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Episode 120 || Love It or Loathe It, Vol. 7
25 mei 2017 · 35 min
It's time for a book club-style discussion of Katie Kitamura's A Separation. Podcast guests Emily (of You're Maker) and Hunter are back to chat all the things they loved and loathed about this literary novel, including Emily's thoughts on Greece and Hunter's profound revelation about the book's narration. Lees meer
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Episode 119 || The Politics of Being Southern
18 mei 2017 · 32 min
Chris is pursuing that ever-elusive PhD, so this week, Annie interviewed Sarah Holland from the Pantsuit Politics podcast. In addition to being the left-leaning cohost of Pantsuit Politics, Sarah is a city commissioner from Paducah, Kentucky, and she's a lifelong southerner. Lees meer
Annie and Sarah chatted about what "life in the South" really entails, including the hard truth about where Southern maker culture really comes from and Sarah's obsession with Designing Women.
Annie and Sarah mentioned:
+ the Southern Foodways Alliance
+ the Whitney Plantation
+ Designing Women, "Southerns Do NOT Eat Dirt"
+ Classics Sarah's never read but wish she has: Don Quixote and War and Peace
+ Podcasts Sarah listens to: Pod Save America; The Weeds; This American Life; On Being; Death, Sex, & Money; Freakonomics; Hidden Brain
+ Tara Brach's meditations
+ Indigo Girl's "Southland in the Springtime"
+ Sarah's currently reading: Tales of Titans, East of Eden, and Talent Code
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Episode 118 || The Other Mother
11 mei 2017 · 33 min
Annie and Chris talk about "alternative" visions of motherhood for Mother's Day this year, and it takes a weirdly dark turn. Sorry. Get a sneak peek at Chris's fall Women in Literature class and hear some of Annie's favorite mom-centric books. Chris's class books: + Dear Ijeawele by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie + The Mothers by Brit Bennett + The First Bad Man by Miranda July + Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel + Pregnant Butch by A. K. Summers + Marriage of a Thousand Lies by SJ Sindu + Beloved by Toni Morrison + The Babadook *CORRECTION: The quote from Beloved is "You your own best thing, Sethe," not "You your best self," as previously reported. Some of Annie's favorites: + Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple + The Mothers by Brit Bennett + The Color of Water by James McBride + Rabbit Cake by Annie Harnett + Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan + A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson + This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel + French Milk by Lucy Knisley And please, are there good mother/son novels out there that don't have any sort of implied incest theme? Let me know. I need to know. Lees meer
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Episode 117 || April Reading Recap
4 mei 2017 · 39 min
Happy May! It was raining while we recorded this. This week, Annie and Chris talk about the books they read in April. Also, Annie has some Hot Takes on book titles and we recount our odd encounters with celebrities from 10+ years ago. Annie read: + All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg (out May 7) + Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin (out August 22) + The Stars in Our Eyes by Julie Klam (out July 18) + Shadow of the Lions by Christopher Swann (out August 1) + The Wanderers by Meg Howrey + The Color of Water by James McBride + Hello, Sunshine by Laura Dave (out July 11) + A Separation by Kate Kitamura + Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett Chris read: + Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (again) +The Inquisitor's Tale by Adam Gidwitz Check out these books and more (including our brand new Bookshelf tote bag!) in our online store. Lees meer
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Episode 116 || It‘s Indie Bookstore Day!
