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Ep 479: Balancing backlist with shiny new releases

2025/5/27
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Elise Brancheau
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Elise Brancheau: 我非常喜欢制定阅读计划，几乎和实际阅读一样。我喜欢将书籍与特定的季节相匹配，并为此制定了详细的年度待读书单。然而，新书的不断涌现让我感到有些焦虑，因为我不想放弃那些已经计划好的经典书目。我希望找到一种平衡，既能拥抱新书的惊喜，又能坚持阅读经典。 Anne Bogle: 制定阅读计划可以带来安全感，就像知道写作时间表一样。为了平衡计划性和自发性，可以预留一些“通配符”名额，以便在当季出现新书时，可以灵活地将其纳入阅读计划，而不会打乱其他安排。将季节性主题的书籍视为选项而非任务，可以减轻阅读压力。

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Elise shares her passion for horror movies and books, describing the unique way horror explores the deepest human fears without being overly explicit. She discusses her virtual horror movie club, "Fright Club", and the insightful conversations it sparked.
  • Horror's ability to subtly tap into deep-seated fears.
  • The "Fright Club" experience and its profound discussions.
  • Elise's preference for horror that isn't preachy or obvious.

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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).

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