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Episode 363 || I’ll Read What She’s Reading
10 maart 2022 · 51 min
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. Lees meer
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/fromthefr…
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Episode 362 || March New Release Rundown
3 maart 2022 · 54 min
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! Lees meer
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…
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Episode 361 || February Reading Recap
24 februari 2022 · 49 min
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. Lees meer
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 audiobook…
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Episode 360 || Winter Kids’ Table
17 februari 2022 · 46 min
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. Lees meer
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 …
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359 || February New Release Rundown
10 februari 2022 · 50 min
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! Lees meer
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…
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Episode 358 || January Reading Recap
3 februari 2022 · 45 min
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. Lees meer
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’ an…
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Episode 357 || Reading Resolutions 2022
27 januari 2022 · 38 min
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. Lees meer
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 …
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Episode 356 || Interview with Christine Pride & Jo Piazza
20 januari 2022 · 41 min
This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is interviewing Christine Pride and Jo Piazza, the authors of We Are Not Like Them. Lees meer
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:…
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Episode 355 || Best of Literary Therapy
13 januari 2022 · 40 min
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. Lees meer
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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Episode 354 || Surviving the Pandemic
6 januari 2022 · 38 min
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. Lees meer
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 a…
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Episode 353 || Thank You
30 december 2021 · 22 min
This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is saying thank you. Lees meer
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 …
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Episode 352 || December Reading Recap
23 december 2021 · 44 min
In today’s episode of From the Front Porch, Annie is talking about the books she read in December. Lees meer
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 com…
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Episode 351 || Holiday Kids‘ Table
16 december 2021 · 52 min
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. Lees meer
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 Thomasvil…
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Episode 350 || Literary Therapy, Vol. 12
9 december 2021 · 44 min
Welcome to From the Front Porch! Annie is back to answer more of your literary dilemmas in another episode of Literary Therapy. Lees meer
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…
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Bonus: Dressember with RuthAnn Deveney
7 december 2021 · 39 min
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. Lees meer
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 o…
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Episode 349 || Best Books of the Year
2 december 2021 · 1 uur 1 min
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. Lees meer
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 b…
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Episode 348 || November Reading Recap
25 november 2021 · 49 min
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. Lees meer
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 clos…
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Episode 347 || Books You Might Have Missed
18 november 2021 · 50 min
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. Lees meer
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 tr…
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Episode 346 || Literary Therapy, Vol. 11
11 november 2021 · 51 min
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. Lees meer
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 b…
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Episode 345 || November New Release Rundown
4 november 2021 · 54 min
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! Lees meer
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 con…
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Episode 344 || October Reading Recap
28 oktober 2021 · 57 min
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. Lees meer
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, …
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Episode 343 || Literary Therapy, Vol. 10
21 oktober 2021 · 48 min
This week Annie is back to answer listeners' literary conundrums in round ten of Literary Therapy. Lees meer
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, …
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Episode 342 || Pandemic Reading
14 oktober 2021 · 49 min
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. Lees meer
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 boo…
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Episode 341 || October New Release Rundown
7 oktober 2021 · 51 min
In this week’s episode, Annie talks with Olivia and Lucy about the new releases you don’t want to miss this month! Lees meer
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.…
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Episode 340 || September Reading Recap
30 september 2021 · 43 min
In this week’s episode, Annie talks about all the books she read in September. Lees meer
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.
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Episode 339 || Casting Call, Vol. 5
23 september 2021 · 33 min
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. Lees meer
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.
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Episode 338 || Kids Table Fall
16 september 2021 · 53 min
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. Lees meer
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.
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Episode 337 || Literary Therapy, Vol. 9
9 september 2021 · 52 min
This week Annie is back to answer listeners' literary questions and dilemmas in round nine of Literary Therapy. Lees meer
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.
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Episode 336 || September New Release Rundown
2 september 2021 · 51 min
In this week’s episode, Annie talks with Olivia and Lucy about the new releases you don’t want to miss this month Lees meer
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 leavin…
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Episode 335 || August Reading Recap
26 augustus 2021 · 55 min
In this week’s episode, Annie talks about the books she read in August. Lees meer
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.
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Episode 334 || Books Kids Actually Want to Read, Vol. 2
19 augustus 2021 · 19 min
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. Lees meer
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.
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Episode 333 || Literary Therapy, Vol. 8
12 augustus 2021 · 36 min
This week Annie is back to answer listeners' literary conundrums in round eight of Literary Therapy. Lees meer
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 …
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332 || August New Release Roundup
5 augustus 2021 · 39 min
The Bookshelf’s store manager, Olivia and Lucy join Annie this week to share their August new release rundowns. Lees meer
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.
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331 || July Reading Recap
29 juli 2021 · 46 min
In this week’s episode, Annie recaps her July reads. Lees meer
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.
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330 || So You Watched Ted Lasso
22 juli 2021 · 34 min
Listen in this week as Annie and guest, cousin and Bookshelf Community Manager, Ashley Sherlock discuss all things Ted Lasso. Lees meer
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…
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329 || Jane Austen Revisited
15 juli 2021 · 42 min
This week Annie is joined by friend, Bookstagrammer (@shelfbyshelf) and frequent co-host, Hunter McLendon to talk all things Jane Austen! Lees meer
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.
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328 || What Would Susie Read?, Vol. 3
8 juli 2021 · 40 min
This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is joined by her mom, Susie to discuss books for sensitive readers. Lees meer
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…
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327 || June Reading Recap
1 juli 2021 · 42 min
This week Annie recaps her June reads. Lees meer
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.
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326 || Best Books of the Year... So Far
24 juni 2021 · 49 min
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. Lees meer
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 Tue…
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325 || Reading to Understand with Sharon Says So
17 juni 2021 · 1 uur
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.. Lees meer
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.
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324 || The Kids‘ Table: Summer
10 juni 2021 · 44 min
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. Lees meer
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 …
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323 || Nostalgia Reading
3 juni 2021 · 48 min
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. Lees meer
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 you…
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322 || May Reading Recap
27 mei 2021 · 40 min
This week Annie recaps her May reads. Lees meer
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.
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321 || Literary Therapy, Vol. 7
20 mei 2021 · 53 min
This week Annie is answering listeners' literary conundrums in this episode of Literary Therapy. Lees meer
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 t…
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320 || Faith Books, Part Deux
13 mei 2021 · 43 min
This week Annie is joined by friend and bookstagrammer (@shelfbyshelf) Hunter McLendon to discuss faith books. Lees meer
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.
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319 || April Reading Recap
6 mei 2021 · 47 min
This week Annie recaps and reviews her April reads. Lees meer
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.
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318 || Casting Call, Vol. 4
29 april 2021 · 43 min
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. Lees meer
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.
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317 || Indie Bookstore Day
22 april 2021 · 48 min
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. Lees meer
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.
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316 || The Kids‘ Table: Spring
15 april 2021 · 48 min
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. Lees meer
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 As…
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315 || The Power of Poetry
8 april 2021 · 30 min
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. Lees meer
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
Some of Andre’s other favorite poets:
William Wordsworth
Gwendolyn Brooks
Langston Hughes
Walter Wintle
Edgar Guest (Sermons We See )
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 Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid Just As I Am by Cicely Tyson.
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.