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 bundle! Each month, we offer a Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie?s three favorite books she read that month.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (type ?Episode 470? into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie's March Reading Recap Bundle - $68

James by Percival Everett

Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel

Ladies' Lunch by Lore Segal

Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley Granite Harbor by Peter Nichols (releases April 30) Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel James by Percival Everett Happily Never After by Lynn Painter Mostly What God Does by Savannah Guthrie They Can?t Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraquib The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center (releases June 11) Ladies? Lunch by Lore Segal

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, the 103rd Annual Rose Show and Festival here in Thomasville, Georgia. Held in historic Downtown Thomasville, the Rose Show & Festival is sponsored by the City of Thomasville and has been a southwest Georgia tradition since 1922. Enjoy rose and flower shows, live music, an artisan market, an antique car show, a parade and fantastic shopping and dining in Downtown Thomasville. This year?s 103rd annual event is April 26-27. Plan your visit at thomasvillega.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 listening to Worry by Alexandra Tanner.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, 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 (type ?Episode 469? into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Shop our March Madness merch in the store or online here.

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros vs. Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett vs. Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano vs. Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus vs. Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan

Kinfolk by Sean Dietrich vs. The Peach Seed by Anita Gail Jones

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver vs. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

Happy Place by Emily Henry vs. Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan

I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai vs. Faking Christmas by Kerry Winfrey

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, the 103rd Annual Rose Show and Festival here in Thomasville, Georgia. Held in historic Downtown Thomasville, the Rose Show & Festival is sponsored by the City of Thomasville and has been a southwest Georgia tradition since 1922. Enjoy rose and flower shows, live music, an artisan market, an antique car show, a parade and fantastic shopping and dining in Downtown Thomasville. This year?s 103rd annual event is April 26-27. Plan your visit at thomasvillega.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 They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib. Jordan is reading The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is chatting with her mom, Susie, about books for readers with PG-13 tastes. 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 (type ?Episode 468? into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan Fragile Designs by Colleen Coble Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink The Last Verse by Caroline Frost (releases 3/5) Notes from the Porch by Thomas Christopher Greene The Great Divide by Cristina Henriquez (releases 3/5) Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (release 3/19)

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, the 103rd Annual Rose Show and Festival here in Thomasville, Georgia. Held in historic Downtown Thomasville, the Rose Show & Festival is sponsored by the City of Thomasville and has been a southwest Georgia tradition since 1922. Enjoy rose and flower shows, live music, an artisan market, an antique car show, a parade and fantastic shopping and dining in Downtown Thomasville. This year?s 103rd annual event is April 26-27. Plan your visit at thomasvillega.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 Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson.  Susie is reading The Wonderful World of James Herriot by James Herriot.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s another New Release Rundown! Annie and Erin 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 (type ?Episode 467? into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie's books:

How to Walk into a Room by Emily P. Freeman (releases 3/12)

Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson (releases 3/12)

There?s Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib (releases 3/26) 

Erin's books:

Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera (out now)

The Great Divide by Cristina Henriquez (out now)

Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (releases 3/19)

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, the 103rd Annual Rose Show and Festival here in Thomasville, Georgia. Held in historic Downtown Thomasville, the Rose Show & Festival is sponsored by the City of Thomasville and has been a southwest Georgia tradition since 1922. Enjoy rose and flower shows, live music, an artisan market, an antique car show, a parade and fantastic shopping and dining in Downtown Thomasville. This year?s 103rd annual event is April 26-27. Plan your visit at thomasvillega.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 listening to The Amen Effect by Sharon Brous. Erin is reading Table for Two by Amor Towles.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

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

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (type ?Episode 466? into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie's February Reading Recap Bundle - $68

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Good Material by Dolly Alderton

The Best of Everything by Rona Jaffe

All books mentioned in this episode:

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Good Material by Dolly Alderton

Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez (releases 3/5)

The Best of Everything by Rona Jaffe

Real Americans by Rachel Khong (releases 4/30)

Colton Gentry?s Third Act by Jeff Zentner (releases 4/30)

Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley

Mostly What God Does by Savannah Guthrie

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading to Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley.

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

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

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

This week on From the Front Porch, we have a new episode series: 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, visit our website (type ?Episode 465? into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode) or or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

The Ensemble by Aja Gabel

The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer Astonish Me by Maggie Shipstead (unavailable to order) The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach Musical Chairs by Amy Poeppel Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

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

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

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

This week, Annie is listening to Interesting Facts about Space by Emily Austin.

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

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

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

This week on From the Front Porch, 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 (type ?Episode 464? into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie is reading:

The Rise of The Accidentally Permissive Parent by Elizabeth Passarella (an essay on The Cut)

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Ashley is reading:

Come & Get It by Kiley Reid

Annie is listening to:

Come & Get It by Kiley Reid

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James.  Ashley is reading Come & Get It by Kiley Reid.

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

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

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

This week on From the Front Porch, we have a new series: Annie Recommends! In this series, Annie curates a stack of books in a certain genre or criteria for you ? just as if you walked into our brick-and-mortar store, The Bookshelf. Sometimes, you just want a good book list. This month, in honor of February and Valentine?s Day, Annie recommends a short list of her favorite romcoms and romances.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (type ?Episode 463? into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Betting on You by Lynn Painter

Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu

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

Love Buzz by Neeli Tubati Alexander

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading So Fetch: The Making of Mean Girls by Jennifer Keishin Armstong.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s another New Release Rundown! Annie, Olivia, and Erin are sharing the February 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 (type ?Episode 462? into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie's books

Dixon, Descending by Karen Outen (releases 2/6)

Leaving by Roxana Robinson (releases 2/13)

Grief is for People by Sloane Crosley (releases 2/27)

Olivia's books

Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra (releases 2/6)

The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown (releases 2/13)

The Framed Women of Ardemore House by Brandy Schillace (releases 2/13)

Erin's books

The Women by Kristin Hannah (releases 2/6)

My Side of the River by Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez (releases 2/13)

The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo (releases 2/13)

