Ep 479: Balancing backlist with shiny new releases

What Should I Read Next?

Anne Bogel

Books, Arts, Leisure

4.8 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Every year we get some variation of this question: how can a reader like today’s guest, Elise Brancheau, balance all the shiny new books of summer with the backlist titles that are already patiently waiting on her to-be-read list? Elise is a New Jersey-based professional classical singer who describes herself as a huge reading-planning nerd. We know Elise is in good company here! But with all of the summer reading titles coming her way, Elise is wondering how she can unapologetically embrace old and new possibilities to read right now. Anne always loves to talk about this particular reading dilemma, so today she and Elise explore how a reader who loves to plan can also incorporate shiny new summer releases into her reading rhythms without throwing those carefully laid plans way off course. Find the titles mentioned today on our show notes page at whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com/479. If you haven't ordered your Summer Reading Guide yet, there's still plenty of time. It's a great way to add to your summer reading list while tangibly supporting our show. Snag your copy at modernmrsdarcy.com/srg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I was in an airport coming home from vacation, and we had like a six-hour delay. It was awful.
0:04.7	But I was sitting there finishing this book, and I'm sitting in the airport just like sobbing.
0:08.1	My husband's like, are you okay?
0:10.2	I'm like, it's right. It's just the book. It's just a good, it's a good cry.
0:17.4	Hey, readers, I'm Ann Bogle, and this is What Should I Read Next?
0:23.0	Welcome to the show that's dedicated to answering the question that plagues every reader.
0:28.1	What should I read next?
0:30.1	We don't get bossy on this show.
0:31.9	What we will do here is give you the information you need to choose your next read.
0:36.6	Every week we'll talk all things
0:37.9	books and reading and do a little literary matchmaking with one guest.
0:48.9	Today's episode is Evergreen, and it's also no coincidence that we're releasing it right now at the beginning
0:55.1	of our summer reading guide season. Our 14th annual guide is now here and ready for access anytime.
1:01.6	Get yours at modern mrs.darcy.com slash SRG. That's SRG for summer reading guide. We know many of you
1:10.0	have been counting down the days till the guide's release,
1:12.2	and I hope you love it. But if you haven't gotten yours yet, and all you're looking for is a
1:17.3	tangible way to support our team's work here on the podcast, your summer reading guide purchase
1:21.3	is a great way to do exactly that. Get yours at Modern Mrs. Darcy.com slash SRG.
1:28.7	Readers, around here, we love a good session of book talk.
1:32.4	Our show occasionally invites authors to chat.
1:34.9	If you're looking for a daily dose of conversation with authors you know and those you haven't
1:39.0	yet discovered talking about the books they've written and know best, you may enjoy the
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