Anne Bogel

Like we did one in the pages.

So you could have the fun of flipping through that experience without thinking like, no actual retreat required to find good books in the guide this summer.

But this is a milestone for us.

I mean, we've said that Ginger chose 15 books for 15 years.

This is our 15th summer reading guide.

And this is our year of celebrations around here.

You've heard us say that this year we're celebrating 10 years in Modern Mrs. Darcy Book Club.

We hit 10 years of the podcast in January.

Let's see.

This is 15 years of the blog as well.

Yeah.

And we had fun with 15.

There's an anniversary feature in this year's guide where I walked down memory lane and really did the hard work of finding the original summer reading guides, which are purposely not just something you can click on Modern Mrs. Darcy and Access.

But there's a feature that walks you through many of the covers from past years going back to the first edition.

And I recommend backlist books through the years because we love a juicy new release.

But we also love a book that you can get your hands on immediately at your public library because there's not a bonkers wait list for it.

And because we know you will like backlist picks so much, I mean, as do you and I, Ginger.

Like, we get this.

Every title in the guide has a handful of for fans of picks.

They're FFO picks in my reading journal that are titles that would be really nice flight picks that just play really nicely with the new title I'm recommending in the summer reading guide.