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Come & Get It by Kiley Reid. Olivia is reading The Framed Women of Ardemore House by Brandy Schillace. Erin is also reading The Framed Women of Ardemore House by Brandy Schillace.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

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

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (type ?Episode 461? into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

January Reading Recap Bundle - $78

Mother, Nature by Jedidiah Jenkins

Family Family by Laurie Frankel

Come & Get It by Kiley Reid

All books mentioned in this episode:

Mother, Nature by Jedidiah Jenkins

Dixon, Descending by Karen Outen

Family Family by Laurie Frankel

Grief is for People by Sloane Crosley

Come & Get It by Kiley Reid

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Homestead by Melinda Moustakis.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, we have a new episode series: 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, visit our website (type ?Episode 460? into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode) or or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Frances and Bernard by Carlene Bauer

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

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff Fire Sermon by Jamie Quatro (unavailable to order) Dear Regina by Flannery O'Connor Gilead by Marilynne Robinson Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

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

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found 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 in a Millennial by Kate 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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie shines the spotlight on her favorite unsung books of 2023. While these books may not all be five-star reads, they deserve more airtime than they got last year. Did these books fly under your radar, too?

Do you want to go to our next Reader Retreat, happening on March 22-24? Now is a great time to follow The Bookshelf on Instagram here so you can access tickets when they?re released to the public on Tuesday, January 16. We hope to see you and your reading buddies there! Learn more about Reader Retreat here and follow us on Instagram here.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website (type ?Episode 459? into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode) or or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

My Husband by Maud Ventura

The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring

The Three of Us by Ore Agbaje-Williams

This Is Salvaged by Vauhini Vara

Kill Show by Daniel Sweren-Becker

The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill

Roaming by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki

The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman

Hestia Strikes a Match by Christine Grillo

If We?re Being Honest by Cat Shook

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Colton Gentry?s Third Act by Jeff Zentner.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

Happy New Year! This week on From the Front Porch, it?s another New Release Rundown! Annie, Olivia, and Erin are sharing the October releases they?re excited about to help you build your TBR. What better way to start the year than with new books?

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, visit our website (type ?Episode 458? into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode) or or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie's books:

Mercury by Amy Jo Burns (out now)

Anna O by Matthew Blake (out now)

Black Liturgies by Cole Arthur Riley (releases 1/16)

Olivia's books:

Everyone on This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson (releases 1/30)

The Fury by Alex Michaelides (releases 1/16)

Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook (releases 1/16)

Erin's books

Invisible Woman by Katia Lief (releases 1/9)

The Ladies Rewrite the Rules by Suzanne Allain (releases 1/9)

Old Crimes by Jill McCorkle (releases 1/9)

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Among the Bros by Max Marshall. Olivia is reading The Five Impossible Tasks of Eden Smith by Tom Llewellyn. Erin is reading Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, The Bookshelf staff share their favorite books of 2023!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website (type ?Episode 457? into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode) or or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Olivia's favorite:

The Widely Unknown Myth of Apple and Dorothy by Corey Ann Haydu

Erin's favorite:

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Kyndall's favorite:

Happy Place by Emily Henry

Felicia's favorite:

The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin

Michelle's favorite:

You Are My Sunshine by Sean Dietrich

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Mercury by Amy Jo Burns.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

Merry Christmas, friends! Today 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.

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

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

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 Faking Christmas by Kerry Winfrey.

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

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

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

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter (@shelfbyshelf) discuss their top 10 favorite books of 2023.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website (type ?Episode 455? into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode) or or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie's 2023 favorites:

1. In Memoriam by Alice Wynn 2. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett 3. Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano 4. The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff 5. How to Stay Married by Harrison Scott Key 6. Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward 7. All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore 8. Shark Heart by Emily Habeck 9. Monsters by Claire Dederer 10. Congratulations! The Best Is Over! by R. Eric Thomas

Hunter's 2023 favorites:

1. The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff 2. The Bee Sting by Paul Murray 3. The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue 4. In Memoriam by Alice Winn 5. The Guest by Emma Cline 6. Monsters by Claire Dederer 7. Holler, Child by Latoya Watkins 8. Brother and Sister Enter the Forest by Richard Mirabella 9. Land of Milk and Honey by C. Pam Zhang 10. Congratulations! The Best is Over! by R. Eric Thomas

To purchase Annie and Hunter?s mid-year favorite books referenced in this episode, visit our website (type ?Episode 430? into the search bar and tap enter to find those books) or or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app.

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading God Speaks Through Wombs by Drew Jackson. Hunter is reading The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

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

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website (type ?Episode 454? into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Flight by Lynn Steger Strong Wintering by Katherine May The Year of Living Danishly by Helen Russell (unavailable to order)

Joy Enough by Sarah McColl (unavailable to order) Beartown by Frederick Backman Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund (unavailable to order) Tinkers by Paul Harding Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout Backwater by Joan Bauer (unavailable to order) Landline by Rainbow Rowell The Family Game by Catherine Steadman The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson Christmas Presents by Lisa Unger The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett

?The Night Before Christmas? by Clement C. Moore ?Santaland Diaries? by David Sedaris (featured in Holidays on Ice) ?A Christmas Story? by Walter Dean Myers (145th Street) (unavailable to order) God Speaks Through Wombs by Drew Jackson Miracle on 10th Street by Madeleine L?Engle (unavailable to order) Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Why Christmas Trees Aren?t Perfect by Richard Schneider The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson

The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan

Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan New Girl in Little Cove by Dahmnait Monaghan Faking Christmas by Kerry Winfrey Holiday Romance by Catherine Walsh Kissing Kosher by Jean Meltzer Christmas by the Book by Anne Marie Ryan Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan Shepherds Abiding by Jan Karon (unavailable to order)

Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews

84, Charing Cross Road by Helen Hanff Love & Saffron by Kim Fay The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy Perestroika in Paris by Jane Smiley (unavailable to order) Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva (unavailable to order)

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in October. 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 three favorite books she read that month.

November Reading Recap Bundle - $59

The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring (paperback)

Today Tonight Forever by Madeline Kay Sneed (hardcover)

Faking Christmas by Kerry Winfrey (paperback)

Get your bundle here.

