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, often romance novels, talk about what they love, what they like and what they can't stand about what they've read each week. SPOILER FREE recommendations to make choosing your next read that much easier! Episodes released weekly, 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
214 episodes
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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15:00
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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1:03
Episode 195: Meg Shaffer’s ‘The Wishing Game’
Don’t have time for terrible books? Kim and Aimee review ‘The Wishing Game’ by Meg Shaffer and try to work out what genre it is. (With reference to our reviews of
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Season 8
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Episode 195
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20:06
Episode 194: Sandra Brown’s ‘Out of Nowhere’
Don’t have time for terrible ❤️🔎 books? Kim and Aimee review romantic-thriller ‘Out of Nowhere’ by Sandra Brown. (Trigger warning: this book is about a mass-shooting.)
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Season 8
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Episode 194
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20:12
Episode 193: Allison Montclair’s ‘A Rogue’s Company’ (Sparks and Bainbridge series)
Don’t have time for terrible 🔎 books? To help, Kim and Aimee review the third book in Allison Montclair’s Sparks and Bainbridge series, ‘A Rogue’s Company’, (which will spoil the preceding books, which start with
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Season 8
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Episode 193
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19:57
Episode 192: Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer’s ‘Rocky Start’
Don’t have time for terrible 🤣❤️🕵️ books? Kim and Aimee try to help with a review of action-comedy-romance novel ‘Rocky Start’ by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer. (With reference to other Crusie/Mayer books,
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Season 8
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Episode 192
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22:05
Episode 191: Fiona McArthur’s ‘Back to Birdsville’
Don’t have time for terrible ❤️ books? Kim and Aimee have a great time reviewing ‘Back to Birdsville’ by Fiona McArthur. Aimee goes on a trip down memory lane and we plan the series of romance novels no-one ever asked for…(With r...
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Season 8
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Episode 191
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20:51
Episode 190: Anne Gracie’s ‘The Heiress’s Daughter (Brides of Bellaire Gardens series)
Don’t have time for terrible ❤️ books? Kim and Aimee help you out with a quick review of Regency romance ‘The Heiress’s Daughter’ by Anne Gracie, the third book in the ‘Brides of Bellaire Gardens’ series. (Book 1 is
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Season 8
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Episode 190
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