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We are three crones who have been swapping smut since we were maidens and therefore spend a lot of time yelling about romance books.
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· Nov 12
I promised lots of links to Ye Olde Blogge, so here's a round up of some of our greatest hits to get you started. 🧵
Even if all you read are romances.
Bad people deserve love too*, whether they become "good" or not.
*except Nazis
Bad people deserve love too*, whether they become "good" or not.
*except Nazis
Also let people write characters who are bad people. Let people write books that aren’t morality plays. Let people write books you don’t relate to. Let people have different experiences than yours. Holy fucking shit, y’all.
January 1, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Even if all you read are romances.
Bad people deserve love too*, whether they become "good" or not.
*except Nazis
Bad people deserve love too*, whether they become "good" or not.
*except Nazis
It's a New Year, which means it's time for some resolutions. Or in our case, some small but attainable goals.
2026 Smut Resolutions
In the past we’ve made a cute little list of resolutions that might be like low-hanging bookish fruit for a fun challenge, but…. For the past two years we will admit that we have not done an awesome job of meeting our goals. So, this year, we’re going basic. This year we’re going to try to keep things fun for us AND have a plan.
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January 1, 2026 at 5:17 PM
It's a New Year, which means it's time for some resolutions. Or in our case, some small but attainable goals.
Ok #romancelandia, here's a thread of our superlatives for the folks who don't want to click the link
(but if you do click the link, you can also hear us talking about the books in extreme chaotic detail)
(but if you do click the link, you can also hear us talking about the books in extreme chaotic detail)
It's the end of 2025, which means it's time for the 6th Annual Smut Report Superlatives, where we talk about the funniest, sexiest, weirdest, and most infuriating books we read this year.
Now Presenting…The Fifth Annual Smut Report Superlatives
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.
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December 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Ok #romancelandia, here's a thread of our superlatives for the folks who don't want to click the link
(but if you do click the link, you can also hear us talking about the books in extreme chaotic detail)
(but if you do click the link, you can also hear us talking about the books in extreme chaotic detail)
It's the end of 2025, which means it's time for the 6th Annual Smut Report Superlatives, where we talk about the funniest, sexiest, weirdest, and most infuriating books we read this year.
Now Presenting…The Fifth Annual Smut Report Superlatives
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.
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December 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It's the end of 2025, which means it's time for the 6th Annual Smut Report Superlatives, where we talk about the funniest, sexiest, weirdest, and most infuriating books we read this year.
This looks amazing!
Pirate captains were real. Women who refused to bow were real. Preorders help make sure they’re not forgotten again. buff.ly/lvL8e5j
December 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This looks amazing!
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Dear bluskeeters!
I'm doing research with a friend.
If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection.
Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share
I'm doing research with a friend.
If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection.
Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share
December 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Dear bluskeeters!
I'm doing research with a friend.
If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection.
Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share
I'm doing research with a friend.
If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection.
Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share
We are romance reading experts, and we love it when other people who are experts analyze art.
Tumblereads: The Subtleties of Artistry and Expertise
Squeeing about Heated Rivalry turns into squeeing about how amazing humans are at making and analyzing art. Notes: Obligatory link to the Game Changers series (the books! they are great!). Plus here’s Erin’s review of Heated Rivalry (the book! it is great!). We buddy read Kulti on the podcast last year, and Ingrid did survive it. A very small selection of the discourse on Heated Rivalry that Erin is enjoying:
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December 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We are romance reading experts, and we love it when other people who are experts analyze art.
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Sprinkle the fairy dust, babes! It’s #Romancelandia Holiday Fairies season! 🧚♀️🎁
Share the link, grant a wish, or just hype up the magic.
RHF is a mutual aid effort for the romance reader community to support anyone who needs help with gifts this season.
Join us: bit.ly/holidayfairies
Share the link, grant a wish, or just hype up the magic.
RHF is a mutual aid effort for the romance reader community to support anyone who needs help with gifts this season.
Join us: bit.ly/holidayfairies
December 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Sprinkle the fairy dust, babes! It’s #Romancelandia Holiday Fairies season! 🧚♀️🎁
Share the link, grant a wish, or just hype up the magic.
RHF is a mutual aid effort for the romance reader community to support anyone who needs help with gifts this season.
Join us: bit.ly/holidayfairies
Share the link, grant a wish, or just hype up the magic.
RHF is a mutual aid effort for the romance reader community to support anyone who needs help with gifts this season.
Join us: bit.ly/holidayfairies
Review: Control by Charlotte Stein
I have never been so gobsmacked by a book in my life.
I have never been so gobsmacked by a book in my life.
