This week on From the Front Porch, it’s all about books and basketball! Annie is joined by her husband and friend, Jordan, to set different books head to head and debate their merits in this beloved yearly tradition.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website:

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins Book of Goose by Yiyun Lee

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan You Are My Sunshine by Sean Dietrich

The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser New Girl in Little Cove by Damhnait Monaghan

A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher Liturgies for Hope by Audrey Elledge and Elizabeth Moore

A Curious Faith by Lore Ferguson Wilbert The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

The Appeal by Janice Hallett Book Lovers by Emily Henry

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

This week, Annie is reading Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano. Jordan is reading Shakespeare in a Divided America by James Shapiro (currently unavailable to order).

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you to this week’s sponsor, the 102nd Annual Rose Show and Festival in Thomasville, Georgia. Come visit us for the weekend of April 28th-29th and experience the flowers, fun, food, and shopping in Beautiful Thomasville. Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com.

Thank you to this week’s sponsor, the 102nd Annual Rose Show and Festival in Thomasville, Georgia. Come visit us for the weekend of April 28th-29th and experience the flowers, fun, food, and shopping in Beautiful Thomasville. Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Donna Hetchler, Kate O’Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is chatting with her mom, Susie, about books for readers with PG-13 tastes.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website:

Small World by Laura Zigman

Go as A River by Shelley Read

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry

Prayer in the Night by Tish Harrison Warren

How It Went by Wendell Berry

The Portrait by Emilia Kelly .

You Are My Sunshine by Sean Dietrich

Life of the Beloved by Henri Nouwen

When in Rome by Liam Callanan  

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you to this week’s sponsor, the 102nd Annual Rose Show and Festival in Thomasville, Georgia. Come visit us for the weekend of April 28th-29th and experience the flowers, fun, food, and shopping in Beautiful Thomasville. Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com.

Thank you to this week’s sponsor, the 102nd Annual Rose Show and Festival in Thomasville, Georgia. Come visit us for the weekend of April 28th-29th and experience the flowers, fun, food, and shopping in Beautiful Thomasville. Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com.

This week, Annie is reading The Bodyguard by Katherine Center. Susie is reading When the Moon Turns Blue by Pamela Terry. 

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Kate O’Connell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, and Laurie Johnson.

This week on From the Front Porch, it’s another episode of From The Bookshelf Files! In this new episode series, Annie and The Bookshelf’s Community Manager Felicia Dilbert talk about the ups and downs of owning and running a small business. Today, it’s all about small business woes and wins! If you have a business-related question you’d like Annie and Felicia to explore in a future episode of From The Bookshelf Files, please email Felicia here.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website:

Good to Great by Jim Collins

Beautiful Healing by Felicia Dilbert

Sacred Rest by Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you to this week’s sponsor, the 102nd Annual Rose Show and Festival in Thomasville, Georgia. Come visit us for the weekend of April 28th-29th and experience the flowers, fun, food, and shopping in Beautiful Thomasville. Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com.

This week, Annie is reading If We're Being Honest by Cat Shook (releases 4/18/23). Felicia is reading B.F.F. by Christie Tate.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Kate O’Connell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, and Laurie Johnson.

This week on From the Front Porch, it’s another New Release Rundown! Annie and Olivia are sharing March releases they’re excited about to help you build your TBR.

Don’t forget, if you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, you can enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website:

Annie's picks:

Farewell Tour by Stephanie Clifford (March 7)

Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson (March 7)

What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jimenez (March 7) 

Now You See Us by Balli Kaur Jaswal (March 7)

Women are the Fiercest Creatures by Andrea Dunlop (March 7)

When in Rome by Liam Callanan (March 14)

Olivia's picks:

The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell (March 7)

My Dear Henry by Kalynn Bayron (March 7)

The London Seance Society by Sarah Penner (March 7)

Link + Hud by Jarrett & Jerome Pumphrey (March 7)

Leeva At Last by Sara Pennypacker (March 7)

Bea and the New Deal Horse by L M Elliott (March 28)

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Annie is reading Unorthodox by Deborah Feldman (currently unavailable to order). Olivia is reading Leeva At Last by Sara Pennypacker.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Kate O’Connell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, and Laurie Johnson.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in February. As always, we’re offering a Reading Recap Bundle, which features Annie’s three favorite books she read this past month.

You can get the books mentioned in this episode on our website (type Episode 413 into the search bar to easily find the books mentioned in this episode).

The Sweet Spot by Amy Poeppel

Now You See Us by Balli Jaur Kaswal

Everything’s Fine by Cecilia Rabess

Orphaned Believers by Sara Billups

Black Ball by Theresa Runstedtler

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

February Reading Recap Bundle

This week, Annie is reading The House Is On Fire by Rachel Beanland.

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Kate O’Connell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, and Laurie Johnson.

This week on From the Front Porch, it's an episode of Off the Shelf with Annie & Ashley, formerly known as Kids' Table! It's the same banter and book talk you love with a fresh new name. Annie is joined by friend, cousin, and former colleague, Ashley Sherlock, to chat about what they’re reading – but also what they’re watching, listening to, and buying.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website:

Annie is reading:

• The Sweet Spot by Amy Poeppel

  Now You See Us by Balli Kaur Jaswal (releases 3/7)

  Orphaned Believer by Sara Billups (paperback)

  The 1619 Project created by Nikole Hannah-Jones

Ashley is reading:

• The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane

  B.F.F. by Christie Tate

  She Gets the Girl by Rachel Lippincott and Alyson Derrick (out in hardcover now, paperback releases 4/4/23)

Annie watching:

• Poker Face

• Shrinking

• Tár

• A Man Called Otto

Ashley is watching:

• The Menu

Annie is listening to:

• Mo News podcast

• The Big Picture podcast

• Let’s Read the Gospels podcast

Ashley is listening to:

• Dover by the Westerlies

• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Annie is buying:

• Cozy comfy reading chair (Walters chair from Birch Lane)

• Clothes from August Cloth

Ashley is buying:

• Beachly subscription box

• Synergy kombucha (lemon berry flavored)

This week, Annie is listening to Black Ball by Theresa Runstedtler (releases 3/7/23). Ashley is reading She Gets the Girl by Rachel Lippincott and Alyson Derrick.

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Spend Christmas in Thomasville! There is something truly special about the holiday season in Thomasville. From shopping for those must-have presents for everyone on your list, to the twinkling lights, sparkling window displays, and tempting smells wafting from restaurants all add to the festive feeling of the season. From downtown hotels, to delightful vacation rentals, book your getaway to Thomasville and add a little more sparkle to your holidays! Learn more and plan your trip at www.thomasvillega.com or @thomasvillega on Instagram.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Kate O’Connell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, and Laurie Johnson.

This week on From the Front Porch, it’s another New Release Rundown! Annie, Olivia, and Erin are sharing February releases they’re excited about to help you build your TBR.

Don’t forget, if you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, you can enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10 percent off your order.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website:

Annie's picks:

Stealing by Margaret Verble Maame by Jessica George B.F.F.: A Memoir of Friendship Lost & Found by Christie Tate

My Last Innocent Year by Daisy Alpert Florin (Releases Feb 14) Time’s Undoing by Cheryl A. Head (Releases Feb 28)

Erin's picks:

Someone Else’s Shoes by Jojo Moyes The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane (Releases Feb 14) I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai (Releases Feb 21) The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill (Releases Feb 28) Enchantment by Katherine May (Releases Feb 28)

Olivia's picks:

The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln Cold People by Tom Rob Smith Come Home Safe by Brian Buckmire Lasagna Means I Love You by Kate O’Shaughnessy (Releases Feb 21) The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz (Releases Feb 21)

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading My Last Innocent Year by Daisy Alpert Florin. Olivia is reading Cold People by Tom Rob Smith.  Erin is reading Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Kate O’Connell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, and Laurie Johnson.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in January. As always, we’re offering a Reading Recap Bundle, which features Annie’s three favorite books she read this past month.

You can get the books mentioned in this episode on our brand-new website:

January Reading Recap Bundle ($74):

Decent People by De’Shawn Charles Winslow

Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey

Graceland, At Last by Margaret Renkl

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld (releases 4-4-23)

Decent People by De’Shawn Charles Winslow

Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey

Graceland, At Last by Margaret Renkl

Spare by Prince Harry Games and Rituals by Katherine Heiny (releases 4-18-23)

What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jimenez (releases 3-7-23)

My Last Innocent Year by Daisy Alpert Florin (releases 2-14-23)

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Rikers by Graham Rayman.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Kate O’Connell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, and Laurie Johnson.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is joined by Hunter McLendon (@shelfbyshelf) to chat about their 2023 reading resolutions!

We’re thrilled that you can now shop for the books mentioned in this episode on our brand-new website:

Annie's reading resolutions last year:

Recitatif by Toni Morrison

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Sula by Toni Morrison

Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Annie's resolutions this year:

Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry

Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

Standing by Words by Wendell Berry (unavailable to order)

Bleak House by Charles Dickens

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Games and Rituals by Katherine Heiny. Hunter is reading The Farewell Tour by Stephanie Clifford.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Kate O’Connell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, and Laurie Johnson.

This week on From the Front Porch, it’s time for another Literary Therapy session! Our literary Frasier Crane, Annie, is back to answer more of your reading questions and dilemmas. If you have a question you would like Annie to answer in a future episode, you can leave us a voicemail here.

Our new website will be live on Friday, January 20! You can purchase books mentioned in today’s episode in the store or on our website starting January 20:

Heating & Cooling by Beth Ann Fennelly (unavailable to order)

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

But You Did Not Come Back by Marceline Loridan-Ivens (unavailable order) Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker (unavailable to order)

Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Brainwaite

Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb (unavailable to order) Glitter & Glue by Kelly Corrigan (unavailable to order) My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

One More Thing by BJ Novak (unavailable to order)

Single, Carefree, and Mellow by Katherine Heiny (unavailable to order)

Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close (unavailable to order) My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga

Maizy Chen’s Last Chance by Lisa Yee

Maus by Art Spiegalman Displacement by Lucy Knisley (unavailable to order) Shadow Life by Hiromi Goto (unavailable to order) And Now I Spill the Family Secrets by Margaret Kimball (unavailable to order) Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall

Audition by Barbara Walters I Miss You When I Blink and Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethaway Beautiful Country by Quian Julie Wang Know My Name by Chanel Miller The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance by Elna Baker (unavailable to order) Becoming by Michelle Obama Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry Spare by Prince Harry Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward Finding Me by Viola Davis Chasing History by Charles Bernstein

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Spare by Prince Harry.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Kate O’Connell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, and Laurie Johnson.

This week on From the Front Porch, we have a special new episode series for you: From The Bookshelf Files! Have you ever wondered about The Bookshelf's origin story? You're in luck! In volume one of From the Bookshelf Files, our Community Manager, Felicia Dilbert, interviews Annie about how she came to own The Bookshelf and what it's like to run this small, mighty business. If you have a business-related question you'd like Annie and Felicia to explore in a future episode of From The Bookshelf Files, please email Felicia here. To order your copies of Beautiful Healing Vol. 1: Seven Love Letters for the Truth Seeker's Soul and The Beautiful Healing Journal, written by our very own Bestselling Author and Community Manager, Felicia Dilbert, visit shorturl.at/suzP8  To learn more about Felicia, click here

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf's daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today's episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today's episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

If you liked what you heard in today's episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, if you're so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff's weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We're so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Kate O'Connell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, and Laurie Johnson.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie tells you all about her favorite books ever! Don’t forget to join our bookish Patreon community and get your copy of Bleak House if you’d like to join our Conquer a Classic Book Club this year.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website:

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee The Mothers by Brit Bennett The Road by Cormac McCarthy Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott (unavailable to order) Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Decent People by De’Shawn Charles Winslow.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Kate O’Connell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

This week on From the Front Porch, The Bookshelf staff share their favorite books of 2022!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website:

A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Art & Faith by Makoto Fujimura The Stories We Tell by Joanna Gaines (Libro.fm) Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Kate O’Connell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Merry Christmas, friends! On today’s bonus episode, Annie reads the New York Sun reporter Francis P. Church’s timeless 1897 response to eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon’s question: “Is there a Santa Claus?” Read the letter and learn about its history here.

