Dec 2025

LIVE Best of the Year and Final Episode!

Ellen and Mom went live to give out their Best of the Year awards and to reminisce on the podcast for the last time. We sure have loved hanging with you guys for the past 8 years. NoYoMos for life!

1h 7m

Dec 2025

Final Free for All!

Ellen and Mom are joined by all of you to talk about what we have been reading and to reminisce on some good times shared together.Come hang out with us! Twitter/Instagram: @notyourmomsromFacebook Group: Not Your Mom's Facebook GroupEmail: notyourmomsromancebookclub@gmail.comNot ... Show More

1h 37m

Nov 2025

Cover Story by Mhairi McFarlane

Ellen and Mom discuss the insecurities, investigations, and iPads in Cover Story by Mhairi McFarlane. Plus, the end is nigh. Come hang out with us! Twitter/Instagram: @notyourmomsrom Facebook Group: Not Your Mom's Facebook Group Email: notyourmomsrom ... Show More

1h 31m

Jun 2025

Book Club: Phantasma – A Dark Fantasy Romance

Book Club: Phantasma – A Dark Fantasy Romance is officially in review and Taryn and Tiff are bringing the heat (because NYC is basically hell’s front porch right now). The girls break down the plot, spill on their takes, pros and cons, and—per usual—go off-script with hilarious p ... Show More

51m 46s

Oct 2024

AHFG Book Club: Smouldering Hellscapes and Sexy Vamps with Carissa Broadbent

Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! What is it that makes the grimdark so sexy? NYTimes bestselling author Carissa Broadbent would know. She has been, in her own words, “concerning teachers and parents with mercilessly grim tales since she was roughly nine ... Show More

57m 16s

Oct 2025

Book Club: FIEND by Alma Katsu

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss their very first book club pick, Fiend by Alma Katsu. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! Ready for a cozy, bo ... Show More

57 m

Oct 2021

Book Club: Revenge

Yōko Ogawa's award winning collection of connected short horror stories Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales is our Halloween book club pick. Settle in with some blankets as we discuss unreliable narrators, subverted expectations and metafiction. Learn more about your ad-ch ... Show More

52m 34s

Jun 2023

282: Fancy Meeting You Here

TRIGGER WARNINGS AVAILABLE AT BOTTOM OF SHOW NOTES, MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS Fancy Meeting You Here by Ashley Hill Follow her on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/aerialhill10/">instagram.com/aerialhill10/</a> Exce ... Show More

42m 33s

Jun 2021

SMNTY Book Club: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

In honor of Pride Month, we discuss Alison Bechdel's graphic novel and memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic and dig into themes of sexual identity, gender norms and dysfunctional family dynamics. Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodca ... Show More

52m 5s

Dec 2021

Book Club: DubCon

For this book club, we dig into issues around consent and rape culture and how fanfiction can be a tool of cultural activism with Milena Popova's work DubCon: Fanfiction, Power and Sexual Consent. Through tropes like the Omegaverse, arranged marriage and Real Person Fiction, a ... Show More

58m 20s

Jun 2024

A Nice Fun Thing

Jess and Trisha discuss the marketability of historical romance and then jump into our When In Romance book club pick, Consort of Fire by Kit Rocha. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsl ... Show More

57m 23s

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Arment...