27 april 2017 · 34 min
It's the most wonderful time of the year! Chris and Annie give you a peek into the Bookshelf's 2017 Independent Bookstore Day festivities. But if you don't live anywhere near Thomasville, fear not! We're also giving you a virtual tour of our favorite indie bookstores from around the country. Independent Bookstore Day is Saturday, April 29, 2017, and our schedule of events is here. We would love for you join us at the Bookshelf, but if you can't make it, find the closest independent bookstore to you at IndieBound, or check out one of our favorites below! + Sundog Books (Seaside, FL) + Page & Palette (Fairhope, AL) + E. Shaver Books (Savannah, GA) + Faulkner House Books (New Orleans, LA) + Maple Street Book Shop (New Orleans, LA) + Book Culture (New York, NY) + WORD (Jersey City, NJ) + Avid Bookshop (Athens, GA) + Women and Children First (Chicago, IL) + Books and Books (Coral Gables, FL) + Politics and Prose (Washington, D.C.) Annie's favorite bookstore Instagram accounts: + @browsersbooks + @booksaremagicbk + @booksandmortar + @literatibookstore + @lemuriabooks Lees meer
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Episode 115 || A Rose Show by Any Other Name
20 april 2017 · 27 min
Won't you follow us down to the Rose Parade? Annie and Chris get ready for an upcoming jam-packed weekend in downtown Thomasville, including Independent Bookstore Day, National Superhero Day, and the Thomasville Rose Show and Festival. Joining us this week is Rose Show veteran Sunny Altman. Also, Chris presents Annie with a challenge. To learn more about how Thomasville will be participating in National Superhero Day on April 28 or to donate to Everfan's efforts, contact info@everfanheroes.com. For more information on the Rose Show and Festival (and to begin booking your trip), check out the City of Thomasville's website: http://www.thomasvillega.com/ You can also contact Sunny directly with your rose questions at sunnyaltman@gmail.com. We hope you'll join us in Thomasville next weekend, but if you can't make it, find an indie bookstore near you for Indie Bookstore Day on April 29! Check out the bookstore finder at http://www.indiebound.com/. Lees meer
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Episode 114 || Poetry for Beginners
13 april 2017 · 43 min
"They get frustrated when they can't figure out what's going on in the poem. And if they can't figure out what's going on, they have no entrance into the poem. If they have no entrance into the poem, they're going to stop reading." Annie and Chris sit down with poets Ruth Baumann and Will Fargason to talk about poetry: where does one even begin to read it and how can it be less intimidating? Also, Jewel setting the bar with puns and an evolving mystery involving a bedazzled human skull. + Shel Silverstein + Puff Daddy + Bob Dylan + Conor Oberst + Kaveh Akbar + Jewel's A Night Without Armor+ John Darnielle's Wolf in White Van+ Anne Sexton + Sharon Olds + Anne Carson + Richard Siken's Crush + Robert Frost + Wendell Berry + Rupi Kaur's Milk and Honey + Mary Oliver + Langston Hughes's "Let America Be America Again" + Adrienne Rich's Diving into the Wreck+ Ross Gay's "A Small Needful Fact"+ Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet+ ANTHOLOGIES! Find out more about Ruth and her work (and her cats) at http://www.ruthbaumann.com/ Find out more about Will and his work at http://www.williamfargason.com/ Big thanks to Will for the use of his microphone and to Chris's cat Marge for allowing us to use her space for an hour to record. Lees meer
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Episode 113 || A Literary Mixtape
6 april 2017 · 30 min
Chris and Annie try to bring this weekend's Word of [South] festival to you! In miniature concept, anyway. How does one go about pairing books and music? Also, "Skeezy John Mayer," Annie feels self-conscious about her [good] taste, and Chris takes his philosophy outfits out of storage. > Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's We Should All Be Feminists + Solange's A Seat at the Table> F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby + The Postal Service's Give Up> Shauna Niequist's Bittersweet + Ellie Holcomb's Red Sea Road (BONUS--or Sufjan Stevens's Seven Swans OR Vampire Weekend's Modern Vampires of the City) > Albert Camus's The Myth of Sisyphus + Bright Eyes's The People's Key or The Decemberists's The King is Dead> J. D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy + I'm With Her > Arcade Fire's The Suburbs + literally any coming of age novel > Aldous Huxley's Brave New World + Childish Gambino's Because the Internet> Wiley Cash + Birdtalker's Just This> Donna Tartt's The Secret History + Aronofsky's Black Swan> James McBride + Leon Bridges's Coming Home> David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas + Fleetwood Mac's Rumours> Emma Straub's Modern Lovers + John Mayer Lees meer
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Episode 112 || March Reading Recap
30 maart 2017 · 38 min
Annie and Chris plan their new side business--Sweet and Savory Pizza Stones--but mostly discuss what they read this month and what they plan to finish before Friday rolls around. Annie read: + Shark Club by Ann Kidd Taylor (out June 6) + Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy (out June 6) + Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders + Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give by Ada Calhoun (out May 16) + Exit West by Mohsin Hamid + The Fall of Lisa Bellow by Susan Perabo + The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy + Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? by Alyssa Mastromonaco + We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter Chris read: + The Impossible Fortress by Jason Rekulak + Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie + Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory (out June 27) Check out any of these titles in our online store at http://www.bookshelfthomasville.com/shop, where you can also learn how to register for an account with Libro.fm, an audiobook distribution service that partners with independent bookstores like The Bookshelf to deliver the same quality audiobooks you get elsewhere, but with the benefit of supporting a small business. Lees meer