You can get the books mentioned in this episode on our website (type ?Episode 453? into the search bar and tap enter to easily find the books mentioned in this episode):

The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring

The River by Peter Heller

Play for Me by Libby Hubscher

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

Romney: A Reckoning by McKay Coppins

The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan

Faking Christmas by Kerry Winfrey

Today Tonight Forever by Madeline Kay Sneed

Begin Again by Helly Acton (releases 4/2/24)

Columbine by Dave Cullen

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Mercury by Amy Jo Burns (releases 1/2/24).

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

Happy Thanksgiving! We?re so grateful for you. This week on From the Front Porch, we have a special treat: a recording of our live show from The Bookshelf?s September Reader Retreat! In this episode, Annie, Hunter, and Ashley are joined by extra-special guest Annabel Monaghan, our Reader Retreat featured author, to do a snake draft of their favorite fall things. Enjoy!

To purchase or preorder Annabel Monaghan?s books, stop by the store or visit our website:

Nora Goes Off Script

Same Time Next Summer

Summer Romance (releases June 4, 2024)

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Fall is a wonderful time to see Thomasville, Georgia!  If it?s time to hit the road for a quick getaway, we?re exactly what you?re looking for! You can rekindle your spark, explore historical sites, indulge in dining out, shop at amazing independent stores, and finally relax and unwind. There?s no better getaway than Thomasville!  Whether you live close by or are passing through, we hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia ? it?s worth the trip! Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.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 at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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

This week, Annie is reading When in Rome by Sarah Adams.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s another installment of Bookmarked with Annie & Hunter! In Bookmarked episodes, Annie and Hunter read or re-read an award-winning book that came out several years prior. This time on Bookmarked, they?re discussing Empire Falls by Richard Russo. You can purchase your copy here.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website (type ?Episode 451? into the search bar and tap enter to easily find the books mentioned in this episode):

Empire Falls by Richard Russo

Tinkers by Paul Harding

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Fall is a wonderful time to see Thomasville, Georgia!  If it?s time to hit the road for a quick getaway, we?re exactly what you?re looking for! You can rekindle your spark, explore historical sites, indulge in dining out, shop at amazing independent stores, and finally relax and unwind. There?s no better getaway than Thomasville!  Whether you live close by or are passing through, we hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia ? it?s worth the trip! Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.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 at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Dolls of Our Lives by Mary Mahoney and Allison Horrocks. Hunter is reading Hawk Mountain by Conner Habib.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, you get a sneak peek at our super-popular Conquer a Classic book club for Patreon supporters! Today's episode is an excerpt from one of Annie and Hunter's Patreon-exclusive discussions about Bleak House, our Conquer a Classic book of 2023.

Do you want to Conquer a Classic with us in 2024? Now is the perfect time to join Patreon and read along with our bookish community from across the globe. Join Patreon to unlock exclusive episodes where Annie and Hunter discuss Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, our Conquer a Classic pick for 2024! We'll read this 20th-century American western together over the next year starting in January.

If already own Lonesome Dove, you can access the reading tracker for free as a Patreon member, or purchase a digital PDF download here.

To conquer Lonesome Dove with us in 2024, follow these three steps: 1. Join our Patreon community at the $5, $20, or $50 levels here. 2. Stop by the store, call us at (229) 228-7767, or order your copy of Lonesome Dove online here. Your purchase includes an exclusive reading tracker and Conquer a Classic sticker. 3. Start reading and discussing this American western with us in January 2024!

We can?t wait to Conquer a Classic with you and readers from across the world!

In other news, friend of The Bookshelf Sean Dietrich (aka Sean of the South) is returning to Thomasville Center for the Arts on Thursday, November 30 for a book launch, performance, and book signing! We?re thrilled to partner with this terrific Southern author, storyteller, and musician to launch his heartwarming new novel, Kinfolk, releasing on Tuesday, November 14! Tap below to get tickets to his performance and preorder Kinfolk.

Kinfolk by Sean Dietrich - Signed Copy

Kinfolk by Sean Dietrich

Tickets to the Sean Dietrich event

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Fall is a wonderful time to see Thomasville, Georgia!  If it?s time to hit the road for a quick getaway, we?re exactly what you?re looking for! You can rekindle your spark, explore historical sites, indulge in dining out, shop at amazing independent stores, and finally relax and unwind. There?s no better getaway than Thomasville!  Whether you live close by or are passing through, we hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia ? it?s worth the trip! Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.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 at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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

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

This week, Annie is reading The Fury by Alex Michaelides.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s another New Release Rundown! Annie 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!

Are you ready to get in the holiday spirit? Cross everyone off your holiday shopping list at The Bookshelf?s super-popular virtual holiday events! Tickets are $15. Each event takes place online via Zoom. If you can?t join us live, you?ll have access to a recording after the event. Get your tickets to the virtual events here:

Adult Holiday Literary First Look ticket ? You?ll find the perfect books to give everyone on your holiday shopping list: from your hard-to-buy-for dad, to your best friend who?s read everything, to your mother-in-law. Whether you?re shopping for friends and fam or a treat for you, Annie has tried-and-true recommendations!

Kid's Holiday Literary First Look ticket ? You?ll find the perfect books to give the kids in your life this holiday season at our virtual Holiday Literary First Look for kids! From board book readers to middle-grade readers, our resident kids? lit expert, Olivia, has tried-and-true recommendations. Plus, you?ll get first dibs on our Countdown to Christmas kids? picture book bundles!

