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Paperback Pleasures

Romy C Ackerberg; Annabel Cater

Paperback Pleasures is a podcast dedicated to de-stigmatizing romance literature and female sexuality. In each episode, lifelong best friends Romy and Annabel take turns highlighting romance novels, unpacking a genre historically underestimated due mainly to its link with female pleasure. We're here to de-stigmatize one of the most underrated genres in literature. Let's talk romance! --- This podcast discusses themes of adult romantic relationships and sex. Listener discretion is

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69:55

E57 - Curvy Girl Summer

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2025/07/15

Romy reviews Curvy Girl Summer by Danielle Allen. Annabel wins the date game.---Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel!Join our discord ⁠⁠here⁠⁠!Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including more answers to the listener question and blooper reels!Find all books mentioned in this

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91:59

E56 - The Duke & I (Bridgerton: Book vs Show)

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2025/07/08

It's a book vs show face-off! Annabel reviews The Duke & I by Julia Quinn. Romy compares it to the Netflix show it inspired: Bridgerton. ---Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel!Join our discord ⁠⁠here⁠⁠!Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including more answers to the listener

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82:46

E55 - First-Time Caller

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2025/07/01

Romy reviews First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison. Annabel reveals an early-age emo streak. ---Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel!Join our discord ⁠⁠here⁠⁠!Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including more answers to the listener question and blooper reels!Find all books mentioned in this

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78:45

E54: The Nature of Desire - A Romance Author Panel

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2025/06/24

Romy hosts a live panel with romance authors Chelsey Ann Tompkins and K.L. Parsons to unpack "The Nature Of Desire: Passion, Power, and the Art of Spicy Romance."** This is a live event recording from the Tacoma Book Fair, meaning the audio quality will sound different compared to our usual studio recordings! **---Check out Chelsey Ann Tompkins' books here.Check out K.L. Parsons' books here.---Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com,

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45:17

E53 - Behind The Voice: Khaya Fraites talks Violet...

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2025/06/17

Romy interviews Khaya Fraites. the voice of Violet Sorrengail in the Empyrean Series Graphic Audio production!** This is a live event recording from the Tacoma Book Fair, meaning the audio quality will sound different compared to our usual studio recordings! **---Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel!Join our discord ⁠⁠here⁠⁠!Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠,

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69:31

E52 - Most Ardently

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2025/06/10

Romy reviews Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa. Annabel arrives in Seattle!---Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel!Join our discord ⁠⁠here⁠⁠!Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including more answers to the listener question and blooper reels!Find all books mentioned in this

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50:39

E51 - Pride and Prejudice (Part 2)

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2025/06/03

PART TWO!To celebrate 50 episodes, the girls team up to (finally) review Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.---This episode deviates from the usual format!---Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel!Join our discord ⁠⁠here⁠⁠!Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including more answers to the

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73:07

E50 - Pride and Prejudice (Part 1)

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2025/05/27

To celebrate 50 episodes, the girls team up to (finally) review Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. ---This episode deviates from the usual format!---Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel!Join our discord ⁠⁠here⁠⁠!Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including more answers to the listener

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E49 - Great Big Beautiful Life

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2025/05/20

Annabel reviews Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry. Romy gets a surprise.---Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel!Join our discord ⁠⁠here⁠⁠!Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including more answers to the listener question and blooper reels!Find all books mentioned in this

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52:57

E48 - The Davenports

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2025/05/13

Romy reviews The Davenports by Krystal Marquis. Annabel revisits workplace romance.---Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel!Join our discord ⁠⁠here⁠⁠!Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including more answers to the listener question and blooper reels!Find all books mentioned in this

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53:18

E47 - Playing Flirty (Feat. Shameez Patel)

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2025/05/06

Annabel talks Playing Flirty with author Shameez Patel.---Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel!Join our discord ⁠⁠here⁠⁠!Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including more answers to the listener question and blooper reels!Find all books mentioned in this podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.---Paperback

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38:15

MINISODE 3 - Our 36 Answers

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2025/04/29

Time for a Minisode! Annabel & Romy are putting it to the test: will 36 questions lead to love?! Want to take the test yourself? Try it here! Paperback Pleasures will be back next week with an author interview. Happy reading! ---Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel!Join our discord ⁠⁠here⁠⁠!Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join us

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66:44

E46 - The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

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2025/04/22

This episode contains themes some may find disturbing - such as sexual assault, medical gore, and systemic abuse. Listener discretion is advised.---Annabel reviews The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White. Romy girds her loins. ---Referenced works for extra reading:Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the PresentMedical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology---Send your answer to this week's

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E45 - A Far Wilder Magic

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2025/04/15

Romy reviews A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft. Annabel gets a birthday surprise!---Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel!Join our discord ⁠⁠here⁠⁠!Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including more answers to the listener question and blooper reels!Find all books mentioned in this podcast

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66:49

E44 - You Should Be So Lucky

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2025/04/08

Annabel reviews You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian. Romy tries to talk sports. ---Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel!Join our discord ⁠⁠here⁠⁠!Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including more answers to the listener question and blooper reels!Find all books mentioned in this

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00:53:33

E43 - Unhinged, an Erotic Door Romance

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2025/04/01

April Fools! Your hosts take on a whole new kind of smut.---Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com, or find our weekly prompts on our social media and/or discord channel!Join our discord ⁠⁠here⁠⁠!Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including more answers to the listener question and blooper reels!Find all books mentioned in this podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.---Paperback

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02:01:28

E42 - Onyx Storm (Empyrean #3)

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2025/03/25

THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE FIRST THREE BOOKS IN THE EMPYREAN SERIES BY REBECCA YARROS.---The girls dive in deep to the third book in the Empyrean series - from the whiplash romance to our craziest theories!---Find all books mentioned in this podcast ⁠here⁠.Follow us on ⁠TikTok⁠, ⁠Instagram⁠, and ⁠Youtube⁠.Join us on ⁠Patreon⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including more answers to the listener question and blooper reels!Join our discord ⁠here⁠!---Paperback Pleasures is a podcast dedicated

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E41 - Iron Flame (Empyrean #2)

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2025/03/18

THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOK IN THE EMPYREAN SERIES BY REBECCA YARROS.---Send your own voice memos of your favorite Empyrean quotes and/or fan theory to our email at PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com or join our discord here!---The girls dive in deep to the second book in the Empyrean series - from the best and worst tropes, to toxic romance, to our crazy theories for Onyx Storm.---Find all books mentioned in this podcast ⁠here⁠.Follow us on ⁠TikTok⁠, ⁠Instagram⁠, and

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00:56:08

E40 - Fourth Wing (Remastered & Expanded)

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2025/03/11

To kick off our coverage of the first three books in the Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros, we are releasing a re-cut, remastered version of Episode 14 - with some new voices thrown in!Send your own voice memos of your favorite Empyrean quotes and/or fan theory to our email at PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com or join our discord here!---Romy reviews Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Annabel unleashes her inner dragon. ---Influencers mentioned in this episode: @Ceartguleabhar speaks beautifully to the

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E39 - Praise

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2025/03/04

Romy reviews Praise by Sara Cate. Annabel raises HR concerns.---Send your answer to this week's listener question to PaperbackPleasuresBooks@gmail.com or join our discord here!Find all books mentioned in this podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Follow us on⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and⁠⁠⁠⁠ Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ for exclusive bonus content, including more answers to the listener question and blooper reels!---Paperback Pleasures is a podcast dedicated to de-stigmatizing romance

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