Happy New Year! This week on From the Front Porch, Annie chats about the unsung books you may not have heard about in 2025.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 562) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Lightbreakers by Aja Gabel

Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood

Before I Forget by Tory Henwood Hoen

The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley

So Far Gone by Jess Walter

Among Friends by Hal Ebbott

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 Land in Winter by Andrew Miller.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie reads the New York Sun reporter Francis P. Church?s timeless response to eight-year-old Virginia O?Hanlon?s question: ?Is there a Santa Claus?? Read the letter from 1897 and learn about its history 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 and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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

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

This week, Annie is reading A Bit Much by Lyndsay Rush.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter discuss their top 10 favorite books of 2025!

Annie 1. A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar 2. The Correspondent by Virginia Evans 3. Flashlight by Susan Choi 4. Tilt by Emma Pattee 5. The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett 6. Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li 7. Memorial Days by Geradine Brooks 8. Buckeye by Patrick Ryan 9. Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo 10. Awake by Jen Hatmaker

Hunter 1. Audition by Katie Kitamura 2. Flashlight by Susan Choi 3. Ordinary Time by Annie B. Jones 4. Lightbreakers by Aja Gabel 5. Minor Black Figures by Brandon Taylor 6. A Guardian and a Thief by  Megha Majumdar 7. Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett 8. Middle Spoon by Alejandro Varela 9. The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett 10. Alligator Tears by Edgar Gomez

Annie - July picks 1. Tilt by Emma Pattee 2. Flashlight by Susan Choi 3. The Correspondent by Virginia Evans 4. Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li 5. Show Don?t Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld 6. Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks 7. Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green 8. The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett 9. Lucky Night by Eliza Kennedy 10. Playworld by Adam Ross Hunter - July picks 1. Audition by Katie Kitamura 2. Ordinary Time by Annie B Jones 3. Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett 4. Alligator Tears by Edgar Gomez 5. Among Friends by Hal Ebbott 6. The Wilderness by Angela Flourney 7. Open, Heaven by Sean Hewitt 8. The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett 9. Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico 10. Exit Zero by Marie-Helene Bertino

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 Grace and Henry?s Holiday Movie Marathon. Hunter is reading Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, The Bookshelf staff share their favorite books of 2025!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 559) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Olivia: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

Erin: Life, & Death, & Giants by Ron Rindo

Keila: Water Moon by Samantha Soto Yambao

Kyndall: Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley

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 and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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

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

This week, Annie is reading A Beautiful Year by Diana Butler Bass.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s an episode of Annie Recommends! In this series, Annie curates a stack of books in a certain genre or theme for you ? just as if you walked into our brick-and-mortar store, The Bookshelf. This month, Annie recommends her favorite holiday reads.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 558) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

A Home for the Holidays by Taylor Hahn

Before I Forget by Tory Henwood Hoen

Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah by Jean Meltzer

Faking Christmas by Kerry Winfrey

Grace and Henry?s Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman

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 and Facebook, 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 Lightbreakers by Aja Gabel.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in August. You get 10% off your books when you order your November Reading Recap bundle. Each month, we offer a Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie?s favorite books she read that month.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 557), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

November Reading Recap Bundle

This bundle includes

Wreck by Catherine Newman (hardcover)

The Land of Sweet Forever by Harper Lee (hardcover)

Grace and Henry?s Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman (paperback) (currently backordered)

The Midnight Show by Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne 

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

Wreck by Catherine Newman

 How to Survive in the Woods by Kat Rosenfield

The Land of Sweet Forever by Harper Lee

Grace and Henry?s Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman

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 and Facebook, 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 Upward Bound by Woody Brown.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, we announce our Conquer a Classic book club selection for 2026! We?re excited to announce A Year With Flannery ? a communal exploration of Georgia author Flannery O?Connor?s short stories (and novels). Listen to learn how to join our From the Front Porch Patreon Conquer a Classic book club (you?ll also find details below).

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 556) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

From the Front Porch Patreon

Conquer a Classic 2026 Collection

The Complete Stories by Flannery O?Connor

Conquer a Classic 2026 Bundle

This bundle includes

The Complete Stories

The Violent Bear it Away

Wise Blood

Mystery & Manners: Occasional Prose

Now is the perfect time to join the From the Front Porch Patreon community and our Conquer a Classic Book Club. One perk of being a Patreon member is being a part of our super-popular, year-long Conquer a Classic book club! Each year, Annie and Hunter select a classic book and read it with our Patreon community over the course of the year. 

Our Conquer a Classic book club begins in January 2026. Your Conquer a Classic orders ship by Friday, December 12. 

Join our Conquer a Classic book club: 

Step 1. Join the Patreon here. You?ll unlock bonus episodes of the podcast where Annie and Hunter discuss Flannery?s works, plus discussion forums with other Conquer a Classic book club members.