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Episode 111 || Spring Cleaning (of the Mind)
23 maart 2017 · 36 min
Annie and Chris flip the coin on last week's episode and talk about what happens in the between times. How do you cleanse the mental palate or set up a buffer after a heavy or difficult book that needs time to process? NEW THIS WEEK: Mississippi Blood by Greg Iles Our Short History by Lauren Grodstein The Mind Club by Daniel Wegner and Kurt Gray (new in paperback) If you're interested in any of the books we've talked about lately, you can purchase them directly from us at http://www.bookshelfthomasville.com/shop Lees meer
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Episode 110 || The Virtue of Occasional Sadness
16 maart 2017 · 39 min
Lots of people asked us why we're always raving about sad books, and they weren't satisfied when we quoted Sally Sparrow and said, "It's happy for deep people." This week, Annie and Chris explain what they call "grief literature" and recommend a bunch of their favorite sad books with justifications for why you should feel sad sometimes. + Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (really, why aren't you reading this one yet?) + A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis + The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion + "The Faery Handbag" from The Faery Reel by Kelly Link + Last Things by Marissa Moss + Rosalie Lightning by Tom Hart + Fun Home by Alison Bechdel + When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi + Gilead by Marilynne Robinson + The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger + Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer + The Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson + Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice NEW THIS WEEK: + The Hogwarts Library (expanded) by J. K. Rowling + The Wanderers by Meg Howry + Before the War by Fay Weldon + The Fall of Lisa Bellow by Susan Perabo + The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy + The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Teaches Us About Living Fullyby Frank Ostaseski Lees meer
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Episode 109 || March Madness 2017
9 maart 2017 · 30 min
Annie sits down with her husband Jordan for their annual March Madness discussion. This year's book bracket includes The Bookshelf's "sweet sixteen" -- the 16 bestselling books of the past 12 months. Lees meer
Magnolia Story
Present Over Perfect
Seven Brief Lessons in Physics
When Breath Becomes Air
Killing the Rising Sun
Alexander Hamilton
Tribal
Hillbilly Elegy
The Underground Railroad
A Gentleman in Moscow
Fates and Furies
All the Light We Cannot See
A Man Called Ove
Me Before You
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
The After Party
Follow The Bookshelf on Instagram to cast votes for your favorite books during our March Madness celebration, or -- if you're a college basketball fan -- compete against friends in ESPN's bracket challenge.
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Episode 108 || February Reading Recap
2 maart 2017 · 32 min
Annie and Chris walk you through what they read in February while several intrepid Saturday afternoon customers climb over a literal barricade outside the door to use the [closed] bathroom. Annie read: + The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas + This is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel + Last Things by Marissa Moss + Into the Water by Paula Hawkins + Difficult Women by Roxane Gay + Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Annie is currently reading: + Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Chris read (but hasn't quite finished): + Difficult Women by Roxane Gay + Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly Follow Annie's reading on Instagram at #anniereads2017. Lees meer
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Episode 107 || Love It or Loathe It, Vol. 6
23 februari 2017 · 37 min
Annie, Emily, and Hunter discuss Difficult Women by Roxane Gay and try very hard to decide what they think about it! Also mentioned this week: + Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson + Lauren Groff's review of Fortune Smiles + Anne Bogel's advice for sensitive readers Lees meer
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Episode 106 || Oscar Season Reading Recs
16 februari 2017 · 33 min
It's Oscar Season, so Annie and Chris are rounding up their favorite books for this year's moviegoers. Also in this episode, a new feature (!!!) and Chris continues to swallow his words. If you liked Arrival, you may like: Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn How to Life Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu The Time Traveler's Almanac by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer If you liked Hell or High Water, you may like: True Grit by Charles Portis American Fire by Monica Hesse Ordinary Grace by Willian Kent Krueger All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy If you liked Hidden Figures, you may like: The Glass Universe by Dava Sobel The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan The Radium Girls by Kate Moore Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County by Kristen Green If you liked Moonlight, you may like: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman The Whale by Mark Beauregard If you liked La La Land, you may like: I'm Glad About You by Theresa Rebeck The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer NEW TITLES OUT THIS WEEK: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders The Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter We Are Okay by Nina LaCour The Airbnb Story by Leigh Gallagher Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History by Bill Schutt Lees meer
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Episode 105 || WWLKD?
