Ginger Horton

I was telling Anne before we started this call that I had gone through, as I proofread, and noted the 15 books that I want to read for the summer based on my own reading intentions.

15 for 15!

15 for 15!

I did not do that on purpose, but you know I love when that happens.

I love this time of year, and I'm so glad to be back in this space because I have a complicated relationship with summer reading, but I love summer.

We might get into that.

I love summer.

No, we're going to get into it right now.

For those who don't know, tell us more.

Okay, well, sometimes, not the last couple of years, but sometimes I have had a real dip in my reading life in the summer.

And I have theories about why that happens.

But the Summer Reading Guide is a resource that I start using in May.

But sometimes it takes a long time for me to enjoy all of it because I make my way piece by piece through the year sometimes.

And so, yeah, I love holding out as long as I can.

And as our team has grown, that has been available to me.

I hold out as long as I can and kind of look at the guide as late as possible in the process, partly because my eyes are fresher to catch any typos or whatever, but partly because I love the delight and the discovery of to see what you have read, what ends up on the guide, hearing you, like you mentioned, four years coming, one year coming.

This book is finally coming out.

We have a release date and now hearing why I might want to read it.

I think that we are all in a place that we could not have collectively seen 15 years ago.

And that is, I feel this, that the marketing dollars are working harder than ever.