We wish you and yours a peaceful and joyful holiday! Thank you for listening.

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Kate O’Connell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter (@shelfbyshelf) discuss their top five favorite books of 2022!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website:

Annie's Top Five:

The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser

The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford

Hunter's Top Five:

The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser

The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

Trust by Hernan Diaz

The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid

Just by Looking at Him by Ryan O'Connell

Other favorites:

The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield The Town of Babylon by Alejandro Varela Paul by Daisy Lafarge Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh Clean Air by Sarah Blake

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Spend Christmas in Thomasville! There is something truly special about the holiday season in Thomasville. From shopping for those must-have presents for everyone on your list, to the twinkling lights, sparkling window displays, and tempting smells wafting from restaurants all add to the festive feeling of the season. From downtown hotels, to delightful vacation rentals, book your getaway to Thomasville and add a little more sparkle to your holidays! Learn more and plan your trip at www.thomasvillega.com or @thomasvillega on Instagram.

This week, Annie is reading Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston. Hunter is reading A Woman's Story by Annie Ernaux.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Kate O’Connell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is joined by friend, cousin and former colleague, Ashley Sherlock. Annie and Ashley share what they’re reading, watching, listening to and buying.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website:

Annie’s holiday reading:

• Holiday Romance by Catherine Walsh

• The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer

• 10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston

Ashley’s holiday reading:

• Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Other books mentioned in this episode:

• Moonrise Over New Jessup by Jamila Minnicks (releases 1/10/23)

• Have I Told You This Already? by Lauren Graham

Annie’s holiday watching:

• Home Alone

• The Family Stone

• White Christmas

• Miracle on 34th Street

• #Xmas (Clare Bowen and Brant Daugherty)

Ashley’s holiday watching:

• White Christmas

• Miracle on 34th Street

• Elf

• It’s a Wonderful Life

Annie’s holiday listening:

• My First Popsicle edited by Zosia Mamet

• Taste by Stanley Tucci

• Juliet and Amanda’s gift guide

Ashley’s buying:

• Zabar’s

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Spend Christmas in Thomasville! There is something truly special about the holiday season in Thomasville. From shopping for those must-have presents for everyone on your list, to the twinkling lights, sparkling window displays, and tempting smells wafting from restaurants all add to the festive feeling of the season. From downtown hotels, to delightful vacation rentals, book your getaway to Thomasville and add a little more sparkle to your holidays! Learn more and plan your trip at www.thomasvillega.com or @thomasvillega on Instagram.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Kate O’Connell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

This week on From the Front Porch, it’s time for another Literary Therapy session! Our literary Frasier Crane, Annie, is back to answer more of your reading questions and dilemmas. If you have a question you would like Annie to answer in a future episode, you can leave us a voicemail here.

Get your copies of the books mentioned in this episode from The Bookshelf:

Little Women Book Club

Flight by Lynn Steger Strong

Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak (currently unavailable to order)

The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews

Voracious! by Cara Nicoletti (currently unavailable to order)

My First Popsicle edited by Zosia Mamet

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

Winter Solstice by Rosmunde Pilcher

An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott (currently unavailable to order)

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva (currently unavailable to order)

Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris

Wintering by Katherine May

Perestroika in Paris by Jane Smiley

Little Women (painted edition) by Louisa May Alcott

Persuasion (painted edition) by Jane Austen

The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

All These Wonders and Occasional Magic by The Moth

Liturgies for Hope by Elizabeth Moore & Audrey Elledge

A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas

A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote

Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson

Miracle on 10th Street by Madeleine L’Engle (currently unavailable to order)

A Treasury of Family Christmas Poems by Union Square Kids

The Boy, The Mole, the Fox, and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

The Sense of Wonder by Matthew Salesses (releases 1/17/23)

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Spend Christmas in Thomasville! There is something truly special about the holiday season in Thomasville. From shopping for those must-have presents for everyone on your list, to the twinkling lights, sparkling window displays, and tempting smells wafting from restaurants all add to the festive feeling of the season. From downtown hotels, to delightful vacation rentals, book your getaway to Thomasville and add a little more sparkle to your holidays! Learn more and plan your trip at www.thomasvillega.com or @thomasvillega on Instagram.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in November. As always, we’re offering a Reading Recap Bundle, which features Annie’s three favorite books she read this month.

Get your November Reading Recap Bundle or your favorites of Annie’s November reads on our website:

November Reading Recap Bundle (includes The Road, Have I Told You This Already?, and Holiday Romance)

Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson

The Road by Cormac McCarthy Have I Told You This Already? by Lauren Graham Holiday Romance by Catherine Walsh Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry The Family Game by Catherine Steadman

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Maame by Jessica George (releases 1/31/23)

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Spend Christmas in Thomasville! There is something truly special about the holiday season in Thomasville. From shopping for those must-have presents for everyone on your list, to the twinkling lights, sparkling window displays, and tempting smells wafting from restaurants all add to the festive feeling of the season. From downtown hotels, to delightful vacation rentals, book your getaway to Thomasville and add a little more sparkle to your holidays! Learn more and plan your trip at www.thomasvillega.com or @thomasvillega on Instagram.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Happy Thanksgiving! We’re so grateful for you. To thank you for listening, we have a special episode for you this week: a recording of our live show from our August Reader Retreat! In this episode, Annie, Ashley, and Hunter pair books with their favorite celebrity couples and chat about what they were reading, watching, and listening to this past summer.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website:

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The View Was Exhausting by Mikaella Clements

The First Wives Club by Olivia Goldsmith

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan

My Eyes are Up Here by Laura Zimmermann (currently unavailable to order)

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

Matrix by Lauren Groff

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

The Work Wife by Alison Hart

A Burning by Megha Majumdar

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

Hooked by Sutton Foster

Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet

The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li

Florida Woman by Deb Rogers

Paul by Daisy Lefarge

Babysitter by Joyce Carol Oates

All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien

Thank You For Listening by Julia Whelan

Husband Material by Alexis Hall

Rabbit Run by John Updike (currently unavailable to order)

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Spend Christmas in Thomasville! There is something truly special about the holiday season in Thomasville. From shopping for those must-have presents for everyone on your list, to the twinkling lights, sparkling window displays, and tempting smells wafting from restaurants all add to the festive feeling of the season. From downtown hotels, to delightful vacation rentals, book your getaway to Thomasville and add a little more sparkle to your holidays! Learn more and plan your trip at www.thomasvillega.com or @thomasvillega on Instagram.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

It’s time for another installment of Backlist Book Club! This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter Mclendon (@shelfbyshelf) are talking about The Road by Cormac McCarthy.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website:

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Less by Andrew Sean Greer

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Clean Air by Sarah Blake

The Revivalists by Christopher Hood

Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

Room by Emma Donoghue

The End We Start From by Megan Hunter (this book is permanently backordered)

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Everyone loves fall in Thomasville, Georgia! When it’s time to getaway, we have exactly what you need! Find romance, explore historical sites, dine out, shop, and make time to relax and unwind. There’s no better getaway than a Thomasville Getaway! Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com or @thomasvillega on Instagram.

This week, Annie is reading Have I Told You This Already? by Lauren Graham. Hunter is reading The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is chatting with her mom, Susie, about books for readers with PG-13 tastes.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website:

Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron Things That Matter by Joshua Becker Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner I Guess I Haven’t Learned that Yet by Shauna Niequist The Two Lives of Sara by Catherine Adel West Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard We Are the Light by Matthew Quick The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain Just Another Love Song by Kerry Winfrey

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Everyone loves fall in Thomasville, Georgia! When it’s time to getaway, we have exactly what you need! Find romance, explore historical sites, dine out, shop, and make time to relax and unwind. There’s no better getaway than a Thomasville Getaway! Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com or @thomasvillega on Instagram.

This week, Annie is reading Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal. Susie is reading A Place to Land by Lauren K. Denton.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

This week on From the Front Porch, it’s another New Release Rundown! Annie, Olivia, and Erin are sharing the November releases they’re excited about to help you build your TBR.

Don’t forget, if you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, you can enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10 percent off your order.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website:

Annie's books:

• Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry

• Now is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson

• The Resemblance by Lauren Nossett

• Flight by Lynn Steger Strong

• The World Record Book of Racist Stories by Lacey Lamar and Amber Ruffin

• We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman

Olivia's books:

• Sweet Valley Twins Graphic Novel by Francine Pascal

• Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger

• Mihi Ever After by Tae Keller

• Extinction by Bradley Somer

• Oscar from Elsewhere by Jaclyn Moriarty

• Snow Foal by Susanna Bailey

Erin's books:

• My First Popsicle: An Anthology of Food and Feeling edited by Zosia Mamet

• Gilded Mountain by Kate Manning

• Harper Painted editions of Jane Eyre, Persuasion, Little Women, and The Mysterious Affair at Styles

• Have I Told You This Already by Lauren Graham

• Smitten Kitchen Keepers by Deb Perelman

• A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Everyone loves fall in Thomasville, Georgia! When it’s time to getaway, we have exactly what you need! Find romance, explore historical sites, dine out, shop, and make time to relax and unwind. There’s no better getaway than a Thomasville Getaway! Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com or @thomasvillega on Instagram.

This week, Annie is reading Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson. Olivia is reading Snow Foal by Susanna Bailey. Erin is reading Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

On today’s bonus episode of From the Front Porch, Annie talks with Audrey Elledge and Elizabeth Moore about their book Liturgies for Hope, releasing today. Liturgies for Hope is a book of sixty contemporary, comforting liturgies that break through the noise of modern life to offer time-tested wisdom for readers navigating burnout, anxiety, and other stresses.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website:

• Liturgies for Hope by Audrey Elledge and Elizabeth Moore

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Everyone loves fall in Thomasville, Georgia! When it’s time to getaway, we have exactly what you need! Find romance, explore historical sites, dine out, shop, and make time to relax and unwind. There’s no better getaway than a Thomasville Getaway! Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com or @thomasvillega on Instagram.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in October. As always, we’re offering a October Reading Recap Bundle, which features Annie’s three favorite books from this month.

Get your October Reading Recap Bundle or your favorites of Annie’s October reads on our website:

October Reading Recap Bundle

People Person by Candice Carty-Williams

Burial Rites by Hannah Kent

What Cannot Be Lost by Melissa Zaldivar

Super Bloom by Megan Tady

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

Night Film by Marisha Pessl

The Sweet Spot by Amy Poeppel

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Everyone loves fall in Thomasville, Georgia! When it’s time to getaway, we have exactly what you need! Find romance, explore historical sites, dine out, shop, and make time to relax and unwind. There’s no better getaway than a Thomasville Getaway! Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com or @thomasvillega on Instagram.

This week Annie is reading The Sweet Spot by Amy Poeppel.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is joined by friend, cousin and former colleague, Ashley Sherlock. Annie and Ashley share what they’re reading, watching, listening to and buying.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our new website:

Annie is reading:

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

Night Film by Marisha Pessl

Ashley is reading:

Everything, Beautiful by Ella Frances Sanders

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Annie is listening to:

Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman (also available as a physical book)

Ashley is listening to:

Crying in the Bathroom by Erica L. Sanchez (also available as a physical book)

Ashley is buying:

Cozy Earth bed sheets

Newton Running Shoes

**Correction: In today’s episode, Annie says the FTFP Patreon Book Club is meeting on November 1. We’re actually meeting on Thursday, November 3rd at 8 p.m. EST. Sorry about that! We can’t wait to see you there.

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Everyone loves fall in Thomasville, Georgia! When it’s time to getaway, we have exactly what you need! Find romance, explore historical sites, dine out, shop, and make time to relax and unwind. There’s no better getaway than a Thomasville Getaway! Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com or @thomasvillega on Instagram.