9 februari 2017 · 24 min
It's Galentine's Day, so Annie and Chris are answering the question on everyone's mind: What would Leslie Knope read? Also this episode, pipe bombs--the new cooking craze sweeping America? Join us at The Bookshelf on Friday, February 10, from 6 to 8 for Galentine's Day festivities, and check out our downtown partners Mode, Smith Collective, Tallokas Road, Signature Clothing Lounge, and You're Maker. +Notorious RBG by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik +Sisters in Law by Linda Hirshman +Daring Greatly by Brené Brown +Happy Cityby Charles Montgomery +The Localist by Carrie Rollwagen Find Brené Brown's TED Talk here. Shop with us online here. Lees meer
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Episode 104 || January Reading Recap
2 februari 2017 · 39 min
Annie and Chris chat about public transit, public urination, and all the books they read in January. Annie read: +The Underwriting by Michelle Miller +The Folded Clock by Heidi Julavits +The Throwback Special by Chris Bachelder +American Fire by Monica Hesse +Himself by Jess Kidd +The Second Mrs. Hockaday by Susan Rivers Lees meer
Annie is currently reading: +Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
Chris read: +The Wanderers by Meg Howrey +Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Chris is currently reading: +American War by Omar El Akkad
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Episode 103 || Book Club Extravaganza
26 januari 2017 · 28 min
Annie and Chris get ready for the Bookshelf's upcoming Book Club Fair by discussing their favorite book club picks for 2017 (so far), including: Lees meer
In Case You Missed It: + Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal + Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff + Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert + This is Your Life, Harriet Chance by Jonathan Evison + The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving by Jonathan Evison
2016 Tastemakers: + A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles + Among the Living by Jonathan Rabb + A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman + Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi + Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance + Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
Coming in 2017: + The Second Mrs. Hockaday by Susan Rivers (out now) + The Wanderers by Meg Howrey (out March 14) + Himself by Jess Kidd (out March 14) + American Fire by Monica Hesse (out July 11) + The Book that Matters Most by Ann Hood (out now--in paper back August 1) + Hue and Cry at Our House by Benjamin Taylor (out May 23)
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Episode 102 || Meet the Manager
19 januari 2017 · 25 min
Chris and Annie chat with the Bookshelf's new manager, Magali Kent, about missionary work, the proper execution of an eye roll, culture shock, and favorite children's books. Lees meer
+ Watership Down by Richard Adams
+ Reply All
+ Lore
+ Up and Vanished
+ Serial
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Episode 101 || Reading Resolutions
12 januari 2017 · 23 min
2016 is over, but of reading many books there is no end. In this episode, Annie and Chris talk about their resolutions for the new year and challenge one another to read outside of their usual habits--with hypothetically apocalyptic results. Lees meer
+ Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
+ Rita Dove
+ Claudia Rankine
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Episode 100 || Mailbag, Vol. 2
5 januari 2017 · 35 min
From the Front Porch celebrates episode 100! Annie and Chris answer listener questions about One Book, My Brilliant Friend, and reading translations. Lees meer
+ One Book Thomas County website
+ On the Same Page (Decatur, Ga., One Book program)
+ American Booksellers Association
+ Love It or Loathe It episode ft. My Brilliant Friend
+ Episode ft. Virginia Price
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Episode 99 || Best Books of 2016
29 december 2016 · 32 min
It's time to reflect back on 2016, which means... It's time to recap Annie's favorite books of the year. Lees meer
+ The Mothers by Brit Bennett
+ Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
+ Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty by Ramona Ausubel
+ Commonwealth by Ann Patchet
+ Forty Rooms by Olga Grushin
+ This Is Where You Belong by Melody Warnick
+ When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
+ My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
+ Another Day in the Death of America by Gary Yeung
+ You'll Grow Out of It by Jessi Klein
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Episode 98 || The Pros & Cons of Life in the South (ft. Julia Reed)
15 december 2016 · 25 min
"Grape nuts or sex? It's a no brainer." Food writer and editor Julia Reed popped by the podcast to chat about Southern food culture, holiday entertaining, and mixing politics with pleasure. (You'll hear lots of laughter this episode; Julia's one-liners will have you in stitches.) Lees meer
+ You can find Julia's piece about Bill and Melinda Gates in the Wall Street Journal Magazine.
