Welcome to the first Smut Report book club! We’ve done buddy reads before, of course, but this year we’re going a little more unstructured. Our plan is for each of us to take a turn picking a book to read—any book, for any reason—and our discussion may be based on a specific idea or it may simply be a discussion of what the book is doing on its own merits.

Our first book discussion is An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole [https://amzn.to/49X2ybl].

Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2026/01/25/tsr-book-club-an-extraordinary-union-by-alyssa-cole/]

An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole

We cannot believe that we've been Smut Reporting for 8(!) years on the blog, and 2 years on the podcast! 

Shownotes at smutreport.com/podcast.

Tumblereads 16: A Moment of Reflection

In which Ingrid embraces her brave side and leads the Smut Report team in a conversation about the words we use to talk about those parts of our bodies. NSFW.

Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2026/01/11/tumblereads-euphemistic-bits/].

Tumblereads 15: Euphemistic Bits

It’s a new year, which means it’s time to look back on the past year. We were tired and found comfort in books. We were tired and struggled to read books. But no matter what, we reaffirmed how much we love to read and talk about books. So instead of a best-of list, we bring you without further ado: The Sixth Annual Smut Report Superlatives.

Superlatives in list form can be found at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/12/31/now-presentingthe-fifth-annual-smut-report-superlatives-2/]

6th Annual Smut Report Superlatives

Isn't it amazing how some people are good at making and analyzing art?!?

Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/12/21/tumblereads-the-subtleties-of-artistry-and-expertise/]

Tumblereads 14: The Subtleties of Artistry and Expertise

We went serious this week and are talking COVID in contemporary romance.

(This is a slightly modified version of the previously-posted Tumblereads 13)

Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/12/14/tumblereads-covid-and-trauma-in-our-reading/]

Tumblereads 13: COVID and Trauma in our Reading

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 [https://smutreport.com/2025/12/07/tumblereads-heated-rivalry-and-hot-takes/]

Tumblereads 12: Heated Rivalry and Hot Takes

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 [https://smutreport.com/2025/11/24/found-family-and-forced-family-in-romance-books/].

Found Family and Forced Family

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 [https://smutreport.com/2025/11/23/tumblereads-heated-rivalry-is-coming-to-hbo-max-slash-bowdlerization/]

Tumblereads 11: HEATED RIVALRY IS COMING TO HBO MAX! Slash bowdlerization

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

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The Smut Report Podcast

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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