This week Annie is reading Night Film by Marisha Pressl. Ashley is reading A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie, Olivia, and Keila are back to create Spooky Book Flights! They’re pairing books with eerie vibes for your spooky season enjoyment.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website:

Purchase Annie's bundle:

The Likeness by Tana French

We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper

We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Berry

Purchase Olivia's bundle:

Devolution by Max Brooks

Hide by Kirsten White

Reprieve by James Han Mattson

Purchase Keila's bundle:

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com or @thomasvillega on Instagram.

This week Annie is reading Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn. Olivia is reading Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger. Keila is reading The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

This week on From the Front Porch, it’s another New Release Rundown! Annie and Olivia are sharing October releases they’re excited about to help you build your TBR.

Don’t forget, if you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, you can enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10 percent off your order.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website:

Annie's list:

Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese

The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken

The Night Ship by Jess Kidd

Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro

Olivia's list:

Malice House by Megan Shepherd

A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga

Two Degrees by Alan Gratz

This Story is Not about a Kitten by Randall de Seve

Undercover Latina by Aya de Leon

Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega

Outside Nowhere by Adam Borda

Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week Annie is reading People Person by Candice Carty-Williams. Olivia is reading The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in September. As always, we’re offering a September Reading Recap Bundle, which features Annie’s three favorite books from this month.

Get your September Reading Recap Bundle or your favorites of Annie’s September reads on our website:

September Reading Recap Bundle

Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette

The Revivalists by Christopher M. Hood

Directed by James Burrows by James Burrows

Sam by Allegra Goodman

River of the Gods by Candice Millard

The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

A Flaw in the Design by Nathan Oates

Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout

How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week Annie is listening to Celebrities for Jesus by Katelyn Beaty.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie’s husband Jordan joins her to talk all about audiobooks!

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf’s Libro.fm playlist (or as physical books from The Bookshelf):

Annie's picks:

Anna K: A Love Story by Jenny Lee

Falling by TJ Newman

Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

Going There by Katie Couric

How Not To Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz

Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett

River of the Gods by Candice Millard

Taste by Stanley Tucci

Upgrade by Blake Crouch

The Wreckage of My Presence by Casey Wilson

You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar

Jordan's Picks:

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

The Fellowship of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein

The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkein

The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkein

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon

Behind her Eyes by Sara Pinborough

Defending Jacob by William Landay

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

Furious Hours by Casey Cep

Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

Death is but a Dream by Christopher Kerr

The Fourth Turning by William Strauss and Neil Howe

Mutual Listens:

The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

Directed by James Burrows by James Burrows

Calypso by David Sedaris

Survive the Night by Riley Sager

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week Annie is reading The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. Jordan is reading Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri and The Fourth Turning by William Strauss and Neil Howe.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app. You can shop The Bookshelf’s Libro.fm playlist here.

This week on From the Front Porch, it’s time for another Literary Therapy session! Our literary Frasier Crane, Annie, is back to answer more of your reading questions and dilemmas. If you have a question you would like Annie to answer in a future episode, you can leave us a voicemail here.

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

The Ensemble by Aja Gabel

Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann

Circe by Madeline Miller

The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis

Perelandra by C.S. Lewis

That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis

The Paris Bookseller by Kerrii Maher

Ulysses by James Joyce

My Reading Life by Anne Bogel

The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton

The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis

The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford

Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

The Night Ship by Jess Kidd

Very Sincerely Yours by Kerry Winfrey

Just Another Love Song by Kerry Winfrey

Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum

The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams

Well-Matched by Jen DeLuca

The Most Likely Club by Elyssa Friedland

Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola

A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match by Sally Thorne

This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith

Sam by Allegra Goodman

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Sam by Allegra Goodman.

If you’re a local reader, Thomasville native and author Katie Joy Duke is coming to The Bookshelf on September 19 from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. for a book signing. Katie’s new book, Still Breathing: My Journey with Love, Loss, and Reinvention is a raw, vulnerable story about Katie’s healing journey after her first daughter, Poppy Annabelle, was stillborn at full-term. Join us on September 19th for an afternoon of hope and resilience.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

This week on From the Front Porch, Bookseller Keila joins Annie and Olivia for a new kind of episode - Back to School Book Flights! They’ll be talking about book flights, where you pair three or more books around a certain theme or topic. Today, they’re pairing books around all things back-to-school.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website:

Annie’s book flight:

The World Cannot Give by Tara Isabella Burton

Admissions by Kendra James

Edinburgh by Alexander Chee

Purchase Annie's Book Flight

Olivia’s book flight:

Babel by R.F. Kuang

Black Chalk by Christopher Yates

Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian (paperback releasing 9/20)

Purchase Olivia's Book Flight

Keila’s book flight:

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

The Hawthorne School by Sylvie Perry

Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas

Purchase Keila's Book Flight

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week Annie is reading Heretic by Jeanna Kadlec. Olivia is reading Babel by R.F. Kuang. Keila is reading Dead Flip by Sara Farizan.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

This week on From the Front Porch, The Bookshelf’s Online Sales Manager Erin joins Annie and Olivia for another New Release Rundown. They’re sharing the September releases they’re excited about to help you build your TBR list.

Don’t forget, if you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, you can enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10 percent off your order.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website:

Annie’s list:

On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

The Most Likely Club by Elyssa Friedland

The Net Beneath Us by Carol Dunbar

All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien

The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li

Less is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer

Olivia’s list:

Learning to Fall by Sally Engelfried

Enigma of Room 622 by Joel Dicker

Billion Dollar Girl by Megan Shull

Odder by Katherine Applegate

The Vanquishers by Kalynn Bayron

The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander

Erin’s list:

The Attic Child by Lola Jaye

Ithaca by Claire North

Back to the Garden by Laurie R. King

If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoferry

How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz

Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week Annie is reading Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri. Olivia is reading The Vanquishers by Kalynn Bayron. Erin is reading We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky by Emma Hooper.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is talking about all the books she read in August. As always, we’re offering an August Reading Recap Bundle, which features Annie’s three favorite books from the month.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our new website:

The books discussed this week include:

• Girls They Write Songs About by Carlene Bauer

• Flight by Lynn Steger Strong

• The Net Beneath Us by Carol Dunbar

• Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan

• Less by Andrew Sean Greer

• Just Another Love Song by Kerry Winfrey

• The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li

• Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet

• August Reading Recap Bundle

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week Annie is reading A Curious Faith by Lore Ferguson Wilbert.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

This week on From the Front Porch, Hunter McClendon of @shelfbyshelf joins Annie for the Backlist Book Club. Listen in as the two of them discuss the Pulitzer Prize winning novel Less on the Backlist Book Club.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our new website:

The books discussed this week include:

• Less by Andrew Sean Greer

• Beloved by Toni Morrison

• Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

• Less is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer

• World Travel by Anthony Bourdain

• Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrick Backman

• Traveling with Pomegranates by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor (this is permanently backordered )

• The Guncle by Steven Rowley

• Link to the Fall Literary Lunch ticket

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week Annie is listening to Dinosaurs by Lydia Millett. Hunter is reading Paul by Daisy Lafarge.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

https://tidd.ly/3C2zVbb

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This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is joined by friend, cousin and former colleague, Ashley Sherlock. Annie and Ashley share what they’re reading, watching, listening to and buying.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our new website:

Annie is reading:

• The Net Beneath Us by Carol Dunbar

• Flight by Lynn Steger Strong

Ashley is reading:

• The Work Wife by Alison Hart

• Florida Woman by Deb Rogers

Annie is watching:

• Inside Man

• Double Jeopardy

• The Town

• Gone Baby Gone

• Tootsie

• Fatal Attraction

• TATBILB 1,2, and 3

Ashley is watching:

• The Bear

• The Gray Man

• Only Murders in the Building

Annie is listening to:

• Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan (on Libro.fm)

• My Summer 2022 playlist on Spotify

• The Bear soundtrack

Ashley is listening to:

• So Happy for You by Celia Laskey

• Lemon Drop by Raynes

Annie is buying:

• Everyday Tools key chain from Baqette

• Prayers for Life cards from The Rabbit Room

• The Grace Effect candle Prelude to Fall

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week Annie is listening to All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien. Ashley is reading Florida Woman by Deb Rogers.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

https://tidd.ly/3C2zVbb

Flodesk:

Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’ 

Flodesk is an email marketing service provider that's built for creators, by creators, and it’s easy to use. We’ve been using it for a couple of years now, and I personally love it. And right now you can get 50% off your Flodesk subscription by going to:

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This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Olivia are back for another New Release Rundown. They’re sharing the August releases they’re excited about to help you build your TBR list.

Don’t forget, if you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, you can enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10 percent off your order.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our new website:

Annie’s list:

• A Curious Faith by Lore Ferguson Wilbert

• Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan

• The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford

• How to Fall Out of Love Madly by Jana Casale

• Mika in Real Life by Emiko Jean

• Just Another Love Song by Kerry Winfrey

• Long Past Summer by Noué Kirwan

• Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Olivia's list:

• Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister

• Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez

• The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

• Three Assassins by Kotaro Isaka

• All Are Neighbors by Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman

• Three Strike Summer by Skyler Schrempp

• Patchwork by Matt De La Pena

• The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week Annie is listening to Upgrade by Blake Crouch. Olivia is reading The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

https://tidd.ly/3C2zVbb

Flodesk:

Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’ 

Flodesk is an email marketing service provider that's built for creators, by creators, and it’s easy to use. We’ve been using it for a couple of years now, and I personally love it. And right now you can get 50% off your Flodesk subscription by going to:

flodesk.com/c/THEFRONTPORCH

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is talking about all the books she read in July. As always, we’re offering a July Reading Recap Bundle, which features Annie’s three favorite books from the month. You can purchase the bundle at this link.

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson

• The Bartender's Cure by Wesley Straton

• Acts of Violet by Margarita Montimore

• Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

• Jaws by Peter Benchley

• We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han

• Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

• A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin

• Upgrade by Blake Crouch

• Directed by James Burrows

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week Annie is reading Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

https://tidd.ly/3C2zVbb

Flodesk:

Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’ 

Flodesk is an email marketing service provider that's built for creators, by creators, and it’s easy to use. We’ve been using it for a couple of years now, and I personally love it. And right now you can get 50% off your Flodesk subscription by going to:

flodesk.com/c/THEFRONTPORCH

This week on From the Front Porch, it’s time for another round of Literary Therapy! Annie is back to answer more of your reading questions and dilemmas. If you have a question you would like Annie to answer in a future episode, you can leave us a voicemail here.

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

• Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver

• Wild Spectacle by Janisse Ray

• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

• Taste by Stanley Tucci

• Love & Gelato by Jenna Welch

• One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle

• My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

• LibroFM

• Educated by Tara Westover

• Book Lovers by Emily Henry

• Beach Read by Emily Henry

• Flying Solo by Linda Holmes

• American Royals book series

• Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore

• Liane Moriarty’s books

• Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett

• Competitive Grieving by Nora Zelevansky

• Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

• One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

• The Vacationers by Emma Straub

• So Happy For You by Celia Laskey

• Half-Blown Rose by Leesa Cross-Smith

• Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

• Falling by T. J. Newman

• The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

• David Sedaris

• Mary Laura Philpott

• Know My Name by Chanel Miller

• Going There by Katie Couric

• Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

• Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

• Acts of Violet by Margarita Montimore

• 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

• Love & Saffron by Kim Fay

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week Annie is listening to Acts of Violet by Margarita Montimore.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

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We’re already halfway through 2022! In this episode of From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter share their favorite books of the year so far.

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

Annie’s Top Five:

• The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser

• The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

• Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

• The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford

Hunter’s Top Five:

• The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser

• The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

• Trust by Hernan Diaz

• The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid

• Just By Looking At Him by Ryan O’Connell

Other Books Mentioned:

• The Lifestyle by Taylor Hahn

• Sula by Toni Morrison

• The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

• Flight by Lynn Steger Strong

• On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

• Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan

• Night Shift by Kiare Ladner

• All Down Darkness Wide by Seán Hewitt

• Bliss Montage by Ling Ma

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week Annie is reading Also a Poet by Ada Calhoun. Hunter is reading Greenland by David Santos Donaldson.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

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This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Olivia are back for another New Release Rundown. They’re sharing the July releases they’re excited about to help you build your TBR list.

