My romantasy addiction has been left unchecked.

PLUS a groovy new home, a very sexy podcast recommendation, the theory that we can't stop talking about and a very important political debrief. Enjoy!

Jan 24, 2025

Hiii Outlouders, Em Vernem here 🙋🏾‍♀️

I’m addicted to smut. So, I got into the ACOTAR series and as most of you who saw my post in the Outlouders group know, I decided to recap the first book (A Court of Thorns and Roses).

Romantasy is everywhere right now and I just wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Well, I have a confession. And I haven’t told anyone else this so please keep it to yourself…

I ended up reading the 2nd, 3rd and 4th books IN ONE DAY.

After finishing the first book, I woke up early on Sunday morning.

I looked at the clock and saw that it was 6.30am and thought “Hmm, before I get out of bed I’ll just read a few pages of the second book.”

Then, after an hour, I looked back at the clock and it was 1am and I was up to the 5th and final book of the series.

I was very happy that Out Loud talked about romantasy on Wednesday’s episode, and then became even more happy when I found out that MIA FREEDMAN is going to be getting into the genre.

She asked the Facebook group where she should start and I want her to start with ACOTAR but hey, I’m a newbie so I’ll leave it up to the experts.

Tell us in the comments what you think Mia’s first romantasy book should be.

Weekly Reccos 📺 📖 🎧

One podcast, two shows— Let’s get into it.

Holly wants you to listen to

"Are You a Charlotte?" by Kristin Davis.

“Kristin Davis, who everybody knows, plays Charlotte in Sex and the City, has just started a podcast. It's called, ‘Are you a Charlotte?’— Great title.
If you love, love, love Sex and the City, you are going to love it. It’s basically just her talking about how she got the job and what the audition was like. She decides she's not really even a Charlotte herself.”

Jessie wants you to watch

Lockerbie: A Search for Truth on Binge.

“It’s called Lockerbie, a search for truth. It's on Binge and 7Plus. What happened was on the 21st of December, 1988 a Pan Am flight that was going from Heathrow to New York exploded over a small town in Scotland called Lockerbie. It's a drama... really beautifully made drama, and in fact, it's this new genre of drama, which is almost like a documentary, so it's interspersed with real footage which is really powerful.”

Mia wants you to watch

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night on Binge.

“SNL is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and this documentary is in four parts. If you're not familiar with Saturday Night Live, who even are you? It's the most iconic comedy show ever made. They start the show with nothing at the beginning of the week and a guest celebrity host. And then by Saturday night, the line is that they don't put the show to air because it's ready, they put the show to air because it's time. It's so good — it's fantastic. Really, really easy to watch.”

Have you read/listened to any of our reccos? Tell us in the comments!

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Post of the week 😂

This simple post in the Outlouders Facebook group made me sigh with relief. My whole life I thought I was the only one who suffered from this.

This comment from Kirsten made me spit out my coffee:

“We did massive renos to our house so I was always texting tradies. Until I sent a text to one of our tradies that was meant to say, “thank you for today. Have a lovely weekend.”

My predict text wrote “thank you I have a lovely lady garden”

I mean what the actual FARK is that?!?

I have never spoken to a tradie ever since.”

We have a new (temporary) home.

New studio alert. We’re trying out some fresh (temporary) recording digs, what do you guys think?

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