.

Erin had a plan to talk about something serious and erudite but got distracted by *big television announcements* and spent the first half squeeing.Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast

We're talking about characters doing chores in romance books today: what purpose they might serve, and if we like reading about them. If you know if a romance book where characters clean the toilet, please tell us about it.Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast.

In which the Smut Reporters talk about dark heroes, and the line between hotness and troubling. This conversation was inspired by Ingrid reading the Alliance series by S.J. Tilly.Show notes at smutreport.com

This week on Tumblereads, the Smut Report Team is talking about self-publishing powerhouses getting picked up by Big 5 Publishers.Shownotes at smutreport.com/podcast

We're revisiting Monster Romance (read about the first time we did so here)!Buddy reads:Maneater by Emily AntoinetteReady for Her Yeti by Neva PostMail-Order Minotaur by Lilith StoneFull show notes at smutreport.com/podcast

This week on Tumblereads, we're talking about what makes some sex scenes so great—and some of the authors make it happen.Shownotes at smutreport.com/podcast

This week on Tumblereads, we're talking about things we don't like. Full list of books we mentioned can be found on the show notes at smutreport.com/podcast.

Today we talked about diversity in books. What does it mean when someone calls a book "diverse"? (Turns out, different things to different people.) Shownotes (aka a list of the books we talked about) at smutreport.com/podcast