Don’t forget, if you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, you can enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10 percent off your order.

The books mentioned in today’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

Annie’s list:

• Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola

• Sister Mother Warrior by Vanessa Riley

• The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser

• Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield

• Big Girl: A Novel by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

• A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin

• Crying in the Bathroom: A Memoir by Erica L. Sánchez

• Any Other Family by Eleanor Brown

Olivia's list:

• The First Rule of Climate Club by Carrie Firestone

• Chester Keene Cracks the Code by Kekla Magoon

• Acts of Violet by Margarita Montimore

• The It Girl by Ruth Ware

• Upgrade by Blake Crouch

• Dead Water by C. A. Fletcher

• The Witchery by S. Isabelle

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week Annie is reading The Midcoast by Adam White. Olivia is reading Dead Water by C. A. Fletcher.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

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It’s the end of the month, which means it’s time for a reading recap! In this episode of From the Front Porch, Annie is talking about all the books she read in June. As we’ve done the past few months, we’re offering a Reading Recap bundle, which is $73 and includes Annie’s three favorite titles of the month.

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley

• It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han

• On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

• Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

• This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

• Flying Solo by Linda Holmes

• Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau

• The Mutual Friend by Carter Bays

• The Midcoast by Adam White

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week Annie is reading Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

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This week on From the Front Porch, Annie sits down with her friend, cousin, and former colleague Ashley Sherlock. Together, they make up members of their own family’s kids’ table. They talk about what they’re reading, watching listening to, and buying this season.

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

• This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

• Flying Solo by Linda Holmes

• Cultish by Amanda Montell

• Book Lovers by Emily Henry

• Happy Go Lucky by David Sedaris

• Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan

Watching:

• The Essex Serpent on Apple TV+

• Stranger Things season 4

• Somebody Feed Phil

• Top Gun

• The Circle

Listening To:

• The Big Picture podcast (Top Gun episodes especially)

• Playlists by Fran Dorsey/Coppertone & Sarah Tolzmann/Note to Self/Chill Summer

• Wilder Mind by Mumford and Sons

• A Place to Call Home by Michael Ottosson

Buying:

• Dresses from Target’s Universal Thread line

• August Cloth

• The Olive & June summer collection

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week Annie is listening to Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau. Ashley is reading Normal Family by Chrysta Bilton.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

https://tidd.ly/3C2zVbb

Flodesk:

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It’s time for another installment of Backlist Book Club! This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter Mclendon (@shelfbyshelf) are talking about Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard.

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

• Beloved by Toni Morrison

• A Circle of Quiet by Margaret L'Engle

• The Creation by E.O. Wilson (not available through us, check your local library)

• Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray

• Wild Spectacle by Janisse Ray

• Graceland, At Last by Margaret Renkl

• Late Migrations by Margaret Renkl

• I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird by Susan Cerulean

• Less by Andrew Sean Greer

• A Portrait of The Scientist as a Young Woman by Lindy Elkins-Tanton

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week Annie is reading Flying Solo by Linda Holmes. Hunter is reading Oh, William! by Elizabeth Strout.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

https://tidd.ly/3C2zVbb

Flodesk:

Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’ 

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This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is talking with her friends and fellow book club members for a new episode of Casting Call. They’re casting the characters in Bonnie Garmus’ debut novel, Lessons in Chemistry.

You can follow @julieannareads on Instagram to vote for your casting picks!

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased online from The Bookshelf:

• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week Annie is reading On the Roof Top by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton. Julie Anna is reading Breathless by Amy McCulloch. Courtney is reading Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

https://tidd.ly/3C2zVbb

Flodesk:

Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’ 

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In this bonus episode of From the Front Porch, Annie talks with Annabel Monaghan about her debut adult novel Nora Goes Off Script.

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan

If you enjoyed this conversation, here are a few more episodes you might like:

• I’ll Read What She’s Reading

• Interview with Christine Pride and Jo Piazza

• Interview with Elizabeth Passarella

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week Annie is listening to Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

https://tidd.ly/3C2zVbb

Flodesk:

Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’ 

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This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Olivia sit down to chat about the books releasing in June. Don’t forget, if you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, you can enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10 percent off your order. Just go to www.bookshelfthomasville.com and click or tap podcast, then Shop From the Front Porch to see today’s titles.

The books mentioned in today’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

Annie’s list:

• Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley

• So Happy for You by Celia Laskey

• Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land by Taylor Brorby

• Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe

• Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan

• Flying Solo by Linda Holmes

• The Catch by Alison Fairbrother

• The Bartender’s Cure by Wesley Straton

Olivia’s list:

• The Measure by Nikki Erlick

• Goldenacre by Philip Miller

• Fibbed by Elizabeth Agyemang

• Charlie Thorne and the Curse of Cleopatra by Stuart Gibbs

• House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

• Poopsie Gets Lost by Hannah E. Harrison

• The Surprise by Nick Laird and Zadie Smith

• Cedarville Shop and Wheelbarrow Swap by Bridget Krone

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week Annie is listening to Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley. Olivia is reading House Across the Lake by Riley Sager.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

https://tidd.ly/3C2zVbb

Flodesk:

Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’ 

Flodesk is an email marketing service provider that's built for creators, by creators, and it’s easy to use. We’ve been using it for a couple of years now, and I personally love it. And right now you can get 50% off your Flodesk subscription by going to:

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In this episode of From the Front Porch, Annie is recapping all of the books she read in May. Shorter versions of these reviews can be found on Annie’s personal Instagram page. The books mentioned in today’s episode are available for purchase at The Bookshelf’s website and there’s a Reading Recap bundle featuring Annie’s three favorite titles from this month’s readings, available at a discounted price.

You can find links to the books mentioned in this episode below:

• Mika in Real Life by Emiko Jean

• Book Lovers by Emily Henry

• This Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch by Tabitha Carvan

• Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

• Catholics by Brian Moore

• The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

• The Year of the Horses by Courtney Maum

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week Annie is listening to Anna by Amy Odell.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

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This week on From the Front Porch, it’s time for another episode of Literary Therapy! Every few weeks, Annie listens to your literary hangups and bookish conundrums, and much like fictional Frasier Crane in the 90s, she tackles your issues on air. If you have your own reading riddle you’d like her to solve in a future issue, leave a voicemail at the From the Front Porch website.

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

• These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant

• Finlay Donovan by Elle Cosimano

• The Appeal by Janice Hallett

• The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith

• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

• The Love of my Life by Rosie Walsh

• The Maid by Nita Prose

• The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale

• Kings of B’More by R. Eric Thomas

• When You Get the Chance by Emma Lord

• Vacationland by Meg Mitchell Moore

• One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle

• We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride & Jo Piazza

• The View Was Exhausting by Mikaella Clements & Onjulia Datta

• Breathless by Amy McCulloch

• Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

• Defending Jacob by William Landay (not available through us, check your local library)

• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

• The E Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber (not available through us, check your local library)

• Finding Freedom by Erin French

• Delancey by Molly Wizenberg

• Radical Candor by Kim Scott

• The Popcast

• Emily P. Freeman

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week Annie is reading Mika in Real Life by Emiko Jean.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

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In this episode of From the Front Porch, Annie sits down to chat with her mom Susie about books for more sensitive readers.

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Think Again by Adam Grant

• This Boy We Made by Taylor Harris

• The One You’re With by Lauren K. Denton

• Millennial Nuns by the Daughters of St. Paul

• No Cure for Being Human by Kate Bowler

• Wild Spectacle by Janisse Ray

• A Woman of Endurance by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa

• Fly Girl by Ann Hood

• Back to the Prairie by Melissa Gilbert

• Bitter & Sweet by Tsh Oxendreider (not available through us, check your local library!)

• Vacationland by Meg Mitchell Moore

• Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner

• Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott

• Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week Annie is reading Book Lovers by Emily Henry. Susie is reading Vacationland by Meg Mitchell Moore.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

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In today’s episode of From the Front Porch, Annie and Olivia are discussing their favorite newly released titles of the month and highlighting books you’ll want to add to your TBR list!

Don’t forget our Summer Literary Lunch is coming up later this month! Tickets are on sale now and you can find them online here.

The books mentioned in today’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf.

Annie’s List:

• Book Lovers by Emily Henry

• Miss Chloe: A Memoir of a Literary Friendship with Toni Morrison by A. J. Verdelle

• Jameela Green Ruins Everything by Zarqa Nawaz

• Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach

• This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

• Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner

• You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

• The Golden Season by Madeline Kay Sneed

Olivia’s List:

• The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton

• Skandar and the Unicorn Thief by A F Steadman

• The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson

• Breathless by Amy McCulloch

• The Change by Kirsten Miller

• Disappeared by Bonnar Spring

• Gieger by Gustaf Skordeman

• Hide by Kiersten White

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week Annie is reading The Bridesmaids Union by Jonathan Vatner. Olivia is reading The Measure by Nikki Erlick.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

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In this episode of From the Front Porch, Annie is recapping all of the books she read in April. Shorter versions of these reviews can be found on Annie’s personal Instagram page. The books mentioned in today’s episode are available for purchase at The Bookshelf’s website and there’s a Reading Recap bundle featuring Annie’s three favorite titles from this month’s readings, available at a discounted price. Here is the link to purchase a Summer Literary Lunch ticket.

You can find links to the books mentioned in this episode below:

• These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant

• Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

• Beloved by Toni Morrison

• Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

• Birds of California by Katie Cotugno

• But You Did Not Come Back by Judith Perrignon and Marceline Loridan-Ivens (not available through our distributor, but you can get it from Libro.fm or your local library)

• Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

• Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

• Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe

• Hurricane Girl by Marcy Dermansky

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week Annie is reading Big Girl by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

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This week on From the Front Porch, we invite you to pull up a chair at the Kids’ Table. The Kids’ Table is our seasonal episode series where Annie sits down with former colleague, friend, and cousin, Ashley Sherlock. They catch up on what they’re reading, watching, and listening to each season.

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

Reading:

• Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

• The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green (audiobook through Libro. FM)

• “How an Ivy League School Turned Against a Student ” by Rachel Aviv

• The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith

• When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

Watching:

• Bridgerton season two

• Yellowjackets

• Rothaniel

• Upload

• Severance

• The Adam Project

Listening To:

• Spring 2022 playlist

• “Hilarious” by Charlie Puth

• Harry Styles’ “As It Was”

• Maggie Rogers’ “That’s Where I Am”

Buying:

• Jo Malone perfume sampler set

• Newton running shoes

• Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Filter

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, The 101st annual Rose Show and Festival, here in Thomasville, Georgia. If you want to come for the weekend and experience the flowers, fun, food, and shopping in beautiful Thomasville GA, plan your visit at thomasvillega.com.

This week Annie is reading Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. Ashley is reading Chorus by Rebecca Kaufman.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

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We’re bringing back one of our favorite podcast series, Backlist Book Club! In today’s episode of From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter Mclendon @shelfbyshelf are discussing the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Beloved by Toni Morrison.

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Summer I Turned Pretty Book Club

• Beloved by Toni Morrison

• Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

• Less by Andrew Sean Greer

• This Here Flesh by Cole Arthur Riley

• Caul Baby by Morgan Jerkins

• The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, The 101st annual Rose Show and Festival, here in Thomasville, Georgia. If you want to come for the weekend and experience the flowers, fun, food, and shopping in beautiful Thomasville GA, plan your visit at thomasvillega.com.

This week Annie is reading Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow. Hunter is reading Tracy Flick Can’t Win by Tom Perrotta.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

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In today’s episode of From the Front Porch, Annie and Olivia are discussing their favorite newly released titles of the month and highlighting books you’ll want to add to your TBR list!

The books mentioned in today’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf.

Annie’s List:

• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

• Sign for Home by Blair Fell

• Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

• Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott

• Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron

• Hope and Glory by Jendella Benson

• Search by Michelle Huneven

Olivia’s List:

• Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

• Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum

• Karthik Delivers by Sheela Chari

• When the Sky Falls by Phil Earle

• Donut: the Unicorn Who Wanted to Fly by Laura Gehl and illustrated by Andrea Zuill

• Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

• The Boy with Flowers in His Hair by Jarvis

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, The 101st annual Rose Show and Festival, here in Thomasville, Georgia. If you want to come for the weekend and experience the flowers, fun, food, and shopping in beautiful Thomasville GA, plan your visit at thomasvillega.com.

