Ep 485: A midyear reading check-in

What Should I Read Next?

Anne Bogel

Books, Arts, Leisure

4.8 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

A midyear reading check-in has become a small tradition around here, and today Anne is welcoming team member Shannan Malone back to the podcast. Today, you'll hear Anne and Shannan dive into the history of this practice before exploring how this year’s been going so far, what they're each excited about, and what’s working (and not working) in each of their reading lives. With so many books to choose from, and so much going on in all of our busy lives, a midyear check-in is a useful tool to make any adjustments or recalibrations to ensure you’re getting exactly what you want from your reading life, whether that’s escape, education, pure enjoyment, or all of the above. Find the links and resources mentioned today along with the list of titles discussed at our show notes page, whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com/485. If you haven’t yet ordered your Summer Reading Guide—either the digital version (plus the replay of our Unboxing party)—or the printed version—there’s still plenty of summer reading season ahead. Grab your copy at modernmrsdarcy.com/srg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Okay, Anne, we have 10 questions.
0:02.3	I'm going to ask them to you.
0:04.3	Is this the part where I promise real short answers and then talk for 45 minutes?
0:13.4	Hey, readers, I'm Ann Bogle, and this is What Should I Read Next?
0:18.8	Welcome to the show that's dedicated to answering the question that plagues every reader. What Should I Read Next? Welcome to the show that's dedicated to answering the question that plagues every reader.
0:23.7	What should I read next?
0:25.5	We don't get bossy on the show.
0:27.5	What we will do here is give you the information you need to choose your next read.
0:42.0	Every week we'll talk all things books and reading.
0:44.2	And today we have a really fun one for you.
0:45.6	I might say that every week.
0:49.5	But I'm in conversation with one of our what should I read next team members.
0:50.1	Hi, Shannon.
0:51.0	Hi!
0:57.9	For a fun and informal mid-year reading check-in. But first, we want to tell you,
1:03.0	I mean, we are here mid-year, mid-summer. So many of you have told us in comments on the blog and in our membership communities that you have been loving your selections from the summer
1:07.3	reading guide. Also, I mean, Shannon, you know my favorite thing to hear is,
1:12.1	oh my gosh, I thought I knew what new books were coming out, but there were so many new ones here.
1:16.0	I'm so glad to find them. That is music to our ears. So thank you. We love to hear those things.
1:20.7	And we are continuing to fill orders for the printed magazine version of this year's guide.
1:30.1	This is new for 2025. We'll order it a couple hundred extras for those who didn't pre-ordered. So he still got some. We've got you covered.
1:35.0	If you haven't yet ordered your summer reading guide, that print version or the digital version,
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