Step 2. Buy your copy of THE COMPLETE STORIES or your Conquer a Classic bundle here. Your order will include an exclusive reading guide and bookmark. Your order will ship by Friday, December 12.

On Patreon, you can choose from two different tiers to join our Conquer a Classic book club: 

For $5/month, you get: 

Monthly Conquer a Classic recap episodes with Annie and Hunter for THE COMPLETE STORIES

Monthly Porch Visits on Zoom with Annie

For $20/month, you get: 

Monthly Conquer a Classic recap episodes with Annie and Hunter for THE COMPLETE STORIES

Monthly Porch Visits on Zoom with Annie

Quarterly book club conversations about O?Connor?s books: WISE BLOOD, THE VIOLENT BEAR IT AWAY, and MYSTERY AND MANNERS

Biannual movie recap episodes with Annie and Hunter: FLANNERY (2019) and WILDCAT (2023)

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 and Facebook, 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 Midnight Show by Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s an episode of Annie Recommends! In this series, Annie curates a stack of books in a certain genre or theme for you ? just as if you walked into our brick-and-mortar store, The Bookshelf. This month, Annie recommends a short list of her favorite nonfiction reads.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 555) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Cherished Belonging by Gregory Boyle

Awake by Jen Hatmaker

Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li

Bone Valley by Gilbert King

Blessings and Disasters by Alexis Okeowo

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 and Facebook, 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 Midnight Show by Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s another New Release Rundown! Annie, Erin, and Olivia share the November releases they?re excited about to help you build your TBR. When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 554) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

How About Now by Kate Baer

Like Family by Erin O. White

Lightbreakers by Aja Gabel

With Friends Like These by Alissa Lee

The Sunshine Man by Emma Stonex

59 Minutes by Holly Seddon

Helm by Sarah Hall

The Tortoise?s Tale by Kendra Coulter

Family of Spies by Christine Kuehn

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 and Facebook, 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 Journey Towards Morning by Victoria Safford. Olivia is reading The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown. Erin is reading The Tortoise?s Tale by Kendra Coulter.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in August. You get 10% off your books when you order your October Reading Recap bundle. Each month, we offer a Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie?s favorite books she read that month.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 553), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar

The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O?Neill

Often I Am Happy by Jens Christian Grondahl - unavailable on ingram

Fake Skating by Lynn Painter

More Than Enough by Anna Quindlen

Cherry Baby by Rainbow Rowell

Bone Valley by Gilbert King

October Reading Recap bundle

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

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

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

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, we have a special treat: a recording of our live show from The Bookshelf?s October Reader Retreat! In this episode, Annie, Hunter, and Ashley are joined by extra-special author guest Amy Poeppel, our Reader Retreat featured author, to do a snake draft of literary and pop culture homes. Enjoy!

To purchase Amy?s books, stop by the store or visit our website:

Far and Away

The Sweet Spot

Small Admissions

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Discover Thomasville. Gracefully tucked within the storied Red Hills of South Georgia, Thomasville curates a distinguished Downtown experience that meanders along several blocks of our iconic red brick streets. Here, bespoke boutiques, master craftsmen, coveted antique art purveyors, and celebrated culinary artisans converge in harmony with the cultural richness of the Pebble Hill Plantation art tour and the tranquil allure of Birdsong Nature Center. Here, you Discover the Soul of the South. Here, you Discover Thomasville. Learn more by visiting thomasvillega.com/news.

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 and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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

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

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

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

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 551) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Kristi's voicemail:

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout

Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring

Empire Falls by Richard Russo The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand The Fortunate Ones by Ed Tarkington (unavailable to order) My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson (unavailable to order) Like Family by Erin O. White (releases 11/4) The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff We Loved to Run by Stephanie Reents The Headmaster by John McPhee (unavailable to order) Old Lovegood Girls by Gail Godwin (unavailable to order)

Courtney's voicemail:

The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker The Nature of Disappearing by Kimi Cunningham Grant

These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera The Professor by Lauren Nossett (unavailable to order)

The Resemblance by Lauren Nossett (unavailable to order) Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn Dominion by Addie E. Citchens

Molly's voicemail:

Buckeye by Patrick Ryan The Likeness by Tana French Table for Two by Amor Towles Play for Me by Libby Hubscher Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell

Christine's voicemail:

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy Heartwood by Amity Gaige Fox by Joyce Carol Oates Penitence by Kristen Koval Knife River by Justine Champine Granite Harbor by Peter Nichols

Matt's voicemail:

Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino Heart the Lover by Lily King Playworld by Adam Ross Among Friends by Hal Ebbott Dinosaurs by Lydia Milett Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney Flashlight by Susan Choi

Alana's voicemail:

Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett

The Sweet Spot by Amy Poeppel The Misfortune of Marion Palm by Emilie Culliton (unavailable to order) Far and Away by Amy Poeppel My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite The Big Finish by Brooke Fossey (unavailable to order) The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett Less by Andrew Sean Greer

Margo?s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

Ana's voicemail:

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty Macdonald The Midnight Post and the Postbox Clock by Sarah Dean (unavailable to order) Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman All the Best Dogs by Emily Jenkins Charlotte?s Web by E.B. White

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Discover Thomasville. Gracefully tucked within the storied Red Hills of South Georgia, Thomasville curates a distinguished Downtown experience that meanders along several blocks of our iconic red brick streets. Here, bespoke boutiques, master craftsmen, coveted antique art purveyors, and celebrated culinary artisans converge in harmony with the cultural richness of the Pebble Hill Plantation art tour and the tranquil allure of Birdsong Nature Center. Here, you Discover the Soul of the South. Here, you Discover Thomasville. Learn more by visiting thomasvillega.com/news.

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O'Neill.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s an episode of Annie Recommends! In this series, Annie curates a stack of books in a certain genre or theme for you ? just as if you walked into our brick-and-mortar store, The Bookshelf. This month, Annie recommends a short list of her favorite spooky reads.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 550) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Granite Harbor by Peter Nichols

Everyone is Lying to You by Jo Piazza

Strangers in the Car by C.M. Ewan (releases 11/4)

Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark (releases in paperback 10/14)

Your Favorite Scary Movie by Ashley Cullins

Fox by Joyce Carol Oates

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Discover Thomasville. Gracefully tucked within the storied Red Hills of South Georgia, Thomasville curates a distinguished Downtown experience that meanders along several blocks of our iconic red brick streets. Here, bespoke boutiques, master craftsmen, coveted antique art purveyors, and celebrated culinary artisans converge in harmony with the cultural richness of the Pebble Hill Plantation art tour and the tranquil allure of Birdsong Nature Center. Here, you Discover the Soul of the South. Here, you Discover Thomasville. Learn more by visiting thomasvillega.com/news.

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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

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

This week, Annie is listening to The Running Man by Stephen King.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s another New Release Rundown! Annie and Erin share the October releases they?re excited about to help you build your TBR. When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 549) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie's books:

A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar (10/14) Same: Poems by Hannah Rosenberg (10/21) Wreck by Catherine Newman (10/28)

Erin's books:

Bog Queen by Anna North (10/14) Pride and Pleasure by Amanda Vaill (10/21) The Devil is a Southpaw by Brandon Hobson (10/28)

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Discover Thomasville. Gracefully tucked within the storied Red Hills of South Georgia, Thomasville curates a distinguished Downtown experience that meanders along several blocks of our iconic red brick streets. Here, bespoke boutiques, master craftsmen, coveted antique art purveyors, and celebrated culinary artisans converge in harmony with the cultural richness of the Pebble Hill Plantation art tour and the tranquil allure of Birdsong Nature Center. Here, you Discover the Soul of the South. Here, you Discover Thomasville. Learn more by visiting thomasvillega.com/news.

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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

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

This week, Annie is reading A Guardian and A Thief by Megha Mujumdar.  Erin is listening to The Island of Last Things by Emma Sloley.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in August. You get 10% off your books when you order your September Reading Recap. Each month, we offer a Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie?s favorite books she read that month.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 548), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Your Favorite Scary Movie by Ashley Cullins

So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder (releases 2/17/26) Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino (releases 11/25/25)

Annie's September Reading Recap Bundle - $46

Your Favorite Scary Movie by Ashley Cullins

Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Discover Thomasville. Gracefully tucked within the storied Red Hills of South Georgia, Thomasville curates a distinguished Downtown experience that meanders along several blocks of our iconic red brick streets. Here, bespoke boutiques, master craftsmen, coveted antique art purveyors, and celebrated culinary artisans converge in harmony with the cultural richness of the Pebble Hill Plantation art tour and the tranquil allure of Birdsong Nature Center. Here, you Discover the Soul of the South. Here, you Discover Thomasville. Learn more by visiting thomasvillega.com/news.

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it's an episode of Off the Shelf with Annie & Ashley! Annie is joined by friend, cousin, and former colleague, Ashley Sherlock, to chat about what they?re reading ? but also what they?re watching, listening to, and buying.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 547) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie is reading:

The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand 28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand Summer of ?69 by Elin Hilderbrand Buckeye by Patrick Ryan

Ashley is reading:

The Will of the Many by James Islington The Griffin Sisters? Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner Palm Meridian by Grace Flahive

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Discover Thomasville. Gracefully tucked within the storied Red Hills of South Georgia, Thomasville curates a distinguished Downtown experience that meanders along several blocks of our iconic red brick streets. Here, bespoke boutiques, master craftsmen, coveted antique art purveyors, and celebrated culinary artisans converge in harmony with the cultural richness of the Pebble Hill Plantation art tour and the tranquil allure of Birdsong Nature Center. Here, you Discover the Soul of the South. Here, you Discover Thomasville. Learn more by visiting thomasvillega.com/news.