This week Annie is reading Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li. Olivia is reading Metropolis by B.A. Shapiro.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

https://tidd.ly/3C2zVbb

Flodesk:

Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’ 

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In this episode of From the Front Porch, Annie is recapping all of the books she read in March. Shorter versions of these reviews can be found on Annie’s personal Instagram page. The books mentioned in today’s episode are available for purchase at The Bookshelf’s website and there’s a Reading Recap bundle featuring Annie’s three favorite titles from this month’s readings, available at a discounted price.

You can find links to the books mentioned in this episode below:

• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

• The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith

• Kings of B’More by R. Eric Thomas

• Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron

• The Last Suspicious Holdout by Ladee Hubbard

• The Appeal by Janice Hallett

• The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberly & Austin Siegemund-Broka

• Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach

• Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead by Elle Cosimano

• The Lifestyle by Taylor Hahn

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, The 101st annual Rose Show and Festival, here in Thomasville, Georgia. If you want to come for the weekend and experience the flowers, fun, food, and shopping in beautiful Thomasville GA, plan your visit at thomasvillega.com.

This week Annie is reading Another Marvelous Thing by Laurie Colwin (unavailable)

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

https://tidd.ly/3C2zVbb

Flodesk:

Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’ 

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This week on From the Front Porch, we’re talking books and basketball. That’s right: it’s time for our annual March Madness episode. Annie is joined in this annual tradition by her husband and friend Jordan Jones.

We’re debating 16 of The Bookshelf’s 2021 bestsellers to decide which one lands at the top. These were seeded, as always, by retail floor manager Olivia, who determines which books match up with which opponent. We also put together a Final Four Bundle, featuring the top 4 books from this episode. If you would like to purchase the Final Four Bundle, go here.

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Brood by Jackie Polzin

• Crying in H-Mart by Michelle Zauner

• Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King

• These Precious Days by Ann Patchett

• The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman

• I Hope This Finds You Well by Kate Baer

• Palm Beach by Mary Adkins

• The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

• Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano

• Who is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews

• We Run the Tides by Vendela Vida (back-ordered)

• Revival Season by Monica West

• Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

• The Fortunate Ones by Ed Tarkington

• Share Your Stuff. I'll Go First by Laura Tremaine

• What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, The 101st annual Rose Show and Festival, here in Thomasville, Georgia. If you want to come for the weekend and experience the flowers, fun, food, and shopping in beautiful Thomasville GA, plan your visit at thomasvillega.com.

This week Annie is reading Beloved by Toni Morrison.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

https://tidd.ly/3C2zVbb

Flodesk:

Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’ 

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This week on From the Front Porch, it’s time for another episode of Literary Therapy! Every few weeks, Annie listens to your literary hangups and bookish conundrums, and much like fictional Frasier Crane in the 90s, she tackles your issues on air. If you have your own readerly riddle you’d like her to solve in a future issue, leave a voicemail at the From the Front Porch website.

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• South to America by Imani Perry

• Here for It by R. Eric Thomas

• Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron

• American Sherlock by Kate Winkler Dawson

• Downeast by Gigi Georges

• Dreaming the Beatles by Rob Sheffield (back-ordered)

• Furious Hours by Casey Cep

• Going There by Katie Couric

• I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott

• I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

• Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

• R. Eric Thomas on Substack

• The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

• The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

• Sorrow & Bliss by Meg Mason

• Build Your House Around my Body by Violet Kupersmith

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, The 101st annual Rose Show and Festival, here in Thomasville, Georgia. If you want to come for the weekend and experience the flowers, fun, food, and shopping in beautiful Thomasville GA, plan your visit at thomasvillega.com.

This week Annie is reading The Last Suspicious Holdout by Ladee Hubbard.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

https://tidd.ly/3C2zVbb

Flodesk:

Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’ 

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This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is talking all about romantic comedies with The Bookshelf’s resident rom-com expert (and our events and marketing coordinator) Mary Katherine.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf.

• Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum

• Waiting For Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey

• Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

• When You Get the Chance by Emma Lord

• In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer

• Flying Solo by Linda Holmes

• Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

• Just Another Love Song by Kerry Winfrey

• Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan

• From Hollywood with Love by Scott Meslow

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, The 101st annual Rose Show and Festival, here in Thomasville, Georgia. If you want to come for the weekend and experience the flowers, fun, food, and shopping in beautiful Thomasville GA, plan your visit at thomasvillega.com.

This week Annie is reading Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. Mary Katherine is reading The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

https://tidd.ly/3C2zVbb

Flodesk:

Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’ 

Flodesk is an email marketing service provider that's built for creators, by creators, and it’s easy to use. We’ve been using it for a couple of years now, and I personally love it. And right now you can get 50% off your Flodesk subscription by going to:

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In today’s episode of From the Front Porch, Annie, Olivia and Lucy are discussing their favorite newly released titles of the month and highlighting books you’ll want to add to your TBR list!

The books mentioned in today’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf.

Annie’s List:

• The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh

• The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers

• The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith

• Chorus by Rebecca Kauffman

• All the White Friends I Couldn't Keep by Andre Henry

• French Braid by Anne Tyler

Olivia’s List:

• Girl in Ice by Erica Ferencik

• Gallant by V.E. Schwab

• Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys, Andrew Weiner, and Brittany Williams

• Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

• Those Kids From Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kelly

• Nine Lives by Peter Swanson

• The Rhino Suit by Colter Jackson

Lucy’s List:

• The Last Suspicious Holdout by Ladee Hubbard

• Booth by Karen Joy Fowler

• Conversations by Steve Reich

• The Great Passion by James Runcie

• We Don’t Know Ourselves by Fintan O’Toole

• Half Baked Harvest Every Day by Tieghan Gerard

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, The 101st annual Rose Show and Festival, here in Thomasville, Georgia. If you want to come for the weekend and experience the flowers, fun, food, and shopping in beautiful Thomasville GA, plan your visit at thomasvillega.com.

This week Annie is reading Beloved by Toni Morrison. Olivia is reading Aquanaut by Dan Santat. Lucy is reading African Founders by David Hackett Fischer.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

https://tidd.ly/3C2zVbb

Flodesk:

Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’ 

Flodesk is an email marketing service provider that's built for creators, by creators, and it’s easy to use. We’ve been using it for a couple of years now, and I personally love it. And right now you can get 50% off your Flodesk subscription by going to:

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In this episode of From the Front Porch, Annie is recapping all of the books she read in February. Shorter versions of these reviews can be found on Annie’s personal Instagram page. The books mentioned in today’s episode are available for purchase at The Bookshelf’s website and there’s a Reading Recap bundle featuring Annie’s three favorite titles from this month’s readings, available at a discounted price.

You can find links to the books mentioned in this episode below:

• Going There by Katie Couric on Libro.Fm

• Recitatif by Toni Morrison on Libro.Fm

• What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris

• Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

• The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins

• Nobody’s Magic by Destiny O. Birdsong

• Good Morning, Love by Ashley M. Coleman

• South to America by Imani Perry on Libro.Fm

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Hope and Glory by Jendella Benson.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

libro.fm/redeem/FRONTPORCH

Flodesk:

Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’ 

Flodesk is an email marketing service provider that's built for creators, by creators, and it’s easy to use. We’ve been using it for a couple of years now, and I personally love it. And right now you can get 50% off your Flodesk subscription by going to:

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Every few months, Annie and her cousin Ashley sit down to talk about what they’re reading, watching, and listening to that season; basically, they’re having the kinds of conversations you might have around your family’s kids’ table.

You can purchase the books mentioned in this episode from The Bookshelf:

Reading

• Recitatif by Toni Morrison

• What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris

• Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

• Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

Watching

• Abbott Elementary

• The Story of Late Night

• Emily in Paris

• Encanto

Listening to

• Beatles’ albums (Please Please Me and With the Beatles)

• Breezy Instrumentals

• Greenlights by Krewella

• The Next Right Thing podcast

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins. Ashley is reading Matrix by Lauren Groff.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

libro.fm/redeem/FRONTPORCH

Flodesk:

Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’ 

Flodesk is an email marketing service provider that's built for creators, by creators, and it’s easy to use. We’ve been using it for a couple of years now, and I personally love it. And right now you can get 50% off your Flodesk subscription by going to:

flodesk.com/c/THEFRONTPORCH

In today’s episode of From the Front Porch, Annie and Olivia are discussing their favorite newly released titles of the month and highlighting books you’ll want to add to your TBR list!

The books mentioned in today’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf.

Mutual:

• Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘em Dead by Elle Cosimano

Annie's List:

• Other People’s Clothes by Calla Henkel

• Black Girls Must Be Magic by Jayne Allen

• What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris

• Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

• Cost of Living by Emily Maloney

• Cherish Farrah by Bethany C. Morrow

• Good Enough by Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie

• This Here Flesh by Cole Arthur Riley

• The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

Olivia’s List

• The Appeal by Janice Hallett

• The Boy Who Met a Whale by Nizrana Farook

• The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang

• Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocomb

• Maizy Chen’s Last Chance by Lisa Yee

• Out of a Jar by Deborah Marceno

• The Verifiers by Jane Pek

• The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart

Other Books Mentioned:

• Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett (back-ordered)

• Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

• The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison (back-ordered)

• So Many Beginnings by Bethany C. Morrow

• The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

• No Cure for Being Human by Kate Bowler

• Everything Happens for a Reason by Kate Bowler (printing on-demand only)

• Brood by Jackie Polzin

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford. Olivia is reading The Verifiers by Jane Pek.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

libro.fm/redeem/FRONTPORCH

Flodesk:

Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’ 

Flodesk is an email marketing service provider that's built for creators, by creators, and it’s easy to use. We’ve been using it for a couple of years now, and I personally love it. And right now you can get 50% off your Flodesk subscription by going to:

flodesk.com/c/THEFRONTPORCH

In this episode of From the Front Porch, Annie is recapping all of the books she read in January. Shorter versions of these reviews can be found on Annie’s personal Instagram page. The books mentioned in today’s episode are available for purchase at The Bookshelf’s website and there’s a Reading Recap bundle featuring Annie’s three favorite titles from this month’s readings, available at a discounted price.

You can find links to the books mentioned in this episode below:

• When You Get a Chance by Emma Lord

• You Have a Match by Emma Lord

• Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades

• The Mothers by Brit Bennett

• Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

• Dreaming the Beatles by Rob Sheffield (Back-ordered)

• Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez

• Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon

• The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon

• The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser

• Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband by Lizzie Damiola Blackburn

• The Maid by Nita Prose

• Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott

• I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott

• The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Studio D Podcast Production for the production of From the Front Porch and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is listening to Going There by Katie Couric on Libro.FM.

If you’d like to support From the Front Porch, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the show even better and reach new listeners. All you have to do is open up the Podcast App on your phone, look for From the Front Porch, scroll down until you see ‘Write a Review’ and tell us what you think.

Or, if you’re so inclined, support us for $5 a month on Patreon, where you can follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic and participate in live video Q&As in our monthly lunch break sessions. Just go to: 

patreon.com/fromthefrontporch

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports the community. All you need is a smartphone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

libro.fm/redeem/FRONTPORCH

Flodesk:

Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’ 

Flodesk is an email marketing service provider that's built for creators, by creators, and it’s easy to use. We’ve been using it for a couple of years now, and I personally love it. And right now you can get 50% off your Flodesk subscription by going to:

flodesk.com/c/THEFRONTPORCH

This week, Annie is breaking down her 2022 Reading Resolutions with her friend and frequent co-host, Hunter Mclendon. You might recognize Hunter from his work on Instagram (you can find him @shelfbyshelf), or from his weekly newsletter of the same name, which you can find on Substack.