Holiday Market ticket ? You?ll find unique, bookish gifts items for everyone on your holiday shopping list at our virtual Holiday Market! Annie will walk you through the delightful gift items she selected with you and yours in mind. Plus, you?ll get first dibs our Bookshelf Advent Calendar for adults!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website (type ?Episode 449? into the search bar and tap enter to easily find the books mentioned in this episode):

Annie's books:

The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan (releases 11/7)

Dolls of Our Lives by Mary Mahoney and Allison Horrocks (releases 11/7)

The Last Love Note by Emma Grey (releases 11/28)

Olivia's books:

15 Secrets to Survival by Natalie D. Richards (releases 11/7) 

The Professor by Lauren Nossett (releases 11/14)

The Other Half by Charlotte Vassell (releases 11/21)

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Fall is a wonderful time to see Thomasville, Georgia!  If it?s time to hit the road for a quick getaway, we?re exactly what you?re looking for! You can rekindle your spark, explore historical sites, indulge in dining out, shop at amazing independent stores, and finally relax and unwind. There?s no better getaway than Thomasville!  Whether you live close by or are passing through, we hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia ? it?s worth the trip! Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.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 at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Play for Me by Libby Hubscher. Olivia is reading Masters of Death by Olivie Blake.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in October. 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 three favorite books she read that month. Get your bundle here.

You can get the books mentioned in this episode on our website (type ?Episode 448? into the search bar and tap enter to easily find the books mentioned in this episode):

Cross everyone off your holiday shopping list at The Bookshelf?s super-popular virtual holiday literary previews, plus our Holiday Market for bookish gift items! Tickets are $15. Each event takes place online via Zoom. If you can?t join us live, you?ll have access to a recording after the event. Get your tickets to the virtual events here:

Adult Holiday Literary First Look ticket ? Annie will walk you through the best books to give to everyone on your list: from your hard-to-buy-for dad, to your best friend who?s read everything, to your mother-in-law.

Kid's Holiday Literary First Look ticket ? Olivia will walk you through the best books to give the young readers in your life, from board book readers to middle grade readers. Plus, you?ll get an exclusive sneak-peek at our Countdown to Christmas kids picture book bundles!

Holiday Market ticket ? Annie will walk you through the delightful, bookish gift items The Bookshelf has in store this season. Plus, you?ll get an exclusive sneak-peek at our Bookshelf Advent Calendar for adults!

Annie's October Reading Recap Bundle - $47

Empire Falls by Richard Russo (paperback)

My Roommate is a Vampire by Jenna Levine (paperback)

Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke (paperback)

The Last Love Note by Emma Grey (releases 11/28/23)

Heirloom Rooms by Erin Napier

Empire Falls by Richard Russo

My Roommate Is a Vampire by Jenna Levine

Leaving by Roxana Robinson (releases 2/13/24)

Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Fall is a wonderful time to see Thomasville, Georgia!  If it?s time to hit the road for a quick getaway, we?re exactly what you?re looking for! You can rekindle your spark, explore historical sites, indulge in dining out, shop at amazing independent stores, and finally relax and unwind. There?s no better getaway than Thomasville!  Whether you live close by or are passing through, we hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia ? it?s worth the trip! Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.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 at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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

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

This week, Annie is reading A Very Inconvenient Scandal by Jacquelyn Mitchard.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

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

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website (type ?Episode 447? into the search bar and tap enter to easily find the books mentioned in this episode):

Thrush Green by Miss Read Mrs. Porter Calling by AJ Pearce What If It?s Wonderful by Nicole Zasowski Dear Mrs. Bird by AJ Pearce Yours Cheerfully by AJ Pearce The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok Faking Christmas by Kerry Winfrey How to Pray by C.S. Lewis Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Fall is a wonderful time to see Thomasville, Georgia!  If it?s time to hit the road for a quick getaway, we?re exactly what you?re looking for! You can rekindle your spark, explore historical sites, indulge in dining out, shop at amazing independent stores, and finally relax and unwind. There?s no better getaway than Thomasville!  Whether you live close by or are passing through, we hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia ? it?s worth the trip! Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.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 at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Empire Falls by Richard Russo. Olivia is reading The Professor by Lauren Nossett. Keila is reading Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie, Olivia, and Packaging/Shelf Subscription Coordinator Keila create Spooky Book Flights! Book flights are a stack of three books curated around a certain theme or topic. Today, they?re choosing books with eerie vibes to help you celebrate the season.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website (you can type ?episode 446? into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode):

Annie's Spooky Book Flight - $83.98

Kill Show by Daniel Sweren-Becker

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon

Olivia's Spooky Book Flight - $75.98

Dead Water by C.A. Fletcher

Cold People by Tom Rob Smith

Mister Magic by Kiersten White

Keila's Spooky Book Flight - $74.00

The September House by Carissa Orlando

A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand

My Roommate is a Vampire by Jenna Levine

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Fall is a wonderful time to see Thomasville, Georgia!  If it?s time to hit the road for a quick getaway, we?re exactly what you?re looking for! You can rekindle your spark, explore historical sites, indulge in dining out, shop at amazing independent stores, and finally relax and unwind. There?s no better getaway than Thomasville!  Whether you live close by or are passing through, we hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia ? it?s worth the trip! Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.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 at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Empire Falls by Richard Russo. Olivia is reading The Professor by Lauren Nossett. Keila is reading Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s another New Release Rundown! Annie, Olivia, and Erin are sharing 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, visit our website (type ?Episode 441? and tap enter into the search bar to easily find the books mentioned in this episode):

Annie's books:

Hell If We Don't Change Our Ways by Brittany Means

Heirloom Rooms by Erin Napier

Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward (10/24)

Olivia's books:

The Bell in the Fog by Lev AC Rosen (10/10)

Distant Sons by Tim Johnston (10/17)

Juniper?s Christmas by Eoin Colfer (10/31)

Erin's books:

The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young (10/17)

The Berry Pickers by Alison Peters (10/31)

Absolution by Alice McDermott (10/31)

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Fall is a wonderful time to see Thomasville, Georgia!  If it?s time to hit the road for a quick getaway, we?re exactly what you?re looking for! You can rekindle your spark, explore historical sites, indulge in dining out, shop at amazing independent stores, and finally relax and unwind. There?s no better getaway than Thomasville!  Whether you live close by or are passing through, we hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia ? it?s worth the trip! Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.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 at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Penance by Eliza Clark. Olivia is reading Forever Twelve by Stacy McAnulty. Erin is reading The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

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

You can get the books mentioned in this episode on our website (type ?Episode 444? into the search bar to easily find the books mentioned in this episode):

Happiness Falls by Angie Kim

Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

You, Again by Kate Goldbeck

My Husband by Maud Ventura

Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang

You?re Not Listening by Kate Murphy  

Annie's September Reading Recap Bundle - $59

Happiness Falls by Angie Kim

You, Again by Kate Goldbeck

You're Not Listening by Kate Murphy

For more information on One Book Thomas County, please visit their website here. Get your $10 ticket to the interactive talk with author Kate Murphy here. The talk, featuring our very own Annie B. Jones, will take place at the Thomas County Board of Education Auditorium on Thursday, September 28 at 7 p.m.

