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What are you up to this weekend? I’m unplugging for a bit, heading outdoors with my family, and spending time with friends. I hope you have something to look forward to this weekend, and that you find pockets of relaxation, restoration, and joy.

I hope this collection of interesting reads and favorite things helps ease you into that weekend state of mind.

My favorite finds from around the web:

• The Life, Death, and Rebirth of MTV Books. Did you know MTV (yes, that MTV) has a publishing imprint?

• Dov Forman Wants You to Know His Great-Grandmother’s Holocaust Story. What a special collaboration. (Gift link.)

• 5 Organization Tricks for Highly Sensitive People. Always filing these tricks away.

• We’ve been talking audiobooks on the blog this week! Now could be the right time to take advantage of this offer: get 3 free audiobooks from Audiobooks.com with a 30-day free trial.

• In Defense of the Literary Happy Ever After. “There are as many variations of the HEA story as there are definitions for their fundamental descriptors: happy, ever, and after. The meaning is dependent on the interpretation and what we each want to believe those words signify.”

• My swimsuit and coverup wishlist. The swimsuits, cover-ups, and rashguards in my closet and on my wishlist right now.

• 36 Influential AAPI Voices On Pride, Power, & Progress.

• We got rave reviews on this simple summer dessert, made with sweet cherries and served with vanilla ice cream.

• Every Language Everywhere All at Once. So much goes into TV and film translation.

• Vacation or Trip? A Helpful Guide for Parents. Good reframing.

• San Francisco Public Transit Wants To Win Back Riders by Featuring Writers. Let me know if you spot one of these kiosks.

Don’t miss these posts:

• 15 Backlist Summer Reading Guide favorites that are even better on audio. You can listen to audiobooks year round but the summer is an especially great time, whether you’re gardening, sitting poolside, or on a road trip.

• 5 summer salad recipes for simple everyday lunches. We keep these on rotation for lunches and side dishes.

• Let’s reinvent the romantic comedy. If you love a book that guarantees a happy ending, gives you the funny with the sad, has emotional depth, and makes the reading experience fun, this list might be exactly what your TBR needs.

Upcoming Events:

• June 9: Kickstart Your Reading Life: We’ll share crowd-pleasing picks from these popular genres: memoir and historical fiction. This is a Modern Mrs Darcy Book Club event.

• June 22: Bookworm Problems: In this Quick-Fix Conversation session, we talk with three readers that represent common problems in the reading life and troubleshoot what plagues them (and might be plaguing you too!). This is a Modern Mrs Darcy Book Club event.

• June 29: Live discussion with Mary Laura Philpott: Time for our Modern Mrs Darcy Book Club discussion of Bomb Shelter with author Mary Laura Philpott! 

• July 26: Live discussion with Bonnie Garmus: Time for our Modern Mrs Darcy Book Club discussion of Lessons in Chemistry with author Bonnie Garmus! 

• August 25: Live discussion with Peng Shepherd: Time for our Modern Mrs Darcy Book Club discussion of The Cartographers with author Peng Shepherd!

You can find more upcoming events here.

Have a great weekend!