Review: Control by Charlotte Stein (2010)
Heat Factor: I have never been more flustered by a book in my life Character Chemistry: It starts as compatible kinks, but turns into so much more Plot: Smut peddler sexually harasses her employee Overall: I am gobsmacked
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December 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Review: Control by Charlotte Stein
I have never been so gobsmacked by a book in my life.
I have never been so gobsmacked by a book in my life.
This week on My First Smut, Colleen Kelly talks about graduating from Anne of Green Gables to Jude Deveraux.
My First Smut: Hobby and Profession
My First Smut is a recurring feature where we talk about our formative smut experiences. These short confessionals may include such details as: What book did you read? How old were you? Were there other people involved? What made the experience special? What role does smut play in your life? This week, author Colleen Kelly talks about graduating from Anne of Green Gables to Jude Deveraux.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This week on My First Smut, Colleen Kelly talks about graduating from Anne of Green Gables to Jude Deveraux.
This week on Tumblereads, we're talking about COVID in contemporary romance.
Tumblereads: COVID and Trauma in our Reading
We went serious in this week's Tumblereads. Notes I don’t remember which book by Jackie Lau features the hero who low-key masks on the bus, but it might be Four Weddings to Fall in Love. In Two Friends in Marriage (in the same series), characters explicitly refer to their experiences during lock-down. The Marry Me Juliet trilogy takes place during COVID lockdown, but it's mostly about the making of…
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December 15, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This week on Tumblereads, we're talking about COVID in contemporary romance.
If you're looking for a holiday special to read, how about one of these super soft MM romances all about the Christmas spirit?
Saturday Smutty Six: Super Soft MM Winter Holiday
It’s here! The season for holiday specials galore! I’m going to be very honest and admit we’re already a little behind this December (Is it even December if we’re not scrambling a little to get everything done? No, don’t tell me I don’t actually need to make ten kinds of cookies.) so we’re starting the month with the list of romances that was the most complete.
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December 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
If you're looking for a holiday special to read, how about one of these super soft MM romances all about the Christmas spirit?
I love my physical kindle e-reader but that doesn't mean I have to buy all my books from the zon. A useful resource if this also describes you:
The Smashwords holiday sale is going on right now, and I see a lot of my indie author friends have some awesome discounts 👀 I wrote this guide to putting non-Amazon ebooks onto your Kindle ereader back when itchio was the hot new thing, but it should apply to Smashwords ePub files too!
The easiest way to transfer non-Amazon ebooks to your Kindle - Alex Pendragon
Just because you read on a Kindle, doesn't mean you have to buy Amazon ebooks. Transferring itch.io purchases is surprisingly easy.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I love my physical kindle e-reader but that doesn't mean I have to buy all my books from the zon. A useful resource if this also describes you:
Review: Net Pucks and Chill by Debbie Charles
I was not the audience for this one because I only like bro-y heroes when they're in historicals and called rakes.
Also, lots of hockey details in this one.
I was not the audience for this one because I only like bro-y heroes when they're in historicals and called rakes.
Also, lots of hockey details in this one.
Review: Net Pucks and Chill by Debbie Charles (2025)
Texas Tornadoes, Book #2 Review of Texas Tornadoes, Book #1 Heat Factor: Anatomy rather than emotion Character Chemistry: I bought the attraction Plot: Fuckboy catches feelings Overall: I don’t think I was the audience for this book, but can see that the execution was mostly good
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December 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Review: Net Pucks and Chill by Debbie Charles
I was not the audience for this one because I only like bro-y heroes when they're in historicals and called rakes.
Also, lots of hockey details in this one.
I was not the audience for this one because I only like bro-y heroes when they're in historicals and called rakes.
Also, lots of hockey details in this one.
Chuck Tingle is a treasure and I will be holding tight to "errors are not errors they are the spice of human expression"
like folks who just did not get it were MERCILESS about making fun of my writing or my 'bad' covers, and i have always said, 'actually what you see as errors are where the beauty is.' AI has really proven that to be true in long run. the errors are not errors they are the spice of human expression
December 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Chuck Tingle is a treasure and I will be holding tight to "errors are not errors they are the spice of human expression"
This week in My First Smut, Samantha Beneke talks about paranormal romance, power, and control.
My First Smut: Not Safe or Predictable
My First Smut is a recurring feature where we talk about our formative smut experiences. These short confessionals may include such details as: What book did you read? How old were you? Were there other people involved? What made the experience special? What role does smut play in your life? This week, author Samantha Beneke talks about books exploring not just love, but also power and control.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This week in My First Smut, Samantha Beneke talks about paranormal romance, power, and control.
Ok, but each word in the blurb for that second book adds to my desire to read it immediately
Current WIP: GALEAS THE KEEN
A blind butch knight seeks the source of a cursed flood and founds a wounded woman in a tangle of time and memory.
