Trash or Treasure? Find your next (most likely romantic) read!
Love romance novels and looking for your next read, but don't have time to waste on terrible books? Let us do the pre-read for you! Kim and Aimee have got your backs! Two girls who read way too many novels, mostly romance novels, talk about what they love, what they like and what they can't stand about what they've read each fortnight. First half provides SPOILER FREE recommendations (with spoilers in the second half) to make choosing your next read that much easier! Episodes released fortnightly, Sundays at noon (GMT +10), in time for a peaceful cup of tea while you choose your afternoon read. You can contact us via Instagram @trash.or.treasure.podcast, or email trashortreasurepodcast@outlook.com.
Episodes
220 episodes
Episode 216: Anne Gracie’s ‘The Secret Daughter’ (Brides of Bellaire Gardens series)
Don’t have time for terrible ❤️ books? Kim and Aimee review - spoiler-free, then spoiler-full - the final book in Anne Gracie’s ‘Brides of Bellaire Gardens’ series, ‘The Secret Daughter’. (With reference to our reviews of the previou...
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Season 9
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Episode 216
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35:53
Episode 215: Ottessa Moshfegh’s ‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’
Don’t have time for terrible books? Kim and Aimee don’t hold back in their spoiler-free (then spoiler-full!) review of ‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’ by Ottessa Moshfegh. (Trigger warning: contains references to a...
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Season 9
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Episode 215
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40:51
Episode 214: Emily Henry’s ‘Funny Story’
Don’t have time for terrible ❤️ books? Kim and Aimee help you out with a spoiler free - then spoiler-full - review of rom-com ‘Funny Story’ by Emily Henry. (With reference to our review of
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Season 9
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Episode 214
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30:59
Episode 213: Heather Fawcett’s ‘Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries’
Don’t have time for terrible 🧚 books? Join Kim and Aimee for their spoiled-free then spoiler-full review of ‘Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries’ by Heather Fawcett. (With reference to our reviews of
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Season 9
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Episode 213
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45:18
Episode 212: Terry Pratchett’s ‘Thief of Time’
Don’t have time for terrible 🧙♂️books? Aimee and Kim review ‘Thief of Time’ by Terry Pratchett, a Discworld novel featuring Death. Will this be your next read? (With reference to our reviews of ‘
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Season 9
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Episode 212
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41:34
Episode 211: Jenn McKinlay’s ‘Summer Reading’
Don’t have time for terrible ❤️ books? Kim and Aimee review rom-com ‘Summer Reading’ by Jenn McKinlay…and introduce a new episode format! (With reference to our reviews of
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Season 9
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Episode 211
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44:05
Episode 210: Anna Campbell’s ‘The Worst Lord in London’
Don’t have time for terrible ❤️ novels? Kim and Aimee discuss ‘The Worst Lord In London’ by Anna Campbell, first in her ‘Scandals of Mayfair’ series.
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Season 9
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Episode 210
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20:21
Episode 209: Grace Burrowes’s ‘A Gentleman Fallen on Hard Times’
Don’t have time for terrible 🔎 books? Tune in for Aimee and Kim’s short-and-snappy review of ‘A Gentleman Fallen on Hard Times’ by Grace Burrowes. (With reference to the
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Season 9
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Episode 209
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14:30
Episode 208: John Connolly’s ‘The Land of Lost Things’
Don’t have time for terrible🦄 books? Kim and Aimee help you kick 2025 off to the right start with their no-spoilers review of ‘The Land of Lost Things’ by John Connolly.
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Season 9
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Episode 208
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23:16
Episode 207: Anna Campbell’s ‘A Match Made in Mistletoe’
Don’t have time for terrible 🎄❤️ books? Kim and Aimee wrap up Christmas novella season with a review of ‘Match Made in Mistletoe’ by Anna Campbell. (With reference to Anna Campbell’s ‘Her Christmas Earl’ and, of course, Mary Jo Putne...
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Season 9
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Episode 207
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13:44
Bonus Christmas Episode!