+ More about Julia Reed and her books can be found here.
+ Julia was in town for Thomasville's Plantation Wildlife Arts Festival
+ William Christenberry photography
+ Garden and Gun magazine
+ The Bitter Southerner
Julia mentions:
+ William Trevor short stories
+ Walker Percy
+ Night School by Lee Child
+ The Jealous Kind by James Lee Burke
Don't forget to leave us a voicemail for our 100th episode here!
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Episode 97 || November Reading Recap
8 december 2016 · 34 min
Annie and Chris work through Annie's books she read in November: Lees meer
+ Fun Home
+ Scrappy Little Nobody
+ My Brilliant Friend
+ Talking as Fast as I Can
Listen to Anna Kendrick's Nerdist interview here.
Reply All's 48-hour call-in episode.
Listen to our Love It or Loathe It episode about My Brilliant Friend here.
Vote for The Bookshelf in the Indie Awards: http://www.independentwestand.org/indies/profile.php?id=92.
Don't forget to leave us a voice message for our upcoming 100th episode: http://www.bookshelfthomasville.com/frontporch.
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Episode 96 || Love It or Loathe It, Vol. 5
1 december 2016 · 42 min
Annie sits down with podcast regular Hunter McLendon and new voice Emily McKenna to discuss Elena Ferrante's international bestseller My Brilliant Friend. Lees meer
+ Get an introduction to Emily on her first podcast episode here.
+ Read more about the mystery of Elena Ferrante here.
Shop from The Bookshelf here.
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Episode 95 || Thanksgiving and Favorite Cookbooks
23 november 2016 · 26 min
Annie and Chris talk Thanksgiving menus and favorite cookbooks. Lees meer
+ The Can't Cookbook
+ A Southern Gentleman's Kitchen
+ Jamie's Food Revolution
+ Soup Nights
+ Appetites
+ Cooking for Jeffrey
+ Joy of Cooking
+ The Forest Feast
Learn all about Ina and Jeffrey's marriage here.
Shop local from faraway by browsing our online store here.
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Episode 94 || Mailbag, Vol. 1
17 november 2016 · 18 min
On this unintentionally abbreviated episode of the podcast, Annie and Chris answer a listener email all about finding the time to read. Lees meer
Have your own bookish question you'd like answered?
Email Annie: annie [at] bookshelfthomasville [dot] com
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Bonus Episode || Southern Hospitality with James Farmer
16 november 2016 · 32 min
Southern hosts and hostesses, unite! On this special bonus episode, Annie chats with Southern lifestyle guru James Farmer. James is the author of A Time to Celebrate, A Time to Cook, Dinner on the Grounds, and several other beautiful coffee table books all about Southern hospitality. He's in Thomasville this week for the city's annual Plantation Wildlife Arts Festival, and -- if you're local! -- you can find James at the following events: Lees meer
+ Cocktails and Conversations on Thursday, November 17, at 5:30 p.m. Tickets available here. Join James, Julia Reed, and the Mashburns as they chat about Southern hospitality inspired by the fall season!
+ Book signing at downtown Thomasville's store Relish on Friday, November 18, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. James will be signing copies of his beautiful books during this free event.
You can find James online on Instagram and his website.
James is reading:
+ The Flower Hunter and the People by Matthew Jennings
+ Liberating Paris by Linda Bloodsworth Thompson
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Episode 93 || October Reading Recap
3 november 2016 · 32 min
Annie chats with Chris about the books she read in October: Lees meer
+ Today Will Be Different
+ Dark Matter
+ In the Garden of Small Beginnings
+ Juniper (listen to this Radiolab episode for more on this story)
+ The Children
+ Who Killed These Girls? (here's the Reply All episode Chris mentioned)
** Shop these titles on The Bookshelf website here. **
Other titles mentioned include:
+ Where'd You Go, Bernadette
+ Leave Me
+ The Martian
+ Before the Fall
+ Kitchens of the Great Midwest
+ Visit from the Goon Squad
+ Seating Arrangements
+ The Nest
+ Commonwealth
+ The Children's Crusade
Annie mentioned how she finds book recommendations on Instagram through Shauna Niequist and Elise Blaha Cripe.