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Beloved by Toni Morrison (Backlist Book Club, in March)

• Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

• Sula by Toni Morrison (back-ordered)

• Jazz by Toni Morrison

• The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

• No Land to Light On by Yara Zgheib

• Shelf Subscription program

• Storygraph

• Track Your Reading (If you purchase a ticket, we will send you a link to the recording)

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Studio D Podcast Production for production of From the Front Porch and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, I’m reading The Maid by Nita Prose. Hunter is reading Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. 

If you’d like to support From the Front Porch, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the show even better and reach new listeners. All you have to do is open up the Podcast App on your phone, look for From the Front Porch, scroll down until you see ‘Write a Review’ and tell us what you think.

Or, if you’re so inclined, support us for $5 a month on Patreon, where you can follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic and participate in live video Q&As in our monthly lunch break sessions. Just go to: 

patreon.com/fromthefrontporch

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports the community. All you need is a smartphone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

libro.fm/redeem/FRONTPORCH

Flodesk:

Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’ 

Flodesk is an email marketing service provider that's built for creators, by creators, and it’s easy to use. We’ve been using it for a couple of years now, and I personally love it. And right now you can get 50% off your Flodesk subscription by going to:

flodesk.com/c/THEFRONTPORCH

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is interviewing Christine Pride and Jo Piazza, the authors of We Are Not Like Them.

You can order their book from The Bookshelf at the link below:

• We Are Not Like Them

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Studio D Podcast Production for production of From the Front Porch and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

If you’d like to support From the Front Porch, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the show even better and reach new listeners. All you have to do is open up the Podcast App on your phone, look for From the Front Porch, scroll down until you see ‘Write a Review’ and tell us what you think.

Or, if you’re so inclined, support us for $5 a month on Patreon, where you can follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic and participate in live video Q&As in our monthly lunch break sessions. Just go to: 

patreon.com/fromthefrontporch

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports the community. All you need is a smartphone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

libro.fm/redeem/FRONTPORCH

Flodesk:

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We are still on our podcast break so our team put together a compilation of the best moments from past Literary Therapy episodes. We will be back next week with a new episode of From the Front Porch.

If you’ve never listened to an episode of Literary Therapy, the first few episodes are linked below:

• Literary Therapy, Vol. 1

• Literary Therapy, Vol. 2

• Literary Therapy, Vol. 3

• Literary Therapy, Vol. 4

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports the community. All you need is a smartphone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

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Hello and Happy New Year! We hope you had a great Holiday and are having a great start to your 2022. We are taking a much needed break at the beginning of January. To keep From the Front Porch on track with weekly releases, our team wanted to put together some special episodes over the next three weeks. In this episode of From the Front Porch, we are going to take a look back at 2020 and 2021.

Every Tuesday, Olivia and Annie gave an update on how they were doing and on how the Bookshelf was surviving the pandemic. This episode is a compilation of those updates.

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports the community. All you need is a smartphone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

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This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is saying thank you.

Here are the links to the poems mentioned in this episode:

• “What the Living Do” by Marie Howe

• “Meditations in an Emergency” by Cameron Awkward-Rich

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com.

This week, Annie is reading Mansfield Park by Jane Austen.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here in the new year!

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports the community. All you need is a smartphone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

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In today’s episode of From the Front Porch, Annie is talking about the books she read in December.

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• These Precious Days by Ann Patchett

• Drat! We’re Rats by Jahnna N. Malcolm

• The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

• In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer

• Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

• The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com.

This week, Annie is reading Admissions by Kendra James.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports the community. All you need is a smartphone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

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This week on From the Front Porch, Annie sits down with her cousin Ashley and her brother Chet to talk about what they’re reading, watching, listening to, and buying this season.

Annie’s List / Reading

• Bright Evening Star by Madeleine L'Engle (not available)

• Picking Cotton by Erin Torneo, Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, and Ronald Cotton

• These Precious Days by Ann Patchett

Annie’s List Watching

• Merry Kissmas

• The Holidate

• Very Merry Bridesmaid

• 8-Bit Christmas

• Love Hard

Annie’s List/ Listening to

• Emily P. Freeman's The Quiet Collection (podcast)

• Finishing up The Rise & Fall of Mars Hill (podcast)

• Red (Taylor’s Version)

Chet’s List/Reading

• Robert Bly, Iron John: A Book About Men (not available through The Bookshelf)

• Austen Hartke, Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians (not available)

• A.P. U.S. Government and Politics material

Chet’s List / Watching

• Seinfeld

• Survivor

• Great British Baking Show

Chet’s List / Listening

• Wolves in the Throne Room, Diadem of 12 Stars

• Deafheaven, Sunbather

• Page CXVI, Advent to Christmas

Ashley’s List / Reading

• Hooked by Sutton Foster

• No Cure for Being Human by Kate Bowler

Ashley’s List / Watching

• One Tree Hill

• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Ashley’s List/ Listening to

• Red (Taylor’s Version)

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com.

This week, Annie is reading Golden Boys by Phil Stamper. Ashley is reading Wild Spectacle by Janisse Ray. Chet is reading Iron John by Robert Bly.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports the community. All you need is a smartphone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

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Welcome to From the Front Porch! Annie is back to answer more of your literary dilemmas in another episode of Literary Therapy.

Before we get started, this is your friendly reminder that From the Front Porch is a production of The Bookshelf, an indie bookstore in Thomasville, Georgia. We’re in the throes of our second holiday shopping season held during a pandemic, and remarkably, our spirits are high. As you support indies like ours this holiday season, please remember to shop early, to be open to our suggestions when your first book preference might already be back-ordered, and to trust our deadlines.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf

• The Ensemble by Aja Gable (not available)

• My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

• A Place for Us by Fatima Fahreen Mirza (back-ordered)

• Becoming by Michelle Obama

• I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott

• The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

• Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

• Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

• Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

• I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird by Susan Cerulean

• Matrix by Lauren Groff

• Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

• Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann

• Unread Shelf Website

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com.

This week, Annie is reading These Precious Days by Ann Patchett.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports the community. All you need is a smartphone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

libro.fm/redeem/FRONTPORCH

Flodesk:

Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’ 

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In this bonus episode of From the Front Porch, Annie is talking with her friend RuthAnnDeveney, an avid reader and advocate for the Dressember Foundation.

Below you can find links to the resources RuthAnn mentioned in the episode:

Links

• Dressember website

• Beneficiary programs through Dressember grants (click through to each pillar)

• RuthAnn’s fundraising page

• RuthAnn’s team page (click "Join Team" to join)

• On Instagram

Book recommendations (To purchase through The Bookshelf, go here)

• The Locust Effect by Gary Haugen

• The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare

• Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed

• The Invisible Boy by Alyssa Hollingsworth

• They are all included in my top 9 recommendations about human trafficking (which you can win in a giveaway for generous donors, $100 = 1 entry)

Articles

• She Survived Sex Trafficking. Now She Wants to Show Other Women a Way Out

• Climate crisis leaving ‘millions at risk of trafficking and slavery from The Guardian

• Typology of Modern Slavery from the Polaris Project

Podcasts/TED talks

• Podcast roundup from the Dressember blog

• Sold in America (not suitable for young listeners)

• Human trafficking is all around you. This is how it works

• Modern slavery, hidden in plain sight

Documentaries

• Documentary roundup from the Dressember blog

• Dressember documentary (just released!)

• The True Cost

• Short film about cybersex trafficking, produced by International Justice Mission

• A short film about forced labor trafficking in Ghana, produced by International Justice Mission

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found below.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports the community. All you need is a smartphone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

libro.fm/redeem/FRONTPORCH

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Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’ 

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December is a great time to look back on your reading year. In this episode of From the Front Porch, Annie, Lucy, and Olivia are talking about their favorite books of 2021.

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

Annie’s List

• Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann

• Matrix by Lauren Groff

• Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout

• Brood by Jackie Polzin

• Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

• Bewilderment by Richard Powers

• The Guncle by Steven Rowley

• Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny

• My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

• Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Lucy’s List

• A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib

• Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America by Nicole Eustace

• The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness by Gregory Boyle

• Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe

• Zorrie by Laird Hunt (back-ordered)

• Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

• The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

• The Slaughterman’s Daughter by Yaniv Iczkovits

• Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019, edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain

• A Ghost in the Throat by Dioreann Ní Ghríofa (not available)

Olivia’s List

• Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune

• Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

• A Station on the Path to Somewhere Better by Benjamin Wood

• Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

• Pony by R.J. Palacio

• Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka

• The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker

• Hell of a Book by Jason Mott

• The Bookshop of Dust and Dreams by Mindy Thompson

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com.

This week, Annie is reading Anastasia’s Chosen Career by Lois Lowry. (not available) Lucy is reading Every Good Boy Does Fine by Jeremy Denk. Olivia is reading The Maid by Nita Prose.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports the community. All you need is a smartphone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

libro.fm/redeem/FRONTPORCH

Flodesk:

Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’ 

Flodesk is an email marketing service provider that's built for creators, by creators, and it’s easy to use. We’ve been using it for a couple of years now, and I personally love it. And right now you can get 50% off your Flodesk subscription by going to:

flodesk.com/c/THEFRONTPORCH

This week, Annie is recapping the books she read in November. Whether you’re listening while you prep your favorite side dish or in the middle of a post-meal food coma, we’re glad you’re here.

Don’t forget: From the Front Porch is a production of The Bookshelf, an indie bookstore in South Georgia, and this weekend is Black Friday and Small Business Saturday. Online customers earn $5 off their $100 purchases, and $10 off their $200 purchases, including Shelf Subscriptions, our shop’s book of the month club. No discount code is needed, just go to www.bookshelfthomasville.com and shop between Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Local and nearby customers, we’ll be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. offering in-store discounts, prizes, and tote bags, and we’d love to see you there!

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• • Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout

  • Well Matched by Jen DeLuca

  • Stay Sweet by Siobhan Vivian

  • Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho

  • Jennifer, Hectate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth by E.L. Konigsburg

  • No Land to Light On by Yara Zgheib

  • I Hope This Finds You Well by Kate Baer

  • Marrying the Ketchups by Jennifer Close

  • Taste by Stanley Tucci

  • The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer

  • The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox

  • Just Haven’t Met You Yet by Sophie Cousens

  • Prayers for the People by Terry Stokes

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com.

This week, Annie is reading Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports the community. All you need is a smartphone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

libro.fm/redeem/FRONTPORCH

Flodesk:

Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’ 

Flodesk is an email marketing service provider that's built for creators, by creators, and it’s easy to use. We’ve been using it for a couple of years now, and I personally love it. And right now you can get 50% off your Flodesk subscription by going to:

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This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is talking with frequent guest and friend Hunter Mclendon (you might know him as @shelfbyshelf on Instagram). They are evaluating their reading year and sharing some favorite titles that might have gotten lost in the 2021 chaos.

Before we get started, this is your friendly reminder that From the Front Porch is a production of The Bookshelf, an indie bookstore in Thomasville, Georgia. We’re in the throes of our second holiday shopping season held during a pandemic, and remarkably, our spirits are high. As you support indies like ours this holiday season, please remember to shop early, to be open to our suggestions when your first book preference might already be back-ordered, and to trust our deadlines. This year, December 1 is the deadline to purchase something from us and have it arrive by Christmas.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Shoutin’ in the Fire by Dante Stewart

• Everyone in this Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

• Blue-Skinned Gods by SJ Sindu

• Cheat Day by Liv Stratman

• Love Like That by Emma Duffy-Comparone (Currently back-ordered)

• Prayers for the People by Terry Stokes

• With Teeth by Krista Arnett

• The View Was Exhausting by Mikaella Clement and Onjuli Datta

• Revival Season by Monica West

• Palm Beach by Mary Adkins

• The Survivors by Alex Schulman

• Embassy Wife by Katie Crouch

• Virtue by Hermione Hoby

• All’s Well by Mona Awad (Currently back-ordered)

• Image Control by Patrick Nathan

• The Natural Mother of The Child by Krys Malcom Belc

• Yes, Daddy by Jonathan Parks Ramage

• Sarahland by Sam Cohen

• Let’s Get Back To The Party by Zak Salih

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com.