You don?t have to read Kate?s book, You?re Not Listening: What You?re Missing and Why It Matters, before the talk to gain deep insight and practical tools for listening that you can use in your community leadership, work, and relationships. Annie and other community leaders will discuss the power of listening with Kate, and you'll have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss. Get your tickets here.

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Hell If We Don?t Change Our Ways by Brittany Means.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, 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, visit our website:

For more information on One Book Thomas County, please visit their website here. Get your $10 ticket to the interactive talk with author Kate Murphy here. The talk, featuring our very own Annie B. Jones, will take place at the Thomas County Board of Education Auditorium on Thursday, September 28 at 7 p.m.

You don?t have to read Kate?s book, You?re Not Listening: What You?re Missing and Why It Matters, before the talk to gain deep insight and practical tools for listening that you can use in your community leadership, work, and relationships. Annie and other community leaders will discuss the power of listening with Kate, and you'll have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss. Get your tickets here.

Annie is reading:

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

Distant Sons by Tim Johnston

Ashley is reading:

The Gulf by Rachel Cochran Paper Names by Susie Luo

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Happiness Falls by Angie Kim. Erin is reading The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, you?ll hear from Annie, Erin, Olivia, Shop Mom, Nancy, and Shop Dad as they celebrate 7 years of Shelf Subscriptions! Erin is here to give you a behind-the-scenes look at the history of Shelf Subscriptions and what makes them special. We want to say a heartfelt thank you to our loyal, lovely Shelf Subscribers!

Click here to purchase a Shelf Subscription!

Click here to purchase the Bookshelf bandana!

Purchase One Book Thomas County?s community read here: You're Not Listening by Kate Murphy

Annie's favorite past Shelf Sub picks:

Fire Sermon by Jamie Quatro (unavailable to order)

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

Erin's favorite past Shelf Sub picks:

Congratulations, The Best is Over by R. Eric Thomas

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

Now is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson

Nora Goes Off Script 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 at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Happiness Falls by Angie Kim. Erin is reading The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s another New Release Rundown! Annie and Olivia are sharing the September 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, visit our website (type ?Episode 441? into the search bar to easily find the books mentioned in this episode):

Annie's books:

Happiness Falls by Angie Kim

How Far to the Promised Land by Esau McCauley (9/12) 

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff (9/12) 

This Is Salvaged by Vauhini Vara (9/26)

Olivia's books:

Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon (9/5)

The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall by Ali Standish (9/12)

Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter (9/19)

The Widely Unknown Myth of Apple & Dorothy by Corey Ann Haydu (9/19)

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in August. As always, we?re offering a Reading Recap Bundle, which features Annie?s three favorite books she read this past month. You automatically get 10% off your books when you order your Reading Recap Bundle here!

You can get the books mentioned in this episode on our website (type ?Episode 440? into the search bar to easily find the books mentioned in this episode):

Annie's August Reading Recap Bundle - $66.00

We Are Too Many by Hannah Pittard

No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister

Small Admissions by Amy Poeppel

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

The Wedding People by Alison Espach (releases May 2024, not yet available for preorder)

Small Admissions by Amy Poeppel 

The Only One Left by Riley Sager

Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

We Are Too Many by Hannah Pittard

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister 

For more information on One Book Thomas County, please visit their website here. In September, The Bookshelf is partnering with the Thomas County Library to re-launch our area One Book program. For 10 years, the Thomas County Library has hosted South Georgia?s first (and only!) One Book program, where our entire community reads the same book together and celebrates that book with a variety of literary events.

This year, we?re reading You?re Not Listening: What You?re Missing and Why It Matters by Kate Murphy, and our celebration of Murphy?s book will culminate in a visit from the author at the Thomas County Board of Education auditorium on Thursday, September 28 at 7 p.m. Tickets are just $10 and can be found in-store at The Bookshelf or online at www.onebookthomascounty.org.

You have plenty of time to get tickets and to read You?re Not Listening along with us! Grab your copy at The Bookshelf here, the library, or read along with us from far away by snagging a copy at your own local indie.

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, bookseller Kyndall joins Annie and Olivia for Back to School Book Flights! They?re talking about book flights: a stack of three books curated around a certain theme or topic. Today, they?re choosing books with back-to-school vibes.

Ready to talk fall books? Join us online or in the store for our fall literary previews! Purchase a ticket for our online Fall Literary First Look here. Purchase a ticket for our in-store Fall Literary Lunch here.

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

Annie's Back to School Book Flight

Stealing by Margaret Verble

Dear Regina by Flannery O'Connor

The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li

Olivia's Back to School Book Flight

Property of the Rebel Librarian by Allison Varnes Absolutely, Positively Natty by Lisa Greenwald Rewind by Lisa Graff

Kyndall's Back to School Book Flight

What Happens After Midnight by K.L. Walther

They Wish They Were Us by Jessica Goodman

Again But Better by Christine Riccio

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Wedding People by Alison Espach (not yet available for preorder, releases in 2024). Olivia is reading Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis. Kyndall is reading Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s another episode of From The Bookshelf Files! In this episode series, Annie and The Bookshelf?s Community & Public Relations Liaison, as well as the visionary responsible for the concept of the "From The Bookshelf Files" podcast series, Felicia Dilbert, talk about the ups and downs of running a small business. Today, it?s all about what it looks like to approach life and business from the heart.

If you have a business-related question you?d like Annie and Felicia to explore in a future episode of From The Bookshelf Files, please email Felicia here.