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 Wilderness by Angela Flournoy.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s a new episode of Into the Backlist! Today, Annie changes her focus from new releases to dive into the backlist: the books that came out years ago, the books that didn?t get enough attention, the books you may stumble upon while browsing in an indie bookstore like The Bookshelf.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 546) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

And the Sea Will Tell by Vincent Bugliosi

Annie would put this on the shelf with: A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst Sea Wife by Amity Gaige Defending Jacob by William Landay The Wager by David Grann The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O?Dell Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Island of the Lost by Joan Druett Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy The Net Beneath Us by Carol Dunbar In the Heart of the Sea by Nathan Philbrick Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton Jaws by Peter Benchley

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Discover Thomasville. Gracefully tucked within the storied Red Hills of South Georgia, Thomasville curates a distinguished Downtown experience that meanders along several blocks of our iconic red brick streets. Here, bespoke boutiques, master craftsmen, coveted antique art purveyors, and celebrated culinary artisans converge in harmony with the cultural richness of the Pebble Hill Plantation art tour and the tranquil allure of Birdsong Nature Center. Here, you Discover the Soul of the South. Here, you Discover Thomasville. Learn more by visiting thomasvillega.com/news.

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 Little Movements by Lauren Morrow.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s another New Release Rundown! Annie and Erin share the August releases they?re excited about to help you build your TBR. When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 545) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie's books:

Buckeye by Patrick Ryan (9/2) Little Movements by Lauren Morrow (9/9) The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham (9/16)

Erin's books:

To The Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage (9/2) At Last by Marisa Silver (9/2) The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey (9/16)

Fall Literary First Look tickets

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Discover Thomasville. Gracefully tucked within the storied Red Hills of South Georgia, Thomasville curates a distinguished Downtown experience that meanders along several blocks of our iconic red brick streets. Here, bespoke boutiques, master craftsmen, coveted antique art purveyors, and celebrated culinary artisans converge in harmony with the cultural richness of the Pebble Hill Plantation art tour and the tranquil allure of Birdsong Nature Center. Here, you Discover the Soul of the South. Here, you Discover Thomasville. Learn more by visiting thomasvillega.com/news.

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune. Erin is reading A Rather Peculiar Poisoning by Chrystal Schleyer.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in August. You get 10% off your books when you order your August Reading Recap. Each month, we offer a Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie?s favorite books she read that month.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 544), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

The Names by Florence Knapp 

The Most by Jessica Anthony 

The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham (releases 9/16)

A Rebellion of Care by David Gates

Three Days in June by Anne Tyler

Buckeye by Patrick Ryan (releases 9/2)

One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune

Fall Literary First Look Tickets

Annie's August Reading Recap Bundle - $59

The Most by Jessica Anthony

A Rebellion of Care by David Gates

Three Days in June by Anne Tyler

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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

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

This week, Annie is listening to Dominion by Addie E. Citchens.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, we have another episode of Summer Readings! In this series, Annie introduces you to one book you should read this summer by reading an excerpt (with permission from publishers).

Today, Annie reads poems from different poetry collections. Use code SUMMERREADINGS at checkout to get 10% off the books below.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 543) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

A Poem to Read Aloud Every Day of the Year by Liz Ison

A Bit Much by Lyndsay Rush 

And Yet: Poems by Kate Baer

How About Now: Poems by Kate Baer (releases November 4th)

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s another episode From the Archives! In this series, we?re sharing some of our favorite past episodes of the show while Annie is on maternity leave. Enjoy today?s episode about Annie?s favorite books of all time from 2023.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 542) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Libro.fm Bookshelf storefront

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

The Mothers by Brit Bennett

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

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

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Updated mentions since the podcast originally aired:

Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout

James by Percival Everett

Matrix by Lauren Groff

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 Eights by Joanna Miller.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, we have another episode of Summer Readings! In this series, Annie introduces you to one book you should read this summer by reading an excerpt (with permission from publishers).