This week, Annie is reading Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Held Evans.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

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Welcome to another episode of From the Front Porch! Annie is back to answer your literary dilemmas like a bookish Frasier Crane in volume 11 of Literary Therapy.

Before we get started, this is your friendly reminder that From the Front Porch is a production of The Bookshelf, an indie bookstore in Thomasville, Georgia. We’re in the throes of our second holiday shopping season held during a pandemic, and remarkably, our spirits are high. As you support indies like ours this holiday season, please remember to shop early, to be open to our suggestions when your first book preference might already be back-ordered, and to trust our deadlines. This year, December 1 is the deadline to purchase something from us and have it arrive by Christmas.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf

• My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

• Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano

• Normal People by Sally Rooney

• Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

• Olive Again by Elizabeth Strout

• Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

• Finding Freedom by Erin French

• Educated by Tara Westover

• So Many Beginnings by Bethany C. Morrow

• Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

• The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel

• Ecology of a Cracker Child by Janisse Ray

• Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

• Sing Unburied Sing by Jesmyn Ward

• Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson (currently unavailable)

• Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson (currently unavailable)

• The Fortunate Ones by Ed Tarkington

• Where I Come From by Rick Bragg

• Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

• A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor

• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

• Black, White, and the Grey by Mashama Bailey and John O. Morisano

• Memorial Drive by Natasha Tretheway

• Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

• I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott

• Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny

• Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny (currently unavailable)

• Misfortune of Marion Palm by Emily Culliton (currently unavailable)

• Frances and Bernard by Carlene Bauer

• Limelight by Amy Poppel

• Musical Chairs by Amy Poeppel

• Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal

• Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal

• Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

• Strangers and Cousins by Leah Hager Cohen (currently unavailable)

• This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com.

This week, Annie is reading Taste by Stanley Tucci.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

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Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

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In today’s episode of From the Front Porch, Annie, Olivia, and Lucy are discussing their favorite newly released titles of the month and highlighting books you’ll want to add to your TBR list!

The books mentioned in today’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf.

Annie's List:

• The Donut Trap by Julie Tieu

• How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days by K.M. Jackson

• Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Held Evans

• Dear William by David Magee

• The Family by Naomi Krupitsky

• Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King

• The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

• I Hope This Finds You Well by Kate Baer

Olivia’s list:

• Tiger Skin Rug by Joan Haig

• A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

• Thursday’s Child by Noel Straetfield

• The Legend of the Christmas Witch by Dan Murphy & Aubrey Plaza

• Hornswoggled by Josh Crute

• Kid’s Book of Sticker Love by Irene Smit and Astrid van der Hulst

• Stuntboy, In the Meantime by Jason Reynolds

Lucy’s list:

• Aesop's Animals: The Science Behind the Fables by Jo Wimpenny

• The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

• White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America's Heartland by Dick Lehr

• Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution by H.W. Brands

• Dvorak's Prophecy: And the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music by Joseph Horowitz

• The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones

• The 1619 Project: Born on the Water (children's picture book)

• These Precious Days by Ann Patchett

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com.

This week, Annie is reading Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho. Olivia is reading Loveless by Alice Osman. Lucy is reading How to Be Perfect by Michael Schur.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

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Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

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It’s already the final week of October! In this episode of From the Front Porch, Annie talks about all the books she read this month.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf. As our store heads into the last three months of the year, we hope you’ll consider shopping small.

• Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

• Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

• The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

• Bewilderment by Richard Powers

• Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

• Middlemarch by George Eliot

• My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead

• Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King

• Writers & Lovers by Lily King

• No Cure for Being Human by Kate Bowler

• When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

• Untamed by Glennon Doyle

• The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling

• So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow

• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

• Joan Is Okay by Weike Wang

• Chemistry by Weike Wang

• Shoutin’ in the Fire by Dante Stewart

• The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James Cone

• I’m Still Here by Austin Channing Brown

• The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com.

This week, Annie is reading Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

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This week Annie is back to answer listeners' literary conundrums in round ten of Literary Therapy.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

• A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

• The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden

• Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary (Currently unavailable)

• Stuart Little by E.B. White

• Book journal

• The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

• The Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

• Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann

• Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

• Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

• The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

• Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

• A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis

• Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb

• Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

• Competitive Grieving by Nora Zelvansky

• This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper (Currently unavailable)

• Family Fang by Kevin Wilson

• The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

• Musical Chairs by Amy Poeppel

• Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny

• Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny

• All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com.

This week, Annie is reading So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

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In this week’s episode, Annie and her friend Hunter are talking about “pandemic brain” and how their literary tastes have changed since March of 2020.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Matrix by Lauren Groff

• Real Life by Brandon Taylor

• Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

• Most Likely by Sarah Watson

• Millennial Nuns by the Daughters of St. Paul

• Baby-Sitters Club by Ann M. Martin

• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (currently unavailable)

• Middlemarch by George Eliot (currently unavailable)

• My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead

• Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz

• The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

• A Burning by Megha Majumdar

• Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

• Luster by Raven Leilani

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com.

This week, Annie is reading Groundskeeping by Lee Cole. Hunter is reading The Souvenir Museum by Elizabeth McCracken.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

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In this week’s episode, Annie talks with Olivia and Lucy about the new releases you don’t want to miss this month!

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

• Where the Light Fell by Philip Yancey

• Hill House Living by Paula Sutton

• Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout

• On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library, edited by Glory Edim

• The Deep Places by Ross Douthat

• The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan

• Our Table by Peter H Reynolds

• Long Road to the Circus by Betsy Bird, illustrated by David Small

• Frankie & Bug by Gayle Forman

• Clarice the Brave by Lisa McMann

• Murder at Mallowan Hall by Collen Cambridge

• Bookshop of Dust and Dreams by Mindy Thompson

• Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest

• The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

• A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020) by David Sedaris

• Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci

• Smile: The Story of a Face by Sarah Ruhl

• The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness by Gregory Boyle

• The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams

• The Taking of Jemima Boone: The True Story of the Kidnap and Rescue That Shaped America by Matthew Pearl

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com.

This week, Annie is reading Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King. Olivia is reading Thursday’s Child by Noel Streatfield. Lucy is reading These Precious Days by Ann Patchett.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

libro.fm/redeem/FRONTPORCH

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In this week’s episode, Annie talks about all the books she read in September.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• • Matrix by Lauren Groff

  • The Power by Naomi Alderman

  • We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza

  • Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

  • Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

  • The Survivors by Alex Schulman

  • The Dinner by Herman Koch

  • Blue-Skinned Gods by SJ Sindu

  • A Place for Us by Fatima Fahreen Mirza

  • A Burning by Megha Majumdar

  • The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

  • Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

  • Graceland, At Last by Margaret Renkl

  • Late Migrations by Margaret Renkl

  • Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket by Hilma Wolitzer

  • Interview with Hilma and Meg Wolitzer

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.

This week, Annie is reading Bewilderment by Richard Powers.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to www.patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. 

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Annie is joined by her friends and casting experts, Courtney Kinsey and Julie Anna Helms. Every few months, Julie Anna, Courtney, and Annie brainstorm their dream cast for a recent book they loved. Julie Anna then allows readers to vote for their favorites on her Instagram @julieannareads. This week, they’re casting Finlay Donovan Is Killing It.

Finlay Donovan is Killing It is available for purchase at The Bookshelf, and you can cast your votes on our castings on Julie Anna’s Instagram stories on Sunday.

You can click this link to purchase Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano from us.

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Smile by Sarah Ruhl. Julie Anna is reading Rabbits by Terry Miles, and Courtney is reading The Dating Plan by Sara Desai.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Today Annie is joined by her cousin and frequent Bookshelf collaborator, Ashley Sherlock. Every season, they sit down at the metaphorical kids’ table to chat about what they’re reading, watching, listening to, and buying.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

• ”Adrift” by Mark Nepo (This is a poem from this book)

• Graceland, At Last by Margaret Renkl

• Black Girls Must Die Exhausted by Jayne Allen

• What Bobby McIlvaine Left Behind by Jennifer Senior

• Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket by Hilma Wolitzer

• J.Crew Factory jeans

• Bookshelf reusable grocery bags

• UpWest

• The Common Room

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.

This week, Annie is reading Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket by Hilma Wolitzer and Ashley is reading Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

This week Annie is back to answer listeners' literary questions and dilemmas in round nine of Literary Therapy.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

• A Place for Us by Fatima Fahreen Mirza

• Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

• Z by Therese Anne Fowler

• A Well-Behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler

• Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge

• We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter

• Sisters in Arms by Kaia Alderson

• The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis

• The Address by Fiona Davis

• The Doll House by Fiona Davis

• The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner

• The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

• The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris

• Picking Cotton by Jennifer Thompson & Ronald Cotton

• Beautiful World, Where Are You? by Sally Rooney

• Normal People by Sally Rooney

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found below.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Matrix by Lauren Groff.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

In this week’s episode, Annie talks with Olivia and Lucy about the new releases you don’t want to miss this month

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Matrix by Lauren Groff

• Fault Lines by Emily Itami

• Beautiful World, Where Are You? by Sally Rooney

• A Play for the End of the World by Jai Chakrabarti

• Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang

• Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

• Black Girls Must Die Exhausted by Jayne Allen

• Egg Marks the Spot by Amy Timberlake

• Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

• Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

• Pony by RJ Palacio

• Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray

• Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

• Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

• Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo

• Three Girls From Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood by

  Dawn Turner

• Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

• Wildland: The Making of America's Fury by Evan Osnos

• Bewilderment by Richard Powers

• Redeeming Justice: From Defendant to Defender, My Fight for Equity on Both Sides of a

  Broken System by Jarrett Adams

• Mennonite Valley Girl: A Wayward Coming of Age by Carla Funk

• The Heroine with 1001 Faces by Maria Tatar

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found below.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.

This week, Annie reading All of a Kind Family by Sydney Taylor. Olivia is reading Last Graduate by Naomi Novik. Lucy is reading The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

In this week’s episode, Annie talks about the books she read in August.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer by Rax King

• Ghosts by Dolly Alderton

• Dear William by David Magee

• Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

• Finding My Voice by Marie Myung-Ok Lee

• When Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough by Taylor Schaumann

• Let’s Not Do That Again by Grant Ginder

• Four Friends by William D. Cohan

• The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel

• Finding Freedom by Erin French

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

This week Annie is talking with store manager Olivia about some favorite titles shared with her by kids in the local community, and we thought it’d be fun for you to hear directly from the kids themselves.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan

• Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

• Coo by Kaela Noele

• El Deafo by CeCe Bell

• Okay Witch by Emma Steinkeller

• Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston

• Unsolved Case Files: Escape at 10,000 Feet by Tom Sullivan

• Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

• The Middle School Bites series by Steven Banks

• The Betsy-Tacy Treasury by Maude Hart Lovelace

• The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

• The Unwanted series by Lisa McMann

• Camp/Click/Act by Kayla Miller

• Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Let’s Not Do That Again by Grant Ginder. (Published April 2022)

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

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This week Annie is back to answer listeners' literary conundrums in round eight of Literary Therapy.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Falling by TJ Newman

• Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

• The Wreckage of My Presence by Casey Wilson

• Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett

• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

• Heating & Cooling by Beth Ann Fennelly

• Brood by Jackie Polzin

• I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird by Sue Cerulean

• Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo

• What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer

• My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

• An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten

• 84, Charing Cross Road by Helen Hanff

• The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff

• Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

• From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankwiler by E.L. Konigsburg

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading When Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough by Taylor S. Schumann.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

libro.fm/redeem/FRONTPORCH

Flodesk:

Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’ 

Flodesk is an email marketing service provider that's built for creators, by creators, and it’s easy to use. We’ve been using it for a couple of years now, and I personally love it. And right now you can get 50% off your Flodesk subscription by going to:

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The Bookshelf’s store manager, Olivia and Lucy join Annie this week to share their August new release rundowns.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Palm Beach by Mary Adkins

• When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen

• Ghosts by Dolly Alderton

• The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

• Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So

• Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir by Kat Chow

• Holdout by Jeffrey Kluger

• Dead Wednesday by Jerry Spinelli

• Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka

• Mrs. March by Virginia Feito

• Say It Out Loud by Allison Varnes

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer by Rax King. Olivia is reading We Are Family by Lebron James. Lucy is reading The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

libro.fm/redeem/FRONTPORCH

Flodesk:

Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’ 

Flodesk is an email marketing service provider that's built for creators, by creators, and it’s easy to use. We’ve been using it for a couple of years now, and I personally love it. And right now you can get 50% off your Flodesk subscription by going to:

flodesk.com/c/THEFRONTPORCH

In this week’s episode, Annie recaps her July reads.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Very Sincerely Yours by Kerry Winfrey

• Rock the Boat by Beck Dorey-Stein

• Survive the Night by Riley Sager

• New Girl in Little Cove by Damhnait Monoghan

• You Have a Match by Emma Lord

• Falling by T.J. Newman

• Millennial Nuns by the Daughters of Saint Paul

• My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

• Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer by Rax King.