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

Email Felicia to schedule a chat about heart-centered leadership at [email protected]

Felicia Dilbert is the author of Beautiful Healing, Volume 1-Seven Love Letters for the Truth Seeker?s Soul, and The Beautiful Healing Journal. You can purchase both books from The Bookshelf, in the store or online:

Beautiful Healing, Vol. 1 

The Beautiful Healing Journal  

Find leadership lessons Felicia refers to from Marshall Ochs, Pastor of Red Hills Church click here.

To learn more about Annie?s Business Coach, Emily Freeman, click here.

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 Holy Unhappiness by Amanda Held Opelt. Felicia is reading Here for It by R. Eric Thomas.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, a familiar series gets a fresh new name! Backlist Book Club was where Annie and Hunter read or re-read an award-winning book that came out several years prior. Now, it?s called Bookmarked with Annie and Hunter! This time on Bookmarked, they?re discussing Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. You can purchase your copy here.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website (type ?Episode 437? into the search bar to easily find the books mentioned in this episode):

Annie and Hunter?s selection for the next episode of Bookmarked is: Train Dreams by Denis Johnson

Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri (releases October 10th, 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 at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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

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

This week, Annie is reading to Lazy City by Rachel Connolly (releases October 3rd, 2023). Hunter is reading This Other Eden by Paul Harding.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s another New Release Rundown! Annie, Olivia, and Erin are sharing 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, you can enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website (type ?Episode 436? into the search bar to easily find the books mentioned in this episode):

Annie's books:

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

The Peach Seed by Anita Gail Jones

Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo

Holler, Child by LaToya Watkins (releases 8/29)

Olivia's books:

Mister Magic by Kiersten White (releases 8/8) Whalefall by Daniel Kraus (releases 8/8) Rewind by Lisa Graff (releases 8/22) The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass (releases 8/29)

Erin's books:

The Connellys of County Down by Tracey Lange

Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride (releases 8/8) The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins (releases 8/15)

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

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

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

This week, Annie is listening to Social Engagement by Avery Carpenter Forrey. Olivia is reading Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon. Erin is reading Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

Today on From the Front Porch, we have a special bonus episode for you! Annie is joined by Ellen Rodgers Daniels, the Executive Director of the Mississippi Book Festival, to chat about planning this literary lawn party.

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

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

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

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. 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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in July. As always, we?re offering a Reading Recap Bundle, which features Annie?s three favorite books she read this past month. You automatically get 10% off your books when you order your Reading Recap Bundle here!

You can get the books mentioned in this episode on our website (type ?Episode 435? into the search bar to easily find the books mentioned in this episode):

The Summer of Broken Rules by K.L. Walther

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

This Is Salvaged by Vauhini Vara (releases 9/26)

Kill Show by Daniel Sweren-Becker (releases 10/3)

Once More with Feeling by Elissa Sussman

Social Engagement by Avery Carpenter Forrey

The July Reading Recap Bundle ($64) includes:

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

The Summer of Broken Rules by K.L. Walther

Social Engagement by Avery Carpenter Forrey

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

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

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

This week, Annie is listening to The Only One Left by Riley Sager.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Summer is a wonderful time to see Thomasville, Georgia!  If it?s time to hit the road for a quick getaway, we?re exactly what you?re looking for! You can rekindle your spark, explore historical sites, indulge in dining out, shop at amazing independent stores, and finally relax and unwind. There?s no better getaway than Thomasville!  Whether you live close by or are passing through, we hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia ? it?s worth the trip! Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com.

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

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website (type ?Episode 434? into the search bar to easily find the books mentioned in this episode):

Monsters by Claire Dederer

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez

Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli

Upstream: Selected Essays by Mary Oliver

At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon (unavailable to purchase)

Ordinary Light by Tracy K. Smith (audiobook) (paperback)

Life in Five Senses by Gretchen Rubin (audiobook) (hardcover)

Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson's Creek by Thea Glassman (audiobook) (hardcover)

The Celebrants by Steven Rowley (audiobook) (hardcover)

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center (audiobook) (paperback)

Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum (audiobook) (hardcover)

Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter (audiobook) (paperback)

Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes (audiobook) (hardcover)

I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai (audiobook) (hardcover)

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 

Dear Regina by Flannery O'Connor

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

11/22/63 by Stephen King

Memorial Drive by Natasha Tretheway

Life and Other Love Songs by Anissa Gray

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Houston

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Bloomability by Sharon Creech (unavailable to purchase)

The Watsons Go To Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Jaws by Peter Benchley

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Directions to Myself by Heidi Julavits.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Summer is a wonderful time to see Thomasville, Georgia!  If it?s time to hit the road for a quick getaway, we?re exactly what you?re looking for! You can rekindle your spark, explore historical sites, indulge in dining out, shop at amazing independent stores, and finally relax and unwind. There?s no better getaway than Thomasville!  Whether you live close by or are passing through, we hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia ? it?s worth the trip! Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com.

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

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website (type ?Episode 433? into the search bar to easily find the books mentioned in this episode):

Save What?s Left by Elizabeth Castallano

When in Rome by Liam Callanan

The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman

Home to Harmony by Philip Gulley

Summer Stage by Meg Mitchell Moore

Following Jesus by Henri Nouwen

All the Days of Summer by Nancy Thayer

Life in Five Senses by Gretchen Rubin 

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Dear Regina: Flannery O'Connor's Letters from Iowa edited by Monica Carol Miller. Susie is reading All the Days of Summer by Nancy Thayer.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Summer is a wonderful time to see Thomasville, Georgia!  If it?s time to hit the road for a quick getaway, we?re exactly what you?re looking for! You can rekindle your spark, explore historical sites, indulge in dining out, shop at amazing independent stores, and finally relax and unwind. There?s no better getaway than Thomasville!  Whether you live close by or are passing through, we hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia ? it?s worth the trip! Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com.

