Trash or Treasure? Find your next (most likely romantic) read!

Dec 07 2024 207 ep. 19 mins

Trash or Treasure? Find your next (most likely romantic) read! Podcast artwork

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 [email protected].

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Episode 204: Anna Campbell’s ‘Her Christmas Earl’

Dec 07 2024 15 mins

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. Want to recommend a book? Send us a text!We LOVE it when our listeners ask us to read books! Please hit us with your suggestions via Instagra

Episode 203: Mary-Anne O’Connor’s ‘Mary Christmas’

Nov 30 2024 19 mins

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 SEASON!!! (And Kim mentions ‘The Christmas Cuckoo’ by Mary-Jo Putney again.)Want to recommend a book? Send us a text!We LOVE it

Episode 202: Richard Osman’s ‘We Solve Murders’

Nov 23 2024 18 mins

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. (Here’s our review of the first one.)Want to recommend a book? Send us a text!We LOVE it when our listeners ask us to read books! Please hit us with your suggestion

Episode 201: Eloisa James’s ‘Two Vows and a Viscount’

Nov 16 2024 15 mins

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 previous novella in this series, ‘Two Dances and a Duke’ and the completely unrelated Christmas-themed novella, ‘The Christmas Cuckoo’.)Want to reco

Episode 200: Benjamin Stevenson’s ‘Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone’

Nov 09 2024 30 mins

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 ‘Brunswick Street Blues’ by Sally Bothroyd.) Note: ‘larrikinism’ = “a disregard for convention; good-hearted but rowdy”)Want to recommend a book? Send us a text!We LOVE it when our listeners ask us to rea

Episode 199: Mark Lawrence’s ‘The Book That Wouldn’t Burn’

Nov 02 2024 37 mins

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…Want to recommend a book? Send us a text!We LOVE it when our listeners ask us to read books! Please hit us with your suggest

Episode 198: Tessa Bailey’s ‘It Happened One Summer’

Oct 26 2024 16 mins

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 ‘Book Lovers’ and ‘Beach Read’ and Sarah Adler’s ‘Mrs Nash’s Ashes’. ) Want to recommend a book? Send us a text!We LOVE it when our listeners ask us to read books! P

Episode 197: Kerry Greenwood’s ‘Dead Man’s Chest’

Oct 19 2024 11 mins

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 novels ‘Death by Water’ and ‘Murder and Mendelssohn’.)Want to recommend a book? Send us a text!We LOVE it when our listeners ask u

Episode 196: Jennifer Crusie’s ‘Anyone But You’

Oct 12 2024 16 mins

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 ‘Wild Ride’ and ‘Maybe This Time’ and MC Beaton’s ‘Travelling Matchmaker’ series. Want to recommend a book? Send us a text!We LOVE it when our listeners a

Episode 195.5: A Brief Pause

Oct 05 2024 1 mins

We’re back as normal, next Sunday! Keep on sending through your recommendations, wonderful listeners! Want to recommend a book? Send us a text!We LOVE it when our listeners ask us to read books! Please hit us with your suggestions via Instagram @trash.or.treasure.podcast, or email [email protected].