This episode of Tumblereads was inspired by this excellent piece by Rien Grey [https://www.riengray.com/blog/the-perpetual-disappointment-of-if-only-eroticism].

Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast.

Tumblereads 37: Spanky Hanky Panky

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 [https://smutreport.com/2026/02/08/tumblereads-how-to-ruin-a-black-moment-in-10-ways/]" and "How to Ruin a Kiss in 10 Ways [https://smutreport.com/2026/03/08/tumblereads-how-to-ruin-a-kiss-in-10-ways/]."

Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast



Tumblereads 36: How to Ruin a Meet Cute in 10 Ways

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 [https://smutreport.com/2026/09/06/tumblereads-series-and-all-their-permutations/].

Tumblereads 35: Series and all their Permutations

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 [https://amzn.to/4A21f7c]

Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2026/08/30/tsr-book-club-not-another-vampire-book-by-cassandra-gannon/]

TSR Book Club: Not Another Vampire Book by Cassandra Gannon

This week on Tumblereads, we're revisiting an old post deep from the blog archives [https://smutreport.com/2020/08/03/lets-talk-tropes-best-friends-sibling/] to spark the discussion on the Best Friend's Sibling trope.

Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2026/08/23/tumblereads-best-friends-sibling/].

Tumblereads 34: Let's Talk Tropes - Best Friend's Sibling

This week on Tumblereads, Ingrid asks the Smut Report team to think about load bearing sex scenes. 

Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2026/08/16/tumblereads-load-bearing-sex-scenes/].

Tumblereads 33: Load Bearing Sex Scenes

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.

Tumblereads 32: Cheat Codes

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 [https://smutreport.com/2026/07/26/tsr-book-club-iron-and-velvet-by-alexis-hall/].

Buy Iron & Velvet: Amazon [https://amzn.to/4eaje2h] | Libro.fm [https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=25361&awinaffid=1876928&ued=https%3A%2F%2Flibro.fm%2Faudiobooks%2F9781705214640]

TSR Book Club: Iron & Velvet by Alexis Hall

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 [https://amzn.to/4eajiiE] | Bookshop [https://bookshop.org/a/9436/9780553593839] | Libro.fm [https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=25361&awinaffid=1876928&ued=https%3A%2F%2Flibro.fm%2Faudiobooks%2F9781452677675]

Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2026/06/14/tsr-book-club-a-lady-awakened-by-cecilia-grant/]

TSR Book Club: A Lady Awakened by Cecilia Grant

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 [https://smutreport.com/2026/06/07/tumblereads-the-darkness-of-dark-academia/]

Tumblereads 31: The Darkness of Dark Academia

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Call us Smut Enthusiasts.

Call us Smut Scholars.

Call us Smut Evangelists.

We are The Smut Report: Let’s talk dirty books.

Erin, Holly, and Ingrid have been reading romance novels together for 20 years—and we love talking about them.

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