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

When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, you can enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website (type ?Episode 432? into the search bar to easily find the books mentioned in this episode):

Annie's books:

Sunshine Nails by Mai Nguyen Pete and Alice in Maine by Caitlin Shetterly Excavations by Kate Myers A Lady?s Guide to Scandal by Sophie Irwin (7/11) Hello Stranger by Katherine Center (7/11)

Olivia's books:

The Housekeepers by Alex Hay Wolfsong by TJ Klune Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle by Taryn Souders (7/11) Cutting Teeth by Chandler Baker (7/18) Mrs. Plansky?s Revenge by Spencer Quinn (7/25)

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Freaks, Gleeks, & Dawson?s Creek by Thea Glassman. Olivia is reading Cutting Teeth by Chandler Baker.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Summer is a wonderful time to see Thomasville, Georgia!  If it?s time to hit the road for a quick getaway, we?re exactly what you?re looking for! You can rekindle your spark, explore historical sites, indulge in dining out, shop at amazing independent stores, and finally relax and unwind. There?s no better getaway than Thomasville!  Whether you live close by or are passing through, we hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia ? it?s worth the trip! Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in June. As always, we?re offering a Reading Recap Bundle, which features Annie?s three favorite books she read this past month. You automatically get 10% off your books when you order your Reading Recap Bundle!

You can get the books mentioned in this episode on our website (type ?Episode 431? into the search bar to easily find the books mentioned in this episode):

The June Reading Recap Bundle ($66) includes:

Life in Five Senses by Gretchen Rubin

Talking at Night by Claire Deverly

Ordinary Light by Tracy K. Smith

All books mentioned in this episode:

A Lady?s Guide to Scandal by Sophie Irwin (releases 7/11)

The Whispers by Ashley Audrain

Hello Stranger by Katherine Center (releases 7/11)

How Far to the Promised Land by Esau McCaulley (releases 9/12)

Freaks, Gleeks, & Dawson?s Creek by Thea Glassman   

Life in Five Senses by Gretchen Rubin

Talking at Night by Claire Deverley

Ordinary Light: A Memoir by Tracy K. Smith

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Hedge by Jane Delury.

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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O?Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Summer is a wonderful time to see Thomasville, Georgia!  If it?s time to hit the road for a quick getaway, we?re exactly what you?re looking for! You can rekindle your spark, explore historical sites, indulge in dining out, shop at amazing independent stores, and finally relax and unwind. There?s no better getaway than Thomasville!  Whether you live close by or are passing through, we hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia ? it?s worth the trip! Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is joined by friend and frequent co-host Hunter for a mid-year reading check-in and to chat all about their favorite books of 2023 so far.

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

Annie:

First five-star read: Games and Rituals by Katherine Heiny Most surprising: The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill Least favorite: When in Rome by Liam Callanan or Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld Next on your TBR: Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry / Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Most anticipated release: Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward / Family Meal by Bryan Washington

Annie?s Top Ten: 1. In Memoriam by Alice Winn 2. Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano 3. Stealing by Margaret Verble 4. All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore 5. How to Stay Married by Harrison Scott Key 6. Monsters by Claire Dederer 7. Paper Names by Susie Luo 8. Congratulations, the Best Is Over by R. Eric Thomas 9. If We?re Being Honest by Cat Shook 10. How Far to the Promised Land by Esau McCauley

Hunter:

First five-star read: Big Swiss by Jen Beagin Most surprising: Brother and Sister Enter the Forest by Richard Mirabella Least favorite: I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai / The Dog of the North by Elizabeth McKenzie Next on your TBR: The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff Most anticipated release for fall: The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff / Family Meal by Bryan Washington

Hunter?s Top Ten:

1. Big Swiss by Jen Beagin 2. August Blue by Deborah Levy 3. Monsters by Claire Dederer 4. The People Who Report More Stress by Alejandro Varela 5. My Last Innocent Year by Daisy Albert Florin 6. The New Life by Tom Crewe 7. Your Driver is Waiting by Priya Guns 8. The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff 9. Witness by Jamel Brinkley 10. In Memoriam by Alice Wynn

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Talking at Night by Claire Deverly. Hunter is reading Rouge by Mona Awad.

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

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

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

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Summer is a wonderful time to see Thomasville, Georgia!  If it?s time to hit the road for a quick getaway, we?re exactly what you?re looking for! You can rekindle your spark, explore historical sites, indulge in dining out, shop at amazing independent stores, and finally relax and unwind. There?s no better getaway than Thomasville!  Whether you live close by or are passing through, we hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia ? it?s worth the trip! Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com.

This week on From the Front Porch, we have a special treat for you: a recording of our live show from our summer Reader Retreat this past weekend! In this episode, Annie, Hunter, and Ashley are joined by extra-special guests and authors Kerry Winfrey and R. Eric Thomas to do a snake draft of their favorite romcom tropes. Silliness and hilarity ensues. Enjoy!

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

Preorder Kerry Winfrey?s new book, Faking Christmas. (Releases September 26)

Preorder R. Eric Thomas? new book, Congratulations, The Best is Over! (Releases August 8)

If you?re interested in attending a future Reader Retreat, the best way to get tickets is to join our Patreon community. The Bookshelf?s podcast, From the Front Porch, has a bookish Patreon community you can join for $5, $20, or $50 a month. Our Patreon supporters are the first to access tickets, which sell fast! Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch to join and stay tuned for our next Reader Retreat dates.

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

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

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

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

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

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Summer is a wonderful time to see Thomasville, Georgia!  If it?s time to hit the road for a quick getaway, we?re exactly what you?re looking for! You can rekindle your spark, explore historical sites, indulge in dining out, shop at amazing independent stores, and finally relax and unwind. There?s no better getaway than Thomasville!  Whether you live close by or are passing through, we hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia ? it?s worth the trip! Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com.

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, visit our website:

Annie's books:

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

Monsters by Claire Dederer (Libro.fm)

Ashley's books:

Pomegranate by Helen Elaine Lee

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading The Celebrants by Steven Rowley. Ashley is reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

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

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

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

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Summer is a wonderful time to see Thomasville, Georgia!  If it?s time to hit the road for a quick getaway, we?re exactly what you?re looking for! You can rekindle your spark, explore historical sites, indulge in dining out, shop at amazing independent stores, and finally relax and unwind. There?s no better getaway than Thomasville!  Whether you live close by or are passing through, we hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia ? it?s worth the trip! Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s another New Release Rundown! Annie, Olivia, and Erin 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, you can enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order!