Today, Annie reads a passage from Sophie Elmhirst?s book A Marriage at Sea. Use code SUMMERREADINGS at checkout to get 10% off A Marriage at Sea.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 541) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 Eights by Joanna Miller.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s another episode From the Archives! In this series, we?re sharing some of our favorite past episodes of the show while Annie is on maternity leave. Enjoy today?s episode about traveling through books.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 540) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Link to The Bookshelf's Libro.fm storefront

Morgan Page's Substack, In Residence

Morgan Page's podcast, That's The Spirit

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

Ordinary People by Diana Evans (unavailable for purchase)

L?Appart by David Leibovitz (unavailable for purchase)

The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard Morais

The Vacationers by Emma Straub

Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter (unavailable for purchase)

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

The Next Great Jane by KJ Going (unavailable for purchase)

Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

Tangerine by Christine Mangan (unavailable for purchase)

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Malloy (unavailable for purchase)

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 Names by Florence Knapp.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, we have another episode of Summer Readings! In this series, Annie introduces you to one book you should read this summer by reading an excerpt (with permission from publishers).

Today, Annie reads a passage from Leila Mottley?s new book The Girls Who Grew Big. Use code SUMMERREADINGS at checkout to get 10% off The Girls Who Grew Big and Nightcrawling this week.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 539) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley

Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 Secret History of the Rape Kit by Ragan Kennedy.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s another episode From the Archives! In this series, we?re sharing some of our favorite past episodes of the show while Annie is on maternity leave. Enjoy today?s episode from 2022 all about audiobooks with beloved guest and Annie?s husband, Jordan Jones, just in time for road trip season.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 538) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie's picks:

Anna K by Jenny Lee, narrated by Jenna Ushkowitz (Libro.fm link) Falling by TJ Newman, narrated by Steven Weber (Libro.fm link) Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman, narrated by Kristen Sieh (Libro.fm link) Going There by Katie Couric, narrated by Katie Couric (Libro.fm link) How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz, narrated by Kimberly Wetherell and Rossmery Almonte (Libro.fm link) Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett, narrated by Katie Schorr (Libro.fm link) River of the Gods by Candice Millard, narrated by Paul Michael (Libro.fm link) Taste by Stanley Tucci, narrated by Stanley Tucci (Libro.fm link) Upgrade by Blake Crouch, narrated by Henry Leyva (Libro.fm link)

The Wreckage of My Presence by Casey Wilson, narrated by Casey Wilson (Libro.fm link) You?ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar, narrated by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar (Libro.fm link)

Jordan's picks:

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, narrated by a full cast (Libro.fm link) The Fellowship of the Ring (Lord of the Rings #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien, narrated by Rob Inglis (Libro.fm link) The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky, narrated by a full cast (Libro.fm link) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon, narrated by Jeff Woodman (Libro.fm link) Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough, narrated by a full cast (Libro.fm link) Defending Jacob by William Landay, narrated by Grover Gardner (Libro.fm link) When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, with multiple narrators (Libro.fm link) Furious Hours by Casey Cep, narrated by Hillary Huber (Libro.fm link) Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri, narrated by Daniel Nayeri (Libro.fm link) Death Is But a Dream by Christopher Kerr, narrated by Fred Sanders (Libro.fm link) The Fourth Turning by William Strauss and Neil Howe, narrated by Tom Parks (Libro.fm link)

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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

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

This week, Annie is listening to The Griffin Sisters? Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner, narrated by Dakota Fanning (Libro.fm link).

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, we have a new episode series: Summer Readings! In this series, Annie introduces you to one book you should read this summer by reading an excerpt (with permission from publishers).

Today, Annie reads a passage from the delightful Annabel Monaghan?s new rom-com It?s a Love Story. Use code SUMMERREADINGS to get 10% off It's a Love Story and all of Annabel's backlist titles this week.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 537) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

It's A Love Story by Annabel Monaghan

Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan

Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan

Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 One Last Summer by Kate Spencer.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter discuss the best books of 2025 (so far)!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 536) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie's books:

First five-star read: Show Don?t Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld

Most surprising: Blessings and Disasters by Alexis Okeowo (releases August 5th) Least favorite: Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins Next on your TBR: The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley, The Names by Florence Knapp Most anticipated fall release: Same by Hannah Rosenberg (releases October 21st), Heart the Lover by Lily King (releases October 7th)

Annie's Top Ten (So Far): 1. Tilt by Emma Pattee 2. Flashlight by Susan Choi 3. The Correspondent by Virginia Evans 4. Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li 5. Show Don?t Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld 6. Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks 7. Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green 8. The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett 9. Lucky Night by Eliza Kennedy

10. Playworld by Adam Ross

Hunter's books:

First five-star read: Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett Most surprising: Exit Zero by Marie-Helene Bertino Least favorite: When The Harvest Comes by Denne Michele Norris Next on your TBR: Consider Yourself Kissed by Jessica Stanley

Hunter's Top Ten (So Far):

1 Audition by Katie Kitamura 2. Ordinary Time by Annie B. Jones 3. Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett 4. Alligator Tears by Edgar Gomez 5. Among Friends by Hal Ebbott 6. The Wilderness by Angela Flourney (releases September 16th) 7. Open Heaven by Sean Hewitt 8. The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett 9. Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico 10. Exit Zero by Marie-Helene Bertino

