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 73: Jennifer Crusie’s ‘Maybe This Time’
Don’t have time to waste on terrible books? Kim and Aimee help you out by reviewing a ghost-filled rom-com 👻💕, ‘Maybe This Time’ by Jennifer Crusie.
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Episode 72: Emily Henry’s ‘Beach Read’
Don’t have time to waste on terrible ❤️ contemporary romance books? Kim and Aimee have pre-read ‘Beach Read’ by Emily Henry for you, so listen in to see if this rom-com is up your alley!
Episode 71: Grace Burrowes’s ‘Forever and a Duke’
Don’t have time for terrible ❤️ romance books? Kim and Aimee help you out by reviewing ‘Forever and a Duke’ by Grace Burrowes’s, a Regency story of a Duke and his accountant… (from the ‘Rogues to Ric…
Episode 70: Sherry Thomas’s ‘Luckiest Lady in London’
Don’t have time for terrible ❤️ books? Kim and Aimee review steamy Victorian romance ‘The Luckiest Lady in London’ by Sherry Thomas (of‘Lady Sherlock’ fame).
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Episode 69: (More Bridgertons!) Julia Quinn’s ‘The Viscount Who Loved Me’ and ‘Romancing Mr Bridgerton’
Episode 68: Joan Smith’s ‘Aunt Sophie’s Diamonds’
Don’t have time to waste on terrible ❤️ books? Kim and Aimee help you out by reviewing ‘Aunt Sophie’s Diamonds’ by Joan Smith (author of Episode 54’s ‘Imprudent Lady’) and whether it’s worth your tim…
Episode 67: Diana Gabaldon’s ‘Outlander’
Don’t have time to waste on terrible books? Kim and Aimee help you out by reviewing the first novel in Diana Gabaldon’s hit TV-adapted, time-travelling ‘Outlander’ series, (surprisingly titled) ‘Outl…
Episode 66: Simon Beckett’s ‘Written in Bone’
Don’t have time for terrible mystery books? Kim and Aimee help you by concisely reviewing Simon Beckett’s thriller ‘Written in Bone’, from the David Hunter series.
Episode 65: Jayne Ann Krentz’s ‘The Vanishing’
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Episode 64: Simone St James’s ‘Silence For the Dead’
Don’t have time to waste on terrible books? Kim and Aimee sink their teeth into whether you should read a spooky 😬 novel set in a convalescent hospital just after World War One, ‘Silence For the Dead…
Episode 63: Elizabeth Peters’ ‘The Camelot Caper’
Episode 62: Julia Quinn's 'Minx'
Don't have time to waste on terrible romance ❤️ books? Kim and Aimee save you time by reviewing 'Minx', an early Regency romance novel from podcast regular, 'Bridgerton' author Julia Quinn.
(with re…
Episode 61: Amanda Quick's 'I Thee Wed'
Don't have time to waste on terrible books? Kim and Aimee review Amanda Quick's 'I Thee Wed', a Regency romance-mystery to help you out. **We refer to the hero as Edwin, but his name is actually Edis…
Episode 60: Erica Vetsch’s ‘His Prairie Sweetheart’
Don’t have time to waste on terrible books? Kim and Aimee help you out by reviewing Erica Vetsch’s historical romance ❤️, ‘His Prairie Sweetheart’.
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Episode 59: Sarah MacLean’s ‘Bombshell’
Don’t have time to waste on terrible books? To help, Kim and Aimee review the first novel in Sarah MacLean’s new ❤️ series, ‘Hell’s Belles’, ‘Bombshell’ (with reference to Episode 26 Kerry Greenwood’…
Episode 58: Mary Balogh’s ‘A Summer to Remember’
Don’t have time to waste on terrible books? Kim and Aimee help your reading choices by reviewing Mary Balogh’s Regency romance ❤️, ‘A Summer to Remember’.
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Episode 57: ‘The Last Chance Christmas Ball’ (An Anthology)
Don’t have time to waste on terrible Christmas-themed books? 🎄❤️ Kim and Aimee review ‘The Last Chance Christmas Ball’, a collection of eight romantic novellas by Jo Beverley, Mary Jo Putney, Joanna …
Episode 56: Georgette Heyer's 'A Christmas Party' (also known as 'Envious Casca')
Don’t have time to waste on terrible Christmas books? Kim and Aimee help you out by reviewing Georgette Heyer’s murder mystery ‘A Christmas Party’ and debate whether this book should be on your seaso…
Episode 55: Madeline St John's 'Ladies in Black'
Don't have time to waste on terrible books? Kim and Aimee help you out by reviewing Madeline St John's short, sharp 'Ladies in Black' - a possibly for your festive reading list! 🎉🎄