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Episode 92 || By the Book with Annie and Chris
27 oktober 2016 · 39 min
If you're new to From the Front Porch, this episode will introduce you to hosts Annie and Chris. Learn about their reading tastes, what they do when their not at The Bookshelf, and who they'd have over for their dream literary dinner party. Lees meer
(The interview was inspired by the New York Times' By the Book interviews. Gretchen Rubin's is here.)
Books and authors mentioned include:
+ Station Eleven
+ My Brilliant Friend
+ Present Over Perfect
+ Pond
+ Boss Life
+ Grit
+ Neil Gaiman
+ Mindy Kaling
+ F. Scott Fitzgerald
+ Umberto Ecco
+ Hannah Arendt
+ Flannery O'Connor
+ Madeleine L'Engle
+ J.K. Rowling
+ Shauna Niequist
+ Swing Time
+ The Martian
+ Bread and Wine
+ The Mothers
+ Another Day in the Death of America
+ The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Find The Bookshelf online here.
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Episode 91 || Boss Life with Everfan
20 oktober 2016 · 29 min
Ever wonder what it's like to run a small business start-up? Annie and Chris chat with Scott Chastain, the owner and founder of Everfan, a customizable costume accessory company. Everfan bases their thriving Internet business in Thomasville, so Annie, Chris, and Scott discuss entrepreneurship, small town living, and of course, what Scott's been reading lately. Lees meer
Find Everfan online: Website | Instagram | Facebook
Podcasts mentioned:
+ Slate Political Gabfest
+ StartUp
+ Reply All
Books mentioned:
+ A Confederacy of Dunces
+ Catch-22
+ Catcher in the Rye
+ When Breath Becomes Air
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Episode 90 || Book Talk with Anne Bogel
13 oktober 2016 · 31 min
Anne Bogel of Modern Mrs. Darcy and the What Should I Read Next podcast joins Annie and Chris to chat about book blogging, all those advanced reading copies, and what she's reading right now. Lees meer
Podcasts Anne recommends:
+ Pantsuit Politics
+ Young House Love
+ The Popcast
+ Books on the Nightstand
+ Smartest Person in the Room
Books mentioned in this episode:
+ Crossing to Safety
+ Age of Innocence
+ Madame Bovary
+ Alexander Hamilton
+ Commonwealth
+ Run
+ Bel Canto
For additional bookish conversation, hop on over to Episode 44 of What Should I Read Next; Annie was a guest this week!
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Episode 89 || September Reading Recap
6 oktober 2016 · 23 min
Annie talks about the effects of stress on her reading life and chats with Chris about the books she read in September. Last month's selections included: Lees meer
+ Moo by Sharon Creech
+ The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
+ Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray
+ The Year of Living Danishly by Helen Russell
You can find these selections and more on our store website: www.bookshelfthomasville.com.
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Episode 88 || Favorite Fall Titles
29 september 2016 · 34 min
Curious what the life of a book sales rep might look like? Annie and Chris interview Virginia Price, a sales rep for Penguin Random House. Virginia recommends her favorite upcoming fall book releases (and gives readers a preview of some spring titles to come). Plus, the three book lovers share their favorite podcasts and why movie book covers are so, so bad. Lees meer
FICTION:
+ The Mothers
+ Ninth City Burning
+ Reputations
+ Swing Time
+ Ink and Bone
+ The Girl on the Train
NONFICTION:
+ The Princess Diarist
+ The Book of Joy
+ The Glass Universe
+ Dogs and Their People
Other titles mentioned:
+ War and Peace
+ Anna Karenina
+ Lord of the Rings
+ Exit West
+ MacArthur's Spies
Podcasts mentioned:
+ 410wned Gaming Podcast
+ This American Life
+ RadioLab
+ Welcome to Night Vale
+ The Bright Sessions
+ Grammar Girl
For more book recommendations, you can reach Virginia at vprice {at} penguinrandomhouse {dot} com.