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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

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

This week, Annie is reading A Change of Habit by Sister Monica Clare. Hunter is reading The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is chatting with her mom, Susie, about books for readers with PG-13 tastes. You get 10% off the Susie-approved reads mentioned in this episode when you use code SHOPMOMSELECTS at checkout online and in-store!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 535), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis

The Summer of Songbirds by Kristy Woodson Harvey Moms on Call: Basic Baby Care by Laura Hunter and Jennifer Walker (unavailable to order) Beach House Rules by Kristy Woodson Harvey The Correspondent by Virginia Evans One Good Thing by Georgia Hunter Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan Varina Palladino?s Jersey Italian Love Story by Terri-Lynne DeFino

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 It's A Love Story by Annabel Monaghan.  Susie is reading Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

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

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 534) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie's books:

The Griffin Sisters? Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner Nine Lives by Dan Baum (unavailable to order)

Ashley's books:

Sandwich by Catherine Newman Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green The Wedding People by Alison Espach

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong.  Ashley is reading Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is joined by her actual dad and The Bookshelf?s Shop Dad, Chris! Annie and Chris chat about his reading life and some of his favorite books in honor of Father?s Day. These books are perfect for giving to your own dad or anyone who?s been there for you like a dad.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 533) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

The Garden Against Time by Olivia Laing

Agony Hill by Sarah Stewart Taylor Bandit Heaven by Tom Clarin Ordinary Time by Annie B. Jones To the Linksland by Michael Bamberger John Lewis by David Greenberg The Barn by Wright Thompson Munichs by David Peace My Friends by Fredrik Backman Taking Manhattan by Russell Shorto

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 We Loved to Run by Stephanie Reents.  Shop Dad Chris is reading The Man No One Believed by Joshua Sharpe.  

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s another New Release Rundown! Annie, Erin, and Olivia are sharing the June releases they?re excited about to help you build your TBR. When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 532) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie's books:

Flashlight  by Susan Choi (6/3) Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (6/3) Among Friends by Hal Ebbott (6/24)

Olivia's books:

The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark (6/3) King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby (6/10) The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick (6/17)

Erin's books:

A Family Matter by Claire Lynch (6/3) Kakigori Summer by Emily Itami (6/10) Welcome to Murder Week by Karen Dukess (6/10)

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 Audition by Katie Kitamura.  Olivia is reading The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls by Judith Rossell.  Erin is listening to Audition by Katie Kitamura.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in May. You get 10% off your books when you order your May Reading Recap. Each month, we offer a Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie?s favorite books she read that month.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 531), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins The Griffin Sisters? Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner Consider Yourself Kissed by Jessica Stanley

Annie's May Reading Recap Bundle - $83.00

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

The Griffin Sisters? Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner Consider Yourself Kissed by Jessica Stanley

Adult Summer Reading Postcard Pack

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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

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

This week, Annie is listening to A Change of Habit by Sister Monica Clare.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

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

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 530) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Melinda's voicemail:

Show Don?t Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King Games & Rituals by Katherine Heiny (unavailable to order) Heating & Cooling by Beth Ann Fennelly (unavailable to order) I Guess I Haven?t Learned That Yet by Shauna Niequist Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs by Heather Lende The Book of Delights by Ross Gay Here for It by R. Eric Thomas You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith

Jessica's voicemail:

Tim Johnston Stuart Turton Andy Weir Jeff Vandermeer Peng Shepherd Devolution by Max Brooks Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki The Ferryman by Justin Cronin The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch The Fold by Peter Clines (unavailable to order) How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe by Charles Yu Emily St. John Mandel

Hailey's voicemail:

The Women by Kristin Hannah The Last Love Note by Emma Grey Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill Brood by Jackie Polzin (unavailable to order) Forty Rooms by Olga Grushin (unavailable to order) The Wedding People by Alison Espach Shark Heart by Emily Habeck In Praise of Slowness by Carl Honore Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet

Talia's voicemail:

Lady MacBeth by Ava Reid

Hide by Kiersten White

Lucy, Undying by Kiersten White

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

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

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

This week, Annie is listening to Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, we have a special treat for you: a Conquer a Classic sneak peek! Conquer a Classic is the From the Front Porch Patreon?s year-long book club where Annie, Hunter, and our Patreon community tackle a classic novel together month by month.

Our pick for 2025 is the first modern novel: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. Today?s episode gives you a sneak peek of our Conquer a Classic bonus episodes on Patreon.

It?s not too late to join us! Here?s how to join our Conquer a Classic book club:

Buy your copy of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes.

Buy your downloadable reading guide here.

Join Patreon to unlock bonus episodes with Annie and Hunter.

