https://ift.tt/uokUFxC https://ift.tt/aAQBrYT December 14, 2025

Hosted by:

Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)

Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)

Tradwifery is just kink with extra steps. Monster romance is kink with no steps. Pick your fighter.

Reading Recommendations:

Fiction:

• The Clecanian series by Victoria Aveline
• The Lady & the Orc by Finley Fenn
• Two for Tea by CM Nascosta
• Games with the Orc by Kathryn Moon
• Howl for the Gargoyle by Kathryn Moon
• The Gargoyle from General Management by Kate Prior
• Warts & Claws Inc. Series by Clio Evans
• The Mabon Feast by CM Nascosta
• Me and My Beast Boss by Shiroinu
• Why Don’t You Eat Me, My Dear Wolf by Ao Koishikawa

Non-Fiction:

• ‘I know I can’t live like this forever’: Meet the red-pilled men trying to quit the manosphere | Glamour
• The Manosphere Rewired | Equimundo
• Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now? | Vogue
• What the Response to “Are Boyfriends Embarrassing?" Says About the Current State of Heterosexual Dating | Vogue
• Monster Theory: Reading Culture by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
• Of Giants: Sex, Monsters, & the Middle Ages by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
• everyone HATES a negative review by mynameismarines
• Blumhouse Compendium of Horror
• Monsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film by Harry Benshoff

Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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https://ift.tt/0AnmB2u https://ift.tt/b4ZfBEO December 7, 2025

Hosted by:

Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)

Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)

Every coven has has one witch whose real power is just emotional damage.

Reading Recommendations:

Fiction:

• Brooms by Jasmine Walls, illustrated by Teo DuVall
• This Poison Heart by Kaylnn Baron

Non-Fiction:

• Rachel True Looks Back on The Craft | Youtube
• The SAD Truth About Kat Graham & All the Racism She Experienced on “The Vampire Diaries” | Youtube
• A Black Women’s History of Hoodoo, Conjure, & Witchcraft | Youtube
• Mammy, Jezebel, Sapphire, and their Homegirls by Dr. Carolyn West
• The Evolution of Black Witches on Screen | Youtube
• Black Magic: White Hollywood and African American Culture by Krin Gabbard
• Urban Fantasy 101: Magical Negros in the Genre

Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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https://ift.tt/1oFLjOz https://ift.tt/8Oa6edD November 30, 2025

Hosted by:

Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)

Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)

No one is reading romantasy for the realism. They read it so 2 emotionally stunted idiots are legally obligated to kiss by page 312.

Reading Recommendations:

Fiction:

• Love is An Illusion by Fargo
• The Remarried Empress by alpha_tart, herelee
• Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe
• Boyfriends by refrainbow
• Bride by Ali Hazelwood
• Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa
• It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey 

Non-Fiction:

• STOP TAGGING AUTHORS IN REVIEWS by Reads With Rachel
• The Hanya Yanagihara Principle by Andrea Long Chu

Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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https://ift.tt/qgZwEmT https://ift.tt/FwgvQKI November 16, 2025

Hosted by:

Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)

Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)

Romance ARC reviewers will sprint through 462 pages of soul-shattering hand-holding, then calmly write “needs more tension,” like they weren’t just sobbing into a stuffy five minutes ago.

Reading Recommendations:

Fiction:

• The Sugar Baby trilogy (novellas) by Rebekah Weatherspoon
• Jockstraps & Newspapers by Lizzie Strong
• The Lizzie & Diesel series by Janet Evanovich
• The Prince Lestat trilogy by Anne Rice 
• The Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs
• The Dark Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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https://ift.tt/chPmqtF https://ift.tt/oRNOnem November 9, 2025

Hosted by:

Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)

Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)

Why do you act like that? Like that…the way that you act.

Reading Recommendations:

Fiction:

• The Psy Changeling series by Nalini Singh
• The Boss by Jenny Trout

Non-Fiction:

• The Three Laws of Fandom 
• The Internet of Beefs
• Fansplaining 208: What Fans Owe Each Other
• (Things I Wish Weren’t) Applied To Fandom: The Three Rules/Laws of Fandom

Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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https://ift.tt/qyLBaJx https://ift.tt/QgqmkJo November 2, 2025

Hosted by:

Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)

Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram & tiktok)

Adrie and Stitch talk about CM Nascosta, Cambric Creek, and race in monster stories.

Reading Recommendations:

The Cambric Creek Universe, in order:

1. Girls Weekend
2. The Minoan Bride (after dark)
3. Morning Glory Milking Farm
4. A Blue Ribbon Romance (MGMF from Rourke's perspective)
5. The Mabon Feast
6. Parties
7. A Holly Jolly Mess (short stories)
8. Sweet Berries
9. Run, Run Rabbit (after dark)
10. Moon Blooded Breeding Clinic
11. The Filled Vessel (after dark)
12. Hexennacht
13. Two for Tea
14. Shadows and Light (after dark)
15. Invitations
16. He Loves Me Not

(After dark) denotes titles with themes that may be considered triggering or controversial. Check trigger warnings before reading.

Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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https://ift.tt/e8arcWM https://ift.tt/AP93DRB October 12, 2025

Show Notes:

Hosted by:

Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)

Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram & tiktok)

Stitch and Adrie talk about Kinktober, fandom, and A03.

Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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https://ift.tt/e8arcWM https://ift.tt/cJDPZjr October 12, 2025

Show Notes:

Hosted by:

Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)

Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram & tiktok)

Adrie and Stitch talk about heteropessimism, Sabrina Carpenter as a convenient scapegoat, and kink panic.

Fiction:

• The Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy by EL James
• The Crossfire series by Sylvia Day
• Placebo by Cuke Soap
• Cliterary Book Club by van and gold bozi
• In the Doghouse by Jusang

Non-Fiction:

• On Heteropessimism by Asa Seresin (The New Inquiry)
• Intercourse by Andrea Dworkin
• Pornography and Civil Rights by Catharine MacKinnon
• Thinking Sex by Gayle Rubin
• Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown

Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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https://ift.tt/fmt6XV1 https://ift.tt/E4FZ1i2 August 31, 2025

Hosted by:

Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)

Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)

Adrie and Stitch talk about slavefic, romcoms as a response to feminism, and the attitudes of women in American culture throughout post-industrial history.

Reading Recommendations:

Fiction:

• The Brown Sisters trilogy by Talia Hibbert
• Necking by Chris Salvatore
• The Jade Calhoun series by Deanna Chase
• The Demon Slayer series by Angie Fox
• True Beauty (manhwa on Webtoon, live action on Viki)
• Business Proposal (manhwa on Tapas, live action on Netflix)

Non-Fiction:

• Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City
• Edward W. Said – Culture and imperialism

Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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https://ift.tt/UMY6DKw https://ift.tt/lKEFu1g August 25, 2025

Hosted by:

Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)

Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)

Stitch and Adrie talk about kinktober, dark romance, Sinners and Stardust, and the nature off consent.

Reading Recommendations:

Fiction:

• Steel Under Silk
• Sadistic Beauty
• In These Words
• Eat
• The Princess of Gryffindor by Aurette (SSHG fanfic)

Non-Fiction:

•  censorship is coming for you next (& you're cheering it on)

Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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https://ift.tt/oQmq45A https://ift.tt/ZvYBxrI August 17, 2025

Hosted by:

Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)

Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)

Saving the species, one human at a time.

Reading Recommendations:

Fiction:

• Brides of the Kylorr series by Zoey Draven
• The Clecanian series by Victoria Aveline
• Claimed Among the Stars anthology
• The Fireblood Dragons series by Ruby Dixon (but not the 10th one)
• Mates of Planet 25XA series by Merry Ravenell
• Mass Effect Andromeda 
• Star-Crossed (CW TV Series)
• Superman (2025)
• The Jekh Saga by H. E. Trent
• Thrawn by Timothy Zahn

Non-Fiction:

• Difference Engine: Aliens, Robots, and Other Racial Matters in the History of Science Fiction by De Witt Douglas Kilgore
• Monster Theory (specifically chapter 1, Monster Culture) by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen

Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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https://ift.tt/VQC5Oeg https://ift.tt/tbEDB8M August 11, 2025

Hosted by:

Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)

Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)

Do you carry a lunchbox?

Reading Recommendations:

Fiction:

• The Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot
• Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi 
• Gravitation by Maki Murakami
• Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon
• the Highlander series by Karen Marie Moning
• A Great and Terrible Beauty trilogy by Libba Bray
• the Vampire Kisses series by Ellen Schreiber

Non-Fiction:

•  AO3 Ship Stats 2025

Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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https://ift.tt/kohDzwt https://ift.tt/tmBiNhl August 4, 2025

Hosted by:

Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)

Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)

It’s a choice.

Reading Recommendations:

Fiction:

• Meet Me at the Anvil by Kate Prior
• My Orc Roommate by Veronika Kane
• Sweetling by SE Wendel
• Magical Midlife Madness by KF Breene
• Impromptu Match (Goliaths of Wrestling) by Lily Mayne
• All Superheroes Need PR (Supers in the City) by Elizabeth Stephens
• One Last Job by Anise Starre

Alternatives to Kindle Unlimited

• Libby (via OverDrive) & Hoopla (free with a participating library card)
• Scribd / Everand ($11.99/month + 30 day trial)
• Kobo Plus & Kobo Plus Listen ($7.99/month for a Plus or Listen plan, $9.99/month for both)
• Apple Books (free to access + cost of books)
• Google Play Books (free to access + cost of books)

Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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https://ift.tt/j4hNYzt https://ift.tt/DZOj5vP July 21, 2025

Show Notes:

Hosted by:

Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)

Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)

Well, I don’t say that you have to enjoy it!

Reading Recommendations:

Fiction:

• The Dragons books by Katie MacAlister
• Gotten by the Gator by Lizzie Strong
• Daughter of No Worlds by Carissa Broadbent
• The Fae Isles series by Lisette Marshall
• The Boss by Jenny Trout
• Evensong’s Heir by L.S. Baird
• Smoke and Ashes by Alexis Hall
• Love and Deepspace – the mobile game

Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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https://ift.tt/tIX184j https://ift.tt/Z3bU8mA June 29, 2025

Show Notes:

Hosted by:

Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)

Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)

I invited you into my home and now you’re mad about the curtains?

Reading Recommendations:

Fiction:

• The Midnight Breed series by Lara Adrian
• Maybe the first 10-11 books in the The Black Dagger Brotherhood series by JR Ward
• Necking by Chris Salvatore 
• The Highlander series by Karen Marie Moning
• The Jade Calhoun series by Deanna Chase
• The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
• The first… six books of the Cassie Palmer series by Karen Chance
• The Lotus Palace by Jeannie Lin

Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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