Anne Bogel

That will be me unboxing the minimalist guide.

And when it occurred to me to do this little preview episode in this way, I thought, why on earth have we not done it this way before?

It makes so much sense.

But unboxing means like I'll give you a little more color and flavor and you'll be able to hear the tone of my voice, a little more nuance, a little extra information versus the short little blurb that will be on the blog.

But we're going to tell you what three of those books are right now.

We don't do it this way every summer, but this summer we happen to be reading three new 2026 releases that are all in the summer reading guide in Modern Mrs. Darcy Book Club.

And we announced those to our book clubbers a few weeks back in the middle of April.

And we're going to tell you about all of them today.

Dun, dun, dun, dun.

I'd be delighted.

In June, we're reading a romance author that I believe is no stranger to the vast majority of you.

I am quoting Wallace Degner all the time in Modern Mrs. Darcy Book Club.

He has a fictional novelist in Crossing to Safety say,

hard writing makes for easy reading.

And oh, this book goes down easy in the best sense.

Our author is Annabelle Monaghan, joining us for a chat to talk about her new May release, Dolly All the Time in late June.

It's a seaside story with a big hearted, fiercely loyal protagonist that so many of you are going to want to root for, who we're going to cheer on to see her get her happy ending.

And that is all I'm going to say about that until unboxing.

You can look it up, but that's all I'm going to say until unboxing.

So that's June, Dolly all the time by Annabelle Monaghan.