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 Sleep by Honor Jones.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s another New Release Rundown! Annie, Erin, and Olivia are sharing the May releases they?re excited about to help you build your TBR. When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 528) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie's books:

Poetry is Not a Luxury by Anonymous (5/6)

My Friends by Fredrik Backman (5/6)

Sleep by Honor Jones (5/13)

Olivia's books:

Billions to Burn by Taylor Banks (5/6)

The Language of the Birds by K.A. Merson (5/13)

The Ascent by Allison Buccola (5/20)

Erin's books:

The Names by Florence Knapp (5/6)

Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson (5/13)

The Love Haters by Katherine Center (5/20)

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins.  Olivia is reading King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby.  Erin is listening to The Small and the Mighty by Sharon McMahon.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in April. You get 10% off your books when you order your April Reading Recap. Each month, we offer a Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie?s favorite books she read that month.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 527), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst (releases 7/8)

Flashlight by Susan Choi (releases 6/3) Heartwood by Amity Gaige Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li (releases 5/20) Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

April Reading Recap Pairing - $50

Heartwood by Amity Gaige

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 Expecting Better by Emily Oster.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, we?re celebrating the release of Annie B. Jones? debut book, Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put! Listen to today?s episode for a behind the scenes look at all things Ordinary Time.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 526), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put by Annie B. Jones (physical copy)

Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put by Annie B. Jones (audiobook)

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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

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

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, we have a treat for you: an Ordinary Time audiobook preview! Annie B. Jones? debut book, Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put, releases on Tuesday, April 22.

When you preorder a physical copy of Ordinary Time from The Bookshelf, you get the audiobook FREE courtesy of Libro.fm. Preorder a physical copy of Ordinary Time and receive a FREE code for the audiobook here.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 525), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put by Annie B. Jones (physical copy, FREE audiobook with purchase)

Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put by Annie B. Jones (audiobook only)

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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

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

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s another New Release Rundown! Annie, Erin, and Olivia are sharing the April releases they?re excited about to help you build your TBR. When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 524), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie's books:

Passion Project by London Sperry (4/8)

When the Harvest Comes by Denne Michele Norris (4/15)

Ordinary Time by Annie B. Jones (4/22)

Olivia's books:

Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake (4/1) Midnight in Soap Lake by Matthew Sullivan (4/15) The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner (4/29)

Erin's books:

A Change of Habit by Sister Monica Clare (4/29) The Amalfi Curse by Sarah Penner (4/29) The Eights by Joanna Miller (4/15)

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Annie is reading Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green.  Olivia is reading Candle Island by Lauren Wolk.  Erin is listening to Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in March. You get 10% off your books when you order your March Reading Recap. Each month, we offer a Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie?s favorite books she read that month.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 523), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks

Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (releases June 3rd)

Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall

Hot Air by Marcy Dermansky

Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson

The Tell by Amy Griffin

When the Harvest Comes by Denne Michele Norris (releases April 15th)

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

Annie's March Reading Recap Bundle - $75

Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks

Hot Air by Marcy Dermansky

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 Here: A Spirituality of Staying in a Culture of Leaving by Lydia Sohn.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

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

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 522), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

The Women by Kristin Hannah vs. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

A Fine Sight to See by Sophie Hudson vs. A Bit Much by Lyndsay Rush

Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten vs. The Small and the Mighty by Sharon McMahon

All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker vs. The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

The Kingdom of Quail by Harrison Strickland vs. The Ladies Rewrite the Rules by Suzanne Allain

James by Percival Everett vs. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

Funny Story by Emily Henry vs. Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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

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

This week, Annie is reading A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst.  Jordan is reading The Lost History of Christianity by Philip Jenkins.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, we have a special treat: a recording of our live show from The Bookshelf?s March Reader Retreat! In this episode, Annie, Hunter, and Ashley are joined by extra-special author guest Jeff Zentner, our Reader Retreat featured author, to do a snake draft of all things Southern: from literature to manners to food. Enjoy!

To purchase Jeff Zentner?s debut adult fiction book, stop by the store or visit our website:

Colton Gentry?s Third Act by Jeff Zentner

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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

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

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie chats with her mom, Susie, about books for readers with PG-13 tastes. You get 10% off the Susie-approved reads mentioned in this episode when you use code SHOPMOMSELECTS at checkout online and in-store!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search ?Episode 520?), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Susie?s Favorite Books

The Sunflower House by Adriana Allegri

Time of the Child by Niall Williams

Ordinary Time by Annie B. Jones

The Pumpkin Spice Cafe by Laurie Gilmore

Have More Fun by Mandy Arioto (unavailable to order)

The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry (releases 3/18)

Where the Rivers Merge by Mary Alice Munroe (releases 5/13)

