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 [email protected].
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 233
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Episode 113: Eva Ibbotson’s ‘The Morning Gift’
Don’t have time for terrible ❤️ books? Kim and Aimee have pre-read ‘The Morning Gift’ by Eva Ibbotson for you - listen in to hear if it will be your next read!
Episode 112: MC Beaton’s ‘Emily Goes to Exeter’ (‘The Travelling Matchmaker’ series)
Don’t have time for terrible ❤️ books? To help you out, Aimee and Kim review the first book in MC Beaton’s ‘Travelling Matchmaker’ series, ‘Emily Goes to Exeter’.
Episode 111: Simone St James’s ‘Ghost 19’
Don’t have time for terrible 👻books? Kim and Aimee’s snappy review of Simone St James’s latest, the novella ‘Ghost 19’, might help you choose your next read. (With reference to Episode 24: Simone St …
Episode 110: Kerry Greenwood’s ’Death by Water’ (Phryne Fisher)
Don’t have time for terrible 🔎 books? Kim and Aimee’s short, sharp review of Kerry Greenwood’s Miss Fisher novel ‘Death by Water’, saves you time picking what you want to read.
Episode 109: Deanna Raybourn’s ‘Silent in the Grave’ (Lady Julia Gray series)
Don’t have time to waste on terrible 🔎❤️ books? To help you out, Kim and Aimee have pre-read ‘Silent in the Grave’ (sorry, we keep saying ‘as’), the first instalment of Deanna Raybourn’s Lady Julia G…
Episode 108: Emily Henry’s ‘Book Lovers’
Don’t have time for terrible ❤️ books? Kim and Aimee ask whether ‘Book Lovers’ by Emily Henry is worth a read - listen in to see if it might be your next rom/com read! (With reference to Episode 72: …
Episode 107: Alexandra Andrews’ ‘Who Is Maud Dixon?’
Don’t have time for terrible books? Kim and Aimee help you out by reviewing ‘Who is Maud Dixon’ by Alexandra Andrews, a psychological thriller / mystery.
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Episode 106: Robert Galbraith’s ‘Ink Black Heart’
Don’t have time for terrible 🔎 books? Kim and Aimee help you out by reviewing ‘The Ink Black Heart’, the sixth instalment in Robert Galbraith’s Cormoran Strike series.
WARNING: This episode assumes th…
Episode 105: Agatha Christie’s ‘Murder in Mesopotamia’
Don’t have time to waste on terrible 🔎 books? Aimee and Kim help you out by reviewing a far-shorter way to consume a mystery novel, the radio dramatisation of Agatha Christie’s ‘Murder in Mesopotamia…
Episode 104: ‘Lady Whistledown Strikes Back’ by Julia Quinn, Suzanne Enoch, Karen Hawkins and Mia Ryan
Don’t have time for terrible ❤️ books? Kim and Aimee have pre-read ‘Lady Whistledown Strikes Back’ for you, an collection of four novellas by Julia Quinn, Suzanne Enoch, Karen Hawkins and Mia Ryan - …
Episode 103: Lisa Kleypas’s ‘A Wallflower Christmas’
Don’t have time for terrible 🎄❤️ books? Join Kim and Aimee for their festive Christmas Day review of Lisa Kleypas’s novella-length follow-on to the Wallflowers series, ‘A Wallflower Christmas’. (Lis…
Episode 102: Anne Gracie’s ‘The Christmas Bride’
Tis the season not to waste time on terrible 🎄❤️ books! Kim and Aimee save you time by pre-reading a Christmas novella, ‘The Christmas Bride’ by Anne Gracie (with some familiar characters from the Ch…
Episode 101: ‘Mischief and Mistletoe’ by Mary Jo Putney, Jo Beverley, Joanna Bourne, Patricia Rice, Nicola Cornick, Cara Elliott, Anne Gracie and Susan King
Tis the season not to waste time on terrible🎄❤️ books! Kim and Aimee help you out by with their review of ‘Mischief in Mistletoe’, a festive, romantic, happily-ever-after anthology by Mary Jo Putney,…
Episode 100: Terry Pratchett’s ‘Monstrous Regiment’
Episode 99: Richard Osman’s ‘The Bullet That Missed’
Don’t have time to waste on terrible 🕵️♀️ books? Kim and Aimee have pre-read ‘The Bullet that Missed’, the next novel in Richard Osman’s ‘Thursday Murder Club’ series. (This review assumes you’ve re…
Episode 98: Anne Gracie’s ‘The Rake’s Daughter’ (Brides of Bellaire Gardens series)
Don’t have time to waste on terrible ❤️ books? Kim and Aimee help you out by reviewing Anne Gracie’s latest, ‘The Rake’s Daughter’, the second instalment in the ‘Brides of Bellaire Gardens’ series. (…
Episode 97: Ashley Weaver’s ‘Murder at the Brightwell’ (Amory Ames series)
Don’t have time to waste on terrible 🕵️♀️ books? Wanting a strong female protagonist and a 1930s mystery? Kim and Aimee explore the first book in Ashley Weaver’s Amory Ames series, ‘Murder at the Br…
Episode 96: Beth O’Leary’s ‘The No Show’
Don’t have time to waste on terrible ❤️ books? Kim and Aimee are here to help, with their short and sharp review of Beth O’Leary’s latest, ‘The No Show’.
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Episode 95: Sally Boythrod’s ‘Brunswick St Blues’
Don’t have time to waste on terrible 🕵️♀️ books? Kim and Aimee help you out by reviewing Melbourne-set ‘Brunswick Street Blues’, by Sally Bothroyd.
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Episode 94: Daphne Du Maurier’s ‘Rebecca’
Don’t have time to waste on terrible books? Kim and Aimee help you out by reviewing Daphne Du Maurier’s classic gothic-thriller-maybe-romance ‘Rebecca’. You might have seen the Hitchcock film, or the…