Most recent release: LESSER HUNGERS
A nonbinary lesbian janitor possessed by something eldritch hunts down sentient cannibal mold with her dead girlfriend.
A blind butch knight seeks the source of a cursed flood and founds a wounded woman in a tangle of time and memory.
Most recent release: LESSER HUNGERS
A nonbinary lesbian janitor possessed by something eldritch hunts down sentient cannibal mold with her dead girlfriend.
Time to eat your vegetables again y'all! What's a one-sentence elevator pitch for your book? If you need help, [thing] meets [thing] is a great baseline. #WritingPrompt
December 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Ok, but each word in the blurb for that second book adds to my desire to read it immediately
Series Review: Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
Erin's inner teenager found this series very thrilling
Erin's inner teenager found this series very thrilling
Series Review: Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber (2021-2023)
Heat Factor: The world’s slowest burn. Also, kissing might lead to death. Character Chemistry: Is he trying to kill her or does he like her? Sometimes it’s so difficult to tell. Plot: Young woman learns she’s the key in a magical prophecy and proceeds to make a series of terrible decisions that will probably kill her. Overall…
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December 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Series Review: Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
Erin's inner teenager found this series very thrilling
Erin's inner teenager found this series very thrilling
This is the only Bastone I've read, but I ugly cried through a plane ride when I did. Some might take that as a recommendation.
(I was a little embarrassed in the moment but have no regrets, 10/10 would do again.)
(I was a little embarrassed in the moment but have no regrets, 10/10 would do again.)
December 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This is the only Bastone I've read, but I ugly cried through a plane ride when I did. Some might take that as a recommendation.
(I was a little embarrassed in the moment but have no regrets, 10/10 would do again.)
(I was a little embarrassed in the moment but have no regrets, 10/10 would do again.)
This week on Tumblereads, we're talking about Heated Rivalry and playing This or That, because who doesn't love sharing their snap judgments?
Tumblereads: Heated Rivalry and Hot Takes
Erin squees about Heated Rivalry (television edition) and Ingrid leads the team in a game of This or That.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
This week on Tumblereads, we're talking about Heated Rivalry and playing This or That, because who doesn't love sharing their snap judgments?
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Writing Style and Attention Span smutreport.com/2025/11/17/w... (This is such a good piece on writing style, attention span and why I want to light social media on fire 99.99% of the time) via @smutreport.com #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia
Writing Style and Attention Span
Something is happening to our books. It’s not anything obvious; this isn’t a trend starring the sudden and overwhelming appearance of blue aliens or shadow daddies. No, it’s something subtle. Somet…
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December 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Writing Style and Attention Span smutreport.com/2025/11/17/w... (This is such a good piece on writing style, attention span and why I want to light social media on fire 99.99% of the time) via @smutreport.com #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia
Review: Pastries and Pints by Allie Winters
Cute and inoffensive. Perfect for reading while traveling.
Cute and inoffensive. Perfect for reading while traveling.
Review: Pastries and Pints by Allie Winters
Aurora Bakery, Book #2 Review of Aurora Bakery, Book #1 Heat Factor: A bit of hanky panky Character Chemistry: Suppressed attraction plus mildly aggressive banter Plot: Who knew assigned group projects were still a thing for small business owners? Overall: This is a nit-picky review about a book that was actually sweet and inoffensive
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December 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Review: Pastries and Pints by Allie Winters
Cute and inoffensive. Perfect for reading while traveling.
Cute and inoffensive. Perfect for reading while traveling.
ICYMI, I stopped slacking and started posted some My First Smut stories again yesterday!
This week in My First Smut, Christine Columbus talks about bad boys.
My First Smut: The First Bad Boy I Feel in Love With
My First Smut is a recurring feature where we talk about our formative smut experiences. These short confessionals may include such details as: What book did you read? How old were you? Were there other people involved? What made the experience special? What role does smut play in your life? This week, author Christine Columbus talks about that dynamic between the bad man and the strong-willed woman who brings him to his knees.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
ICYMI, I stopped slacking and started posted some My First Smut stories again yesterday!
Louder for the people in the back!
December 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Louder for the people in the back!
I know nothing about this book and am not generally a romantasy reader but I love love love the cover art
$1.99 ✦ Immortal by Sue Lynn Tan
A young mortal ruler must forge an alliance with the God of War to protect her kingdom.
Fantasy Romance (MF) amzn.to/4pervFv
A young mortal ruler must forge an alliance with the God of War to protect her kingdom.
Fantasy Romance (MF) amzn.to/4pervFv
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I know nothing about this book and am not generally a romantasy reader but I love love love the cover art