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.

Tumblereads 10: Chores

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 [https://amzn.to/4oyQBi5].

Show notes at smutreport.com

Tumblereads 9: Dark Heroes

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 [https://smutreport.com/2025/11/02/tumblereads-publishing-vs-self-publishing/]

Tumblereads 8: Self-Publishing, Trad-Publishing, and Art in Society

We're revisiting Monster Romance (read about the first time we did so here [https://smutreport.com/monster-mash-smashdown/])!

Buddy reads:

Maneater by Emily Antoinette [https://amzn.to/4oPD6Kx]

Ready for Her Yeti by Neva Post [https://amzn.to/48Wyk9u]

Mail-Order Minotaur by Lilith Stone [https://amzn.to/4oEpMZe]

Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/10/31/monster-mash-redux/]

Monster Mash Redux

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 [https://smutreport.com/2025/10/26/tumblereads-good-sex-writing/]

Tumblereads 7: Good Sex Writing

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. [https://smutreport.com/2025/10/12/tumblereads-random-things-that-give-us-the-ick/]

Tumblereads 6: Random things that give us the ick

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 [https://smutreport.com/2025/10/05/tumblereads-what-is-a-diverse-book-anyway/]

Tumblereads 5: What is a “diverse” book anyway?

This month on the podcast, we're talking about Hottie McScotties and why Ingrid loves Highlander Romances.

We buddy read The Making of a Highlander by Elisa Braden [https://amzn.to/3WiAJDE]

Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast

Ingrid Explains Hottie McScotties

We're talking Highlanders on the podcast today, mainly because they're one of Ingrid' favorite types of romances to read. Prepare for lots of stuff that strokes our ids.

In preparation, we buddy read The Making of a Highlander by Elisa Braden [https://amzn.to/48KjxOU]

Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast

The title pretty much says it all.

Links to the books we're reading at smutreport.com/podcast. [https://smutreport.com/2025/09/28/tumblereads-lets-avoid-thinking-about-the-state-of-the-world-by-talking-about-stabby-smut/]

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Tumblereads 4: Let’s avoid thinking about the state of the world by talking about stabby smut

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