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Listen in this week as Annie and guest, cousin and Bookshelf Community Manager, Ashley Sherlock discuss all things Ted Lasso.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Very Sincerely Yours by Kerry Winfrey

• Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman (Beartown by Fredrik Backman)

• The From-Aways by CJ Hauser

• Frankly in Love by David Yoon

• New Girl in Little Cove by Damhnait Monaghan

• Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

• The Guncle by Steven Rowley

• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engel

• Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

• A Place for Us by Fatima Fahreen Mirza

• At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon

• The Sweet Life in Paris by David Lebowitz

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Falling by T.J. Newman. Ashley is reading The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller.

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

This week Annie is joined by friend, Bookstagrammer (@shelfbyshelf) and frequent co-host, Hunter McLendon to talk all things Jane Austen!

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen

• Persuasion by Jane Austen

• Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen

• Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

• Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

• Emma by Jane Austen

• The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner

• The Prayers of Jane Austen by Jane Austen

• Karen Swallow Prior, “A Novel Approach to Virtue”:

  https://www.ttf.org/portfolios/online-conversation-reading-jane-austen/

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang. Hunter is reading Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead.

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is joined by her mom, Susie to discuss books for sensitive readers.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• What Comes After by Joanne Tompkins

• The Sweet Taste of Muscadines by Pamela Terry

• The Incredible Winston Browne by Sean Dietrich 

• The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray 

• Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty

• The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence

• God Spare the Girls by Kelsey McKinney

• When Ghosts Come Home by Wiley Cash

• Very Sincerely Yours by Kerry Winfrey

• Rock the Boat by Beck Dorey-Stein

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Survive the Night by Riley Sager. Susie is reading When Ghosts Come Home by Wiley Cash.

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

This week Annie recaps her June reads.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• The Wreckage of My Presence by Casey Wilson (listed on Libro.fm)

• The Royals Next Door by Karina Halle

• Beautiful World, Where Are You? by Sally Rooney

• Friends Like These by Kimberly McCreight

• Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen

• Cheat Day by Liv Stratman

• Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano

• The Layover by Lacie Waldon

• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

• Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Hola Papi by John Paul Brammer.

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

This week Annie is joined by friend, Bookstagrammer and frequent co-host, Hunter McLendon to chat about their favoirte books of the year... so far.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf.

Annie’s list:

• Revival Season by Monica West

• Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

• With Teeth by Kristen Arnett

• Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

• Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian

• Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny

• The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heather

• The Guncle by Steven Rowley

• Brood by Jackie Polzin

• Olympus Texas by Stacey Swann

Hunter’s List:

• The Natural Mother of the Child by Krys Malcolm Belc

• With Teeth by Kristen Arnett

• Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz

• Detransition Baby by Torrey Peters

• Milk Fed by Melissa Broder

• My Year Abroad by Chang-Rae Lee

• Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

• Sarahland by Sam Cohen

• Yes Daddy by Jonathan Parks-Ramage

• Punch Me Up to the Gods by Brian Broome

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead. Hunter is reading The Obelisk Gate by NK Jemisin. Thank you again to our sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

This week, Annie is joined by America’s government teacher, Sharon McMahon. Sharon is the mastermind behind the Instagram account Sharon Says So. She and Annie tackle how best to read to understand, how fiction helps cultivate empathy, and why becoming a lifelong learner is so important..

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf.

• Sea Biscuit by Laura Hillenbrand

• American Sherlock by Kate Winkler Dawson

• Dead Wake by Erik Larson

• You Never Forget Your First by Alexis Coe

• Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe

Sharon’s favorite podcasts:

• Office Ladies

• Sharon Says So (coming soon!)

Sharon’s suggested press reading:

• Reuters

• Associated Press

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney and Sharon is reading Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Listen in this week as Annie and guest, cousin and Bookshelf Community Manager, Ashley Sherlock chat about their Summer reading, listening, watching and buying lists.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf.

Reading:

• The Guncle by Steven Rowley

• Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch

• Klara & the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

• Take Me Home Tonight by Morgan Matson

• Jo Rodgers’ column in House & Garden UK

Watching:

• Mare of Easttown

• Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

• Law and Order: SVU

• Friends: The Reunion

Listening:

• Phoebe Reads a Mystery

• Sour by Olivia Rodrigo

• The Wreckage of my Presence (Libro.fm) by Casey Wilson

• That Summer (Libro.fm) by Jennifer Weiner

• Mergers & Acquisitions (Libro.fm) by Cate Doty

You can join The Bookshelf on Libro.fm!

Buying:

• Iced chai latte with vanilla sweet cream cold foam and cinnamon dolce syrup from Starbucks

• The Common Room Shop

• Pickleball set

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford and Ashley is reading Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

This week the co-hosts of The Bookshelf’s I Want It That YA book club, Lucy Stoltzfus, also The Bookshelf's online sales coordinator and Olivia Schaffer, shop manager, join Annie to discuss nostalgia reading.

The books mentioned in today’s episode are available for purchase at The Bookshelf:

• Thwonk by Joan Bauer

• 145th Street by Walter Dean Myers

• Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

• Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

• The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares

• Finding My Voice by Marie Myung-Ok Lee

• All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor

• From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg

• The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney

• Anastasia's Chosen Career by Lois Lowry

• DRAT! We're Rats by Jahnna N. Malcolm

• The Baby-Sitters Club series by Ann M. Martin

• Bloomability by Sharon Creech

• Baby-Stitting Is a Dangerous Job by Willo Davis Roberts

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby. Olivia is reading Holdout by Jeffrey Kluger, and Lucy is reading Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. 

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

This week Annie recaps her May reads.

The books mentioned on today’s episode are available at The Bookshelf:

• The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton 

• The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller 

• Take Me Home Tonight by Morgan Matson 

• The Best Babysitters Ever by Caroline Cala 

• Home Stretch by Graham Norton 

• Palm Beach by Mary Adkins 

• Seven Days in June by Tia Williams 

• Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby 

• All the Water I’ve Seen Is Running by Elias Rodriques 

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling 

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Finding Freedom by Erin French.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

This week Annie is answering listeners' literary conundrums in this episode of Literary Therapy.

The books mentioned on today’s episode are available at The Bookshelf:

• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
• Ramona and Beezus by Beverly Cleary
• A Deadly Education
• The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune
• House on the Cerulean Sea
• Once and Future Witches
• The Night Circus
• Cinder
• The Scorpio Races
• The Caraval series
• Devil and the Dark Water
• Piranesi
• House on Vesper Sands
• Sorrow & Bliss
• Brood
• Early Morning Riser
• Crying in H Mart
• Take Me Home Tonight
• The Best Babysitters Ever series
• Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann
• Competitive Grieving by Nora Zelavansky
• Musical Chairs by Amy Poeppel
• Good Company 
• Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
• Somebody's Daughter by Ashley Ford
• The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
• Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
• In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero
• A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
• With The Fire On High by Elizabeth Acevedo
• Rules for Visiting
• The Other’s Gold
• Young Jane Young
• Savage News
• Hello, Sunshine
• Rise & Shine
• The Dutch House
• Low Country
• Late Migrations
• Ruby & Roland
• A Station on the Path to Somewhere Better
• Fresh Water for Flowers
• Five Tuesdays in Winter
• The Harpy
• Milk Blood Heat
• The Dragons, the Giant, the Women
• All the Water I've Seen Is Running
• Britt-Marie Was Here
• Olive, Again
• This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance
• The Ride of Her Life
• City of Girls
• Hannah Coulter
• State of Wonder
• Afterlife by Julia Alvarez
• Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Home Stretch by Graham Norton.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

This week Annie is joined by friend and bookstagrammer (@shelfbyshelf) Hunter McLendon to discuss faith books.

The books mentioned on today’s episode are available at The Bookshelf:

• Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

• Home by Marilynne Robinson

• Lila by Marilynne Robinson

• Jack by Marilynne Robinson

• Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

• A Place For Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza

• Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

• The Trouble With Hating You by Sajni Patel

• The Mothers by Brit Bennett

• Here For It by R. Eric Thomas

• Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood

• Walking on Water by Madeleine L'Engle

• The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance by Elna Baker

• Lit by Mary Karr

• The Liars Club by Mary Karr

• Boy Erased by Garrard Conley

• Middlemarch by George Eliot

• Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead and Hunter is reading Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

This week Annie recaps and reviews her April reads.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• 145th Street by Walter Dean Myers

• Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

• Competitive Grieving by Nora Zelevansky

• Kisses and Croissants by Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau

• Revival Season by Monica West

• The Girls Are All So Nice Here by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn

• Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian

• When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain

• The Trouble With Hating You by Sajni Patel

• What Comes After by JoAnne Tompkins

• Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

• Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie Walton.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Annie is joined by her casting experts, Courtney Kinsey, FTFP royals correspondent and co-host of the podcast I Do Declare; and Julie Anna Helms, @julieannareads on Instagram and creator of Who Would You Cast? polls. The three are casting One to Watch this week.

One to Watch is available for purchase at The Bookshelf, and you can cast your votes on our castings on Julie Anna’s Instagram stories on Sunday.

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian. Julie Anna is reading Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, and Courtney Kinsey is reading Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Listen in this week as Annie and The Bookshelf staffers celebrate Independent Bookstore Day by sharing their favorite things about indie bookstores and the books they love to sell.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf.

• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

• Furious Hours by Casey Cep

• Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

• The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

• Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

• What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer

• Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Calb

• 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

• Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

• Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

• House Lessons by Erica Bauermeister

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading The Trouble with Hating You by Sajni Patel.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Listen in this week as Annie and guest, cousin and Bookshelf Community Manager, Ashley Sherlock chat about their Spring reading, listening, watching and buying lists.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf.

Reading:

• Good Company by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

• Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny

• Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann

• Persuasion by Jane Austen

• Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

• Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

• Reading While Black by Esau McCaulley

• You Never Forget Your First by Alexis Cole

• 145th Street by Walter Dean Myers

• Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen

• Upworthy on Instagram

• Poetry Is Not A Luxury on Instagram

• The Washington Post subscription

• The Marshall Project: Article about author Sara Gruen

Watching:

• Ted Lasso on Apple TV+

• Love Island on Hulu

• The Limit (workout program) by Beth Nicely

• Sharon McMahon of Sharon Says So - Government for Grownups classes

• Yes Day on Netflix

Listening:

• Taylor Swift: From the Vault

• Drivers License by Olivia Rodrigo

• Still Processing podcast

• Caul Baby by Morgan Jenkins

• Breezy Instrumental playlist by Kendra Joyner Adachi

• Hot Girl Walk playlist

• The First Spring playlist

Buying:

• Ally B

• The Bookshelf

• Material Kitchen

• Ashley has been buying grande lemonades with strawberries and two pumps of raspberry syrup on top from Starbucks

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Kisses and Croissants by by Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau and Ashley is reading Good Company by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Listen in this week as Annie is joined by special guest and author Andre' Hadley Marria (The Songs I Could Not Sing) to discuss all things poetry.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• The Songs I Could Not Sing by Andre’ Hadley Marria

• Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray

• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

• Moby Dick by Herman Melville

• The Prophet by Kalil Gibran (including poem On Children)

• The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman

• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

• We Speak Your Names by Pearl Cleage

• Good Night, Willie Lee, I’ll See You In the Morning by Alice Walker