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

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/]

Have thoughts? Leave us a comment [https://smutreport.com/2025/09/28/tumblereads-lets-avoid-thinking-about-the-state-of-the-world-by-talking-about-stabby-smut/] or drop us a line on bsky [https://bsky.app/profile/smutreport.com].

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

This week on Tumblereads, we're talking about what we're reading and how we're feeling about those books. Honestly, the conversation went all over the place. And ended with madlibs.

Our current reading, all the show notes, and a link to the madlibs can be found at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/09/14/tumblereads-extremely-problematic-but-so-fun-dating-advice-from-romance-books-the-physics-is-the-problem/].

If you like what we're doing, please rate or recommend us to a friend. 

Tumblereads 3: Extremely Problematic but So Fun / Dating Advice from Romance Books / The Physics is the Problem

We're Tumblereading again, and this time we started talking about those things that just pull us out of books when we read—and also about AI (and reader responses to it).

Some links to things we talked about at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/09/08/discussion-those-things-that-are-like-buckets-of-cold-water/].

Have a question or a discussion point for us? Leave us a comment [https://smutreport.com/2025/09/08/discussion-those-things-that-are-like-buckets-of-cold-water/]!

Tumblereads: AI and Cold Buckets of Water

We're trying something a little different here at The Smut Report Pod, where we just talk about whatever we're reading and see where it takes us. What we got was 30 minutes of unedited chit chat, mostly about Romantasy.

For a list of all the books we talked about, go to smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/08/31/introducing-tumblereads/].

Like the format? Hate it? Have a question you'd like us to answer? Leave us a comment here [https://smutreport.com/2025/08/31/introducing-tumblereads/].

Tumblereads #1

The Smut Report Team is back, and this month we're talking about the criminal archetype in romance books. What characteristics does a criminal love interest have—and what makes them so dang sexy?

For our conversation, we read Hard Time by Cara McKenna [https://amzn.to/3UQ3abj].

Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/08/04/lets-talk-archetypes-criminals/]

The Criminal Archetype

This month, the Smut Report team is talking Metaromance. Not romances that take place at Facebook, but romance books that are talking about romance books.

To prepare, we all read Unromance by Erin Connor [https://amzn.to/4kEX0pN].

Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/06/13/lets-talk-about-metaromance/].

Metaromance

We're wrapping up our Hoedown Showdown! Holly, Erin, and Ingrid all share their Yee Haws and Hell Naws from this project, talk about their favorite microtropes, and share recommendations of other Western Romances. 

Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast.

Hoedown Showdown: Final Thoughts

We're in Week 4 of reading Romance Westerns, and this week we're focusing on queer and poly romances. 

We read:

 * Heart and Hand by Rebel Carter (Amazon [https://amzn.to/3YShjXZ] | Bookshop [https://bookshop.org/a/9436/9798794771770])  
 * They Ain't Proper by M.B. Guel (Amazon [https://amzn.to/4iCY4sF] | Bookshop [https://bookshop.org/a/9436/9781642474824])

Warning: This conversation includes ranting.

Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast.

Hoedown Showdown: Queer Westerns

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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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