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Episode 87 || Behind the Scenes at SIBA
22 september 2016 · 34 min
Ever wonder what a booksellers conference might look like? Annie chats with her mom about this year's Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA): the authors, the booksellers, the lessons learned. Lees meer
Books, podcasts, authors, and blogs mentioned:
+ DesignSponge and Grace Bonney
+ In the Company of Women
+ The King of the Birds
+ Girl in Pieces
+ Author Liane Moriarty
+ Author Mary Kay Andrews
+ Author Shauna Niequist
+ Little Women
+ A Year of Living Danishly
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Episode 86 || We'll Be There for You: TV Sitcoms + Bookselling
15 september 2016 · 28 min
Author Ann Patchett recently compared bookselling to being on a sitcom. Annie and Chris investigate that claim, comparing their fellow booksellers to Friends characters and examining why we identify with fictional characters of all kinds. Lees meer
+ Read Ann Patchett's original interview, here.
+ Find CJ Hauser's essay all about characters who are "just like us" here.
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Episode 85 || Saints of Old Florida
8 september 2016 · 27 min
For some, life on the Gulf Coast is a religion, and now, we've got our very own Bible of sorts: Saints of Old Florida, a gorgeous new lifestyle book by Emily Raffield, Melissa Farrell, and Christina McDermott. Emily and Melissa chatted with Annie and Chris about life on the coast, their favorite coastal memories, and why collecting our Southern stories is so important. Lees meer
For more information about Emily, Melissa, Christina, and their new book, visit their website, Saints of Old Florida. The book can be purchased online or through several locally-owned shops in and around the coast; a full stockist list is here.
Melissa's shop in Port St. Joe is called Joseph's Cottage.
In this episode, books and podcasts mentioned include:
+ Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
+ Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray
+ Garance Dore's podcast, Pardon My French
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Episode 84 || August Reading Recap (aka The Power of Oprah)
1 september 2016 · 31 min
Behold, the power of Oprah. Annie and Chris chat about the books Annie read in August, including Oprah's book club book, The Underground Railroad. The rest of Annie's list: Lees meer
+ Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
+ The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
+ You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
+ The Hopefuls by Jennifer Close
+ The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
+ Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
+ Another Day in the Death of America by Gary Younge
And other books Annie and Chris mentioned:
+ Fates & Furies
+ Crossing to Safety
+ Pond
+ The Royal We
+ Station Eleven
+ Everything I Never Told You
+ Reconstructing Amelia
+ Prep
+ Ghettoside
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Episode 83 || Books in Houses
25 augustus 2016 · 32 min
"A room without books is a body without a soul," said Cicero, and so we believe. This episode, Annie and Chris talk about the roles books play in homes and home decor: why we keep books and what they say about us. Lees meer
+ This episode was inspired by Robbie Hopkins from Audible Discernment; you can check out our full episode with Robbie and the guys here.
+ Books by the foot your thing? You can buy them from another indie bookstore, Strand Books, here.
+ Mrs. Kendall's Unread Library, here.
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Episode 82 || Taste of Thomasville
18 augustus 2016 · 31 min
When you travel, how big of a role does food play in your experience of a new city or town? This episode, Debra Smith, the owner and founder of Taste of Thomasville, a Thomasville Food Tour, visits with Annie and Chris. They chat about Thomasville's best restaurants, Gone with the Wind, and that big oak tree everybody's always talking about. Debra's favorite podcasts are The Dave Ramsey Show and Serial. Lees meer
She's currently reading The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg.
You can find information and tickets on the Taste of Thomasville tour at www.tasteofthomasvillefoodtour.com.