What Happened to the McCrays? by Tracey Lange

A Separate Peace by John Knowles

The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall.  Susie is reading Beach House Rules by Kristy Woodson Harvey.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s another New Release Rundown! Annie, Erin, and Olivia are sharing the March releases they?re excited about to help you build your TBR. When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search ?Episode 519?), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie's books:

One Good Thing by Georgia Hunter (3/4)

The Antidote by Karen Russell (3/11)

Tilt by Emma Pattee (3/25)

Olivia's books:

The City of Lost Cats by Tanya Lloyd Kyi (3/4)

Once for Yes by Allie Millington (3/25)

The Other People by C.B. Everett (3/25)

Erin's books:

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (3/4)

Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley (3/11)

Early Thirties by Josh Duboff (3/18)

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley.  Olivia is reading This is Not A Game by Kelly Mullen.  Erin is listening to I've Got Questions by Erin Hicks Moon.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in February. You get 10% off your books when you order your February Reading Recap. Each month, we offer a Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie?s favorite books she read that month.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search ?Episode 518?), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

How to Sleep at Night by Elizabeth Harris

Tilt by Emma Pattee (releases 3/25/25)

The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett (releases 4/29/25)

Blessings and Disasters by Alexis Okeowo (releases 8/5/25)

Among Friends by Hal Ebbott (releases 6/24/25)

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (releases 3/4/25)

Annie's February Reading Recap Pairing - $52

How to Sleep at Night by Elizabeth Harris

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it's an episode of Off the Shelf with Annie & Ashley! Annie is joined by friend, cousin, and former colleague, Ashley Sherlock, to chat about what they?re reading ? but also what they?re watching, listening to, and buying.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search ?Episode 517?), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie is reading:

Tilt by Emma Pattee (releases March 25th)

The Favorites by Layne Fargo

Ashley is reading:

The Women by Kristin Hannah Playworld by Adam Ross Bark by Lorrie Moore

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 I've Got Questions by Erin H. Moon.  Ashley is reading The Magic of Knowing What You Want by Tracey Gee.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s an episode of Annie Recommends! In this series, Annie curates a stack of books in a certain genre or theme for you ? just as if you walked into our brick-and-mortar store, The Bookshelf. This month, Annie recommends a short list of her favorite rom-coms.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search ?Episode 516?) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell

Back After This by Linda Holmes (releases 2/25/25)

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan

Passion Project by London Sperry (releases 4/8/25)

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 How to Sleep at Night by Elizabeth Harris.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s another New Release Rundown! Annie, Erin, and Olivia are sharing the November releases they?re excited about to help you build your TBR. When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search ?Episode 515?), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie's books:

The Snowbirds by Christina Clancy (2/4)

We Would Never by Tova Mirvis (2/11)

Back After This by Linda Holmes (2/25)

Olivia's books:

The Bones Beneath My Skin by TJ Klune (2/4) You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego (2/11) The Enemy?s Daughter by Anne Blankman (2/18)

Erin's books:

The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict (2/11) The Strange Case of Jane O. by Karen Thompson Walker (2/25) Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister (2/25)

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 Isola by Allegra Goodman.  Olivia is reading The Enemy's Daughter by Anne Blankman.  Erin is reading Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in January. You get 10% off your books when you order your January Reading Recap Duo. Each month, we offer a Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie?s favorite books she read that month.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search ?Episode 514?), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

The Snowbirds by Christina Clancy (releases 2/4)

We Would Never by Tova Mirvis (releases 2/11)

Lucky Night by Eliza Kennedy (releases 3/25)

Playworld by Adam Ross

Back After This by Linda Holmes (releases 2/25)

Show Don?t Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld (releases 2/25)

Annie's January Reading Recap Duo - $52

The Snowbirds by Christina Clancy (releases 2/4)

Playworld by Adam Ross

**Please note your January Reading Recap Duo will ship after Tuesday, February 4, when The Snowbirds releases.

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s a new episode of Into the Backlist! Today, Annie changes her focus from new releases to dive into the backlist: the books that came out years ago, the books that didn?t get enough attention, the books you may stumble upon while browsing in an indie bookstore like The Bookshelf.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search ?Episode 513?) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Previous Into the Backlist Titles:

Frances & Bernard by Carlene Bauer

The Ensemble by Aja Gabel (unable to order)

The Mothers by Brit Bennett

Defending Jacob by William Landay

History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund

The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward Miracle Creek by Angie Kim Swamplandia! by Karen Russell (unavailable to order) Lay Your Body Down by Amy Suiter Clarke Stealing by Margaret Verble The Net Beneath Us by Carol Dunbar Bewilderment by Richard Powers Burial Rites by Hannah Kent Penitence by Kristin Koval (releases January 28th)

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 Snowbirds by Christina Clancy.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Jennifer Bannerton, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Susan Hulings, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, and Amanda Whigham.