🎄Need a break on Christmas Day? Tune in to Kim, Aimee and special guest Peter’s review of ‘Father Christmas’s Fake Beard’ by Terry Pratchett. Uncut and unedited!! 🤪
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Episode 206: Anne Perry’s ‘A Christmas Journey’
Don’t have time for terrible 🎄novellas?Kim and Aimee are here to make your festive reading more time-efficient, with a review of Anne Perry’s novella ‘A Christmas Journey’. (And yes, Kim DOES mention
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Season 9
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Episode 206
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18:25
Episode 205: Erin Langston’s ‘Some Winter’s Evening’
Don’t have time for terrible ❤️🎄 books? It’s Christmas novella season, so Kim and Aimee review ‘Some Winter’s Evening’ by Erin Langston.
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Season 9
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Episode 205
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13:26
Episode 204: Anna Campbell’s ‘Her Christmas Earl’
Don’t have time for terrible 🎄❤️ books? Fortunately it’s Christmas novella season!! Kim and Aimee review the super-snappy ‘Her Christmas Earl’ by Anna Campbell and question how to create ‘Christmassyness’ in romance novels.
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Season 9
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Episode 204
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15:07
Episode 203: Mary-Anne O’Connor’s ‘Mary Christmas’
Don’t have time for terrible 🎄❤️ books? Kim and Aimee understand your festive season reading challenges, and rapidly review ‘Mary Christmas’ by Mary-Anne O’Connor to help make your reading decisions easier. Yes, it’s CHRISTMAS NOVELLA SE...
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Season 9
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Episode 203
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19:38
Episode 202: Richard Osman’s ‘We Solve Murders’
Don’t have time for terrible 🔎 books? Kim and Aimee review Richard Osman’s latest novel and first in a new series, ‘We Solve Murders’. Much reference has to be made to ‘The Thursday Murder Club’ series. (
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Season 9
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Episode 202
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18:47
Episode 201: Eloisa James’s ‘Two Vows and a Viscount’
Don’t have time for terrible ❤️ books? Kim and Aimee aim to save you an hour with a quick review of ‘Two Vows and a Viscount’ by Eloisa James (the second book in her ‘The Seduction’ series). (With reference to the prev...
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Season 9
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Episode 201
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15:30
Episode 200: Benjamin Stevenson’s ‘Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone’
Don’t have time for terrible 🔎 books? Kim and Aimee review mystery-comedy ‘Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone’ by Benjamin Stevenson. (With reference to
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Season 8
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Episode 200
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30:34
Episode 199: Mark Lawrence’s ‘The Book That Wouldn’t Burn’
Don’t have time for terrible 🦄 books? Kim and Aimee review ‘The Book that Wouldn’t Burn’ and whether they’ll read more of Mark Lawrence’s ’The Library Trilogy’. Sorry about the length. It’s a fantasy novel and we gotta explain the world…...
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Season 8
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Episode 199
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37:48
Episode 198: Tessa Bailey’s ‘It Happened One Summer’
Don’t have time for terrible ❤️ books? Kim and Aimee help your decision-making with a review of “spicy” romance ‘It Happened One Summer’ by Tessa Bailey. (With reference to Emily Henry’s
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Season 8
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Episode 198
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16:17
Episode 197: Kerry Greenwood’s ‘Dead Man’s Chest’
Don’t have time for terrible 🔎 books? Kim and Aimee speedily review a Miss Fisher mystery, ‘Dead Man’s Chest’ by Kerry Greenwood, and are only momentarily distracted by Miss Marple. (With reference to previously reviewed Phryne Fisher no...
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Season 8
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Episode 197
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11:50
Episode 196: Jennifer Crusie’s ‘Anyone But You’
Don’t have time for terrible ❤️novels? You need a novella! Kim and Aimee review ‘Anyone But You’ by Jennifer Crusie. (No relation to the 2024 release movie!) With reference to other Jennifer Cruisie novels
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Season 8
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Episode 196
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16:48
Episode 195.5: A Brief Pause
We’re back as normal, next Sunday! Keep on sending through your recommendations, wonderful listeners!
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Season 8
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