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
286 episodes
Episode 255: Tessa Dare’s ‘A Night to Surrender’
Don’t have time for terrible ❤️ books? This week Kim and Aimee are reviewing the first book of Tessa Dare’s ‘Spindle Cove’ Regency romance series: ‘A Night to Surrender’. Brace yourself for some strong opinions.
Teaser for next week’s episode
Kim never reads blurbs. Aimee always does. So today you can listen to ‘Aimee And The Blurb’, for the ❤️ book we’re reviewing in next week’s episode! Link in bio, or find us on your fav podcast app.
Episode 254: Terry Pratchett’s ‘Guards! Guards!’
Don’t have time for terrible 🐉🪄😂 books? Aimee agreed to read another Pratchett novel, so Kim and Aimee review ‘Guards! Guards!’ by Terry Pratchett. With reference to our previous Pratchett reviews,
Teaser for next week’s episode
Kim never reads blurbs. Aimee always does. So today you can listen to ‘Aimee And The Blurb’, for the 🪄 book we’re reviewing in next week’s episode! Link in bio, or find us on your fav podcast app.
Episode 253: Jenna Bigelow’s ‘Gladiator’s Embrace’
Don’t have time for terrible ❤️🏛️🗡️books? So many emojis - yes, this week Kim and Aimee review an Ancient Roman sports romance, ‘Gladiator’s Embrace’ by Jenna Bigelow (Book 1 in the ‘Imperial Games’ series). With much discussion of sport...
Teaser for next week’s episode
Kim never reads blurbs. Aimee always does. So today you can listen to ‘Aimee And The Blurb’, for the ❤️ 🏛️ 🗡️ book we’re reviewing in next week’s episode! Link in bio, or find us on your fav podcast app.
Episode 252: Sangu Mandanna’s ‘A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping’
Don’t have time for terrible 🧙❤️ books? Kim and Aimee review spoiler-free then spoiler-full another “witchy innkeeper” book (having recently reviewed
Teaser for next week’s episode
Kim never reads blurbs. Aimee always does. So here’s Aimee And The Blurb, for the ❤️🧙 book we’re reviewing in next week’s episode! Find the link in the bio above, or on your favourite podcast app.
Episode 251: Sophie Irwin’s ‘A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting’
Don’t have time for terrible ❤️ books? Kim and Aimee review ‘A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting’ by Sophie Irwin, including a strange detour into video games that Kim somehow links to Regency romance. (With reference to Georget...
Teaser for next week’s episode
Kim never reads blurbs. Aimee always does. So here’s Aimee And The Blurb, for the ❤️ book we’re reviewing in next week’s episode! Find the link in the bio above, or on your favourite podcast app.
Episode 250: Beth O’Leary’s ‘Swept Away’
Don’t have time for terrible ❤️ books? Kim and Aimee review, spoiler-free then spoiler-full, ‘Swept Away’ by Beth O’Leary. Warning: this episode features strong opinions on fashion and first person present tense. (With reference to o...
Teaser for next week’s episode
Kim never reads blurbs. Aimee always does. So here’s Aimee And The Blurb, for the ❤️ book we’re reviewing in next week’s episode! Find the link in the bio above, or on your favourite podcast app.
Episode 249: Jacqueline Benson’s ‘Tomb of the Sun King’ (Raiders of the Arcana series)
Don’t have time for terrible historical/adventure/archaeology/romance books? Kim and Aimee help you out with a spoiler-free then spoiler-full review of ‘Tomb of the Sun King’ by Jacqueline Benson, book 2 in the ‘Raiders of the Arcana’ se...
Teaser for next week’s episode
Kim never reads blurbs. Aimee always does. So here’s Aimee And The Blurb, for the book we’re reviewing in next week’s episode! Find the link in the bio above, or on your favourite podcast app.
Episode 248: Sarah Beth Durst’s ‘The Spell Shop’
Don’t have time for terrible ❤️🪄 books? Kim and Aimee review cottage-cosy-romance-fantasy ‘The Spell Shop’ by Sarah Beth Durst, first spoiler-free then spoiler-full. (With brief reference to our reviews of
Teaser for next week’s episode
Kim never reads blurbs. Aimee always does. So here’s Aimee And The Blurb, for the ❤️ 🪄 book we’re reviewing in next week’s episode! Find the link in the bio above, or on your favourite podcast app.
Episode 247: Tessa Dare’s ‘Beauty and the Blacksmith’ (Spindle Cove series)
Don’t have time for terrible ❤️ books? Time is precious, so this week Kim and Aimee are reviewing a novella from Tessa Dare’s ‘Spindle Cove’ series: ‘Beauty and the Blacksmith’. Yes, we are entering the ‘Spindle Cove’ series somewhere ra...
Teaser for next week’s episode
Kim never reads blurbs. Aimee always does. So here’s Aimee And The Blurb, for the ❤️ book we’re reviewing in next week’s episode! Find the link in the bio above, or on your favourite podcast app.
Episode 246: Claudia Gray’s ‘The Rushworth Family Plot’ (Mr Darcy and Miss Tilney Series)
Don’t have time for terrible 🔍 books? Kim and Aimee help you make informed reading choices with their review of the fourth book in the Mr Darcy and Miss Tilney Regency-era murder mystery series, ‘The Rushworth Family Plot’ by Claud...
Teaser for next week’s episode
Kim never reads blurbs. Aimee always does. So here’s Aimee And The Blurb, for the 🔎 book we’re reviewing in next week’s episode! Find the link in the bio above, or on your favourite podcast app.
Episode 245: Kristen Perrin’s ‘How to Solve Your Own Murder’
Don’t have time for terrible 🔍 books? Kim and Aimee review, first spoiler-free then spoiler-full, ‘How to Solve Your Own Murder’ by Kristen Perrin. (With brief reference to our reviews of ‘
Teaser for next week’s episode
Kim never reads blurbs. Aimee always does. So here’s Aimee And The Blurb, for the 🔎 book we’re reviewing in next week’s episode! Find the link in the bio above, or on your favourite podcast app.
Episode 244: Heather Fawcett’s ‘Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter’
Don’t have time for terrible 🪄😻 books?… To help you out, Kim and Aimee embark on a potentially-controversial review (because…cats) of ‘Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter’, by Heather Fawcett of Emily Wilde fame. (Here are our review...
Teaser for next week’s episode
Kim never reads blurbs. Aimee always does. So here’s Aimee And The Blurb, for the 🪄😻 book we’re reviewing in next week’s episode! Find the link in the bio above, or on your favourite podcast app.
Episode 243: Simone St James’s ‘A Box Full of Darkness’
Don’t have time for terrible 👻 books? Kim and Aimee help you make informed reading choices with their review of ‘A Box Full Of Darkness’ by podcast regular Simone St James. (Trigger warning: this episode contains reference to suic...