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

Annie's books:

Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan (6/6)

Everything's Fine by Cecilia Rabess (6/6)

Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me by Aisha Harris (6/13)

The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman (6/13) 

Olivia's books: 

All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby (6/6)

Puzzle Master by Danielle Trussoni (6/13)

102 Days of Lying About Lauren by Maura Jortner (6/20)

Lay Your Body Down by Amy Suiter Clarke (6/27)

Erin's books: 

How to Stay Married by Harrison Scott Key (6/13)

You Were Always Mine by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza (6/13)

Never Give Up by Tom Brokaw (6/13) 

Nightbloom by Peace Adzo Medie (6/13)  

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Excavations by Kate Myers. Olivia is reading Light Comes to Shadow Mountain by Toni Buzzeo. Erin is reading You Were Always Mine by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza.

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

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

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

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Summer is a wonderful time to see Thomasville, Georgia!  If it?s time to hit the road for a quick getaway, we?re exactly what you?re looking for! You can rekindle your spark, explore historical sites, indulge in dining out, shop at amazing independent stores, and finally relax and unwind. There?s no better getaway than Thomasville!  Whether you live close by or are passing through, we hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia ? it?s worth the trip! Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in May. As always, we?re offering a Reading Recap Bundle, which features Annie?s three favorite books she read this past month. You automatically get 10% off your books when you order your Reading Recap Bundle!

You can get the books mentioned in this episode on our website (type ?Episode 426? into the search bar to easily find the books mentioned in this episode):

The May Reading Recap Bundle ($55) includes:

Better Than the Movies

Monsters

Life Council

Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter

Kala by Colin Walsh (Releases July 25)

Monsters by Claire Dederer

Excavations by Kate Myer (Releases July 4)

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll (Releases October 3)

The Life Council by Laura Tremaine

The Celebrants by Steven Rowley (Releases May 30)

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Kala by Colin Walsh. Olivia is reading Lay Your Body Down by Amy Suiter Clarke.

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

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

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

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Summer is a wonderful time to see Thomasville, Georgia!  If it?s time to hit the road for a quick getaway, we?re exactly what you?re looking for! You can rekindle your spark, explore historical sites, indulge in dining out, shop at amazing independent stores, and finally relax and unwind. There?s no better getaway than Thomasville!  Whether you live close by or are passing through, we hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia ? it?s worth the trip! Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com.

This week on From the Front Porch Annie and Bookshelf floor manager Olivia are discussing beach read book flights: the perfect literary pairings to take to the beach this summer.

To get your beach read book flights, visit our website:

The Rom-Com Flight, $42

Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter

Love Buzz by Neely Tubati-Alexander

The Layover by Lacie Waldon   

The Thrills & Chills Flight, $67

Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian

The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker

Three by D.A. Mishani

The Things to Ponder Flight, $69

The Teachers by Alexandra Robbins

Monsters by Claire Dederer

The Life Council by Laura Tremaine  

The Just a Touch of Murder Flight, $56

Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge

The Maid by Nita Prose

Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen  

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Kala by Colin Walsh. Olivia is reading Lay Your Body Down by Amy Suiter Clarke.

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

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

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

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s another episode of From The Bookshelf Files! In this episode series, Annie and The Bookshelf?s community and public relations liaison, as well as the visionary responsible for the concept of the "From the Bookshelf Files" podcast series, Felicia Dilbert Today, it?s all about ideas and creativity in small business. If you have a business-related question you?d like to ask Annie to explore in a future episode of From The Bookshelf Files, please Annie at [email protected]

Discover new details about Annie's delightful journey as the owner of The Bookshelf in the feature article "A Reader's Delight" published in Southwest Georgia Living Magazine here.

Felicia Dilbert is the author of Beautiful Healing, Volume 1-Seven Love Letters for the Truth Seeker?s Soul, and The Beautiful Healing Journal. You can purchase both books from The Bookshelf, in the store or online:

Beautiful Healing, Vol. 1 

The Beautiful Healing Journal 

What does creativity mean to you? To learn more about Felicia?s Creativity Playshop mentioned in today's podcast, email her at [email protected]

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Sunshine Nails by Mai Nguyen. Felicia is reading Feeding The Soul by Tabitha Brown.

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

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

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

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

Don?t forget, if you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, you can enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order.

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

Annie's books

Super Bloom by Megan Tady (May 2) Love Buzz by Neely Tubati-Alexander (May 2) Paper Names by Susie Luo (May 2) Late Bloomers by Deepa Varadarajan (May 2) Big Gay Wedding by Byron Lane (May 30)

Olivia's books

 The Ferryman by Justin Cronin (May 2) Absolutely, Positively Natty (May 9) Sing Her Down by Ivy Pochoda (May 23) No Perfect Places by Steven Salvatore (May 30) Drowning by TJ Newman (May 30)

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

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

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

This week, Annie is reading Pieces of Blue by Holly Goldberg Sloan (out 5/9). Olivia is reading The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. Schmidt (out 5/23).

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

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

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

Happy Indie Bookstore Day! To thank you for listening and supporting The Bookshelf, we have a special treat for you: a recording of our live show from our February Reader Retreat! In this episode, Annie and Hunter chat about the books they wish their favorite authors would write. Ashley joins them to ask them the New York Times? By the Book questions.

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

I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai

Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

A Place for Us by Fatima Fahreen Mirza

The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Swamplandia by Karen Russell

One More Thing by B.J. Novak (unavailable to order)

Holes by Louis Sachar

The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (unavailable to order)

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

What books are on your nightstand?

Annie:

This Day by Wendell Berry

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The World-Ending Fire by Wendell Berry (unavailable to order)

Hunter:

History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund (unavailable to order)

Edinburgh by Alexander Chee

Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon (unavailable to order)

What's the last great book you read?

Annie:

Stealing by Margaret Verble

Hunter:

A Frozen Woman by Annie Ernaux

What's your favorite book no one has heard of?

Annie:

Frances and Bernard by Carlene Bauer

Hunter:

Monkeys by Susan Minot (unavailable to order)

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

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

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

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

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

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