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Episode 81 || Harry Potter + Expectations
11 augustus 2016 · 27 min
Have you read Harry Potter and the Cursed Child yet? No spoilers here, but Chris and Annie do chat about their expectations going into the newly released book. They also discuss Go Set a Watchman, J.K. Rowling's turn as Robert Galbraith, and how they'd be sorted at Hogwarts. Lees meer
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Episode 80 || July Reading Recap
4 augustus 2016 · 29 min
Annie and Chris recap the books Annie read in July, plus they chat about what to do when you're in a reading rut. Lees meer
Books discussed include:
+ Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
+ The Trespasser by Tana French
+ You'll Grow Out of It by Jessi Klein
+ Swing Time by Zadie Smith
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Episode 79 || Love It or Loathe It, Vol. 4
28 juli 2016 · 28 min
Can't decide if you love or hate a book? This is the podcast series for you. Annie once again joins frequent podcast contributors Hunter McLendon and Rebekah Arwood for a discussion of Wendy Walker's All Is Not Forgotten (a new thriller on shelves now; Reese Witherspoon's already bought the film rights). Lees meer
Comparable titles:
+ Defending Jacob by William Landay
+ Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
+ Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber
+ We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
+ Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
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Episode 78 || Jo Dee Messina, Audiobooks, and Jane Austen with a Southern Accent
21 juli 2016 · 1 uur 4 min
Love books, music, and the South? Then we've got the episode for you. Annie and Chris met with the guys of Audible Discernment, a music podcast out of nearby Albany, Ga., and they chat all things literary and musical (including a nostalgia for country music and why Pride and Prejudice would be better set in the South). Lees meer
Books mentioned:
+ Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
+ A Boy from Georgia by Hamilton Jordan
+ The Dark Tower series by Stephen King
+ Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
+ The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
+ Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
+ The Whale by Mark Beauregard
+ The Last Days of Video by Jeremy Hawkins
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Episode 77 || Multi-Tasking and Reading in Multiples
14 juli 2016 · 30 min
Annie and Chris deep dive into reading more than one book at any given time... And some book therapy ensues. Lees meer
They mention: + Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
+ The Trespasser by Tana French
+ The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth
+ Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin
+ Grit by Angela Duckworth
+ The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
+ The Supper of the Lamb by Robert Farrar Capon
Plus this article about millennials, this one about what Obama does at night, and... are you an abstainer or a moderator?
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Episode 76 || June Reading Recap
7 juli 2016 · 35 min
Looking for your next summer read? Look no further. Annie and Chris chat about the books Annie read in June, including: Lees meer
+ The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis (rel. August 23)
+ Love Warrior by Glennon Melton Doyle (rel. September 6)
+ It's Okay to Laugh (Crying Is Cool, Too) by Nora McIrney Purmort
+ Light to Paris by Eleanor Brown
+ All Stories Are Love Stories by Elizabeth Percer
+ How to Ruin Everything by George Watsky
+ Before We Visit the Goddess by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
+ Leave Me by Gayle Forman (rel. September 6)
Also mentioned:
+ The Momastery blog
+ Aaron Purmort's obituary
+ Lin-Manuel Miranda's Twitter account
+ WTXL card-making segment
+ Modern Mrs. Darcy Summer Reading Guide
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Episode 75 || Going to Haiti with Dot Products
30 juni 2016 · 35 min
Earlier this month, Annie traveled to Haiti with Dot Products, a school supply company based out of Jackson, Mississippi. This episode, Chris and Annie chat with Hallie Darphin, founder of Dot, about Dot's mission, making a global impact, and the magic of reading recommendations. Lees meer
Hallie mentions these books:
+ The Color Purple
+ 1984
+ Brave New World
+ Quiet (and this TED Talk by Susan Cain)
And these podcasts:
+ Being Boss
+ Serial
+ This American Life
+ The Moth
Find Dot online: Website | Instagram | Facebook
Plus, here's a video from Annie's time in Haiti with Dot.
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Episode 74 || Anton DiSclafani + the Small-Town South
23 juni 2016 · 29 min
New York Times bestselling author Anton DiSclafani (The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls, The After Party) drops by the podcast to talk about life in a small town, North Florida versus South Florida, and writing with a baby on board. Lees meer
Anton mentions:
+ Radiolab
+ LaRose by Louise Erdrich
+ The Golden Bowl by Henry James
Event details about Anton's signing are here.
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Episode 73 || Love It or Loathe It, Vol. 3
16 juni 2016 · 34 min
Ever wondered if a particular book is worth reading? In our Love It or Loathe It episodes, we debate newly released titles and whether they're worth adding to your TBR list or not. Lees meer
This episode, Annie, Rebekah, and Hunter chat about Walt by Russell Wangersky.
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Episode 72 || Empowering Small Businesses
9 juni 2016 · 29 min
Turns out design is pretty much what makes the world -- and small businesses -- go 'round. Learn all about marketing and the ups and downs of social media as Annie and Chris chat with local small business consultant Dara Barwick. Lees meer
+ Dara's website
+ The Southern C Summit
+ Our interview with Sarah Turner
+ Our interview with Laura Beggs
+ Melanie Duncan podcast episodes
+ Deep South Details podcast
Annie and Chris mention: + The Popcast
+ Serial
+ This American Life
+ Reply All
Dara's book recommendations:
+ Under the Hood
+ Good to Great and the Social Sector