From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

Welcome to From the Front Porch, a weekly conversational podcast on books, small business, and life in the South, produced by The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in Thomasville, Georgia.

  • 50 minutes 2 seconds
    Episode 498 || Annie Recommends: Campus Novels & Spooky Reads

    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 theme 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, Annie recommends her favorite campus/dark academia novels and spooky reads. Plus, she’s curated two book flights for you to make your fall reading easy: a Spooky Reads Book Flight and a Dark Academia Book Flight.

    To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search “Episode 498” to find the books mentioned in this episode), or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app:

    Campus Novels:

    We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper

    Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner

    The World Cannot Give by Tara Isabella Burton

    The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

    The Explanation for Everything by Lauren Grodstein

    Honorable Mentions:

    The Incendiaries by R. O. Kwon (unavailable to order)

    Play for Me by Libby Hubscher

    Spooky Reads:

    Someone in the Attic by Andrea Marra

    The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon

    What Happened to Nina by Dervla McTiernan

    Knife River by Justine Champine

    Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra

    Annie's Spooky Reads Book Flight - $134

    Annie's Dark Academia Book Flight - $89.95

    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 Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby van Pelt.

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

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

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

    10 October 2024, 11:36 am
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    Episode 497 || October New Release Rundown

    This week on From the Front Porch, it’s another New Release Rundown! Annie, Erin, and Olivia 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, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (type “Episode 497” into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode), or shop on The Bookshelf’s official app:

     

    Annie's books:

    Book of George by Kate Greathead (10/8)

    This is Even After Everything by Stephanie Duncan Smith (10/15)

    What I Ate in One Year by Stanley Tucci (10/15)

     

    Olivia's books:

    The Last Dragon on Mars by Scott Reintgen (10/1)
    And He Shall Appear by Kate van der Borgh (10/1)
    The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak (10/8)

     

    Erin's books:

    The Undercurrent by Sarah Sawyer (10/8)

    The President's Lawyer by Lawrence Robbins (10/8)

    Women's Hotel by Danielle M Lavery (10/15)

     

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

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

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

    This week, Annie is reading The X-Files: Perihelion by Claudia Gray. Olivia is reading The Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents by Nicki Pau Preto. Erin is reading The Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry.

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

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

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

    3 October 2024, 6:00 am
  • 48 minutes 34 seconds
    Episode 496 || September Reading Recap

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

    To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (type “Episode 496” 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:

    Colored Television by Danzy Senna
    The Undercurrent by Sarah Sawyer (releases 10/8)
    Life’s Short, Talk Fast edited by Ann Hood (releases 11/12)
    Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
    The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave
    Passion Project by London Sperry (releases 4/8/25)
    Crush by Ada Calhoun (releases 2/25/25)
    One Day I’ll Grow Up and Be a Beautiful Woman by Abi Maxwell
    Circle of Hope by Eliza Griswold

    Annie's September Reading Recap Bundle - $77

    Colored Television by Danzy Senna

    The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave

    One Day I’ll Grow Up and Be a Beautiful Woman by Abi Maxwell

    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 First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison.

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

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

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

    26 September 2024, 6:00 am
  • 59 minutes 28 seconds
    Episode 495 || Off the Shelf with Annie and Ashley: Autumn

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

    To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search “Episode 495” to find the books mentioned in this episode), or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app:

    Annie is reading:

    Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (out 9/24)

    The X-Files: Perihelion by Claudia Gray

    The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave

    Ashley is reading:

    The Match by Sarah Adams
    I’ll Have What He’s Having by Adib Khorram
    The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

    Annie is watching:

    Mean Girls

    X-Files

    Emily in Paris

    The Perfect Couple

    Gilmore Girls

    Trap

    Ashley is watching:

    Emily in Paris

    Gilmore Girls

    Palm Springs

    Plus One

    Once Upon a Mattress

    Six

    Annie is listening to:

    Max Richter

    Working, “How to Be Both Critic and Creator”

    Key Life, “Has Magic Ever Been Ruined In Your Journey”

    Ashley is listening to:

    “Without You” by Lana Del Ray

    Annie is buying:

    “Life Is Pain” sweatshirt

    Fall essential oils

    Trader Joe’s pumpkin haul

    Ashley is buying:

    Bear Snacks

    Fall sweater from Cider

    Shark bracelet from Fahlo

    Perfect bars

    Shelby Van Pelt, author of Remarkably Bright Creatures, is coming to Thomasville, GA! The Bookshelf has joined the Thomas County Library to celebrate their One Book Thomas County 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 literary events. 

    The 2024 One Book Thomas County pick is Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. Our celebration of this beloved book will culminate in a visit from Shelby Van Pelt at the Thomasville Center for the Arts on Thursday, October 3. Tickets are just $10 and can be found in-store at The Bookshelf or online at onebookthomascounty.org.

    Visit onebookthomascounty.org for more details about this year’s event. We hope to see you there!

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

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

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

    This week, Annie is reading The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave.  Ashley is listening to Honeybee by Dawn O'Porter (unavailable to order).

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

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

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

    19 September 2024, 6:00 am
  • 35 minutes 59 seconds
    Episode 494 || The Mississippi Book Festival Turns 10!

    This week on From the Front Porch, Annie celebrates 10 years of The Mississippi Book Festival with its executive director, Ellen Rodgers Daniels! They talk about the festival’s history, what’s on the agenda for this year, and why you should plan to attend if you can.

    The Mississippi Book Festival begins on September 14, 2024. Learn more and make your plan to attend 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, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com

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

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

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

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

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

    12 September 2024, 6:00 am
  • 53 minutes 48 seconds
    Episode 493 || September New Release Rundown

    This week on From the Front Porch, it’s another New Release Rundown! Annie, Erin, 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, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (type “Episode 493” into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode), or shop on The Bookshelf’s official app:

    Annie's books:

    Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout (9/10)
    Two-Step Devil by Jamie Quatro (9/10)
    Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (9/24)

    Olivia's books:

    Lucy, Undying by Kiersten White (9/10)
    A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall by Jasmine Warga (9/10)
    When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson (9/24)

    Erin's books:

    The Life Impossible by Matt Haig (9/3)
    A Bit Much: Poems by Lyndsay Rush (9/17)
    Entitlement by Rumaan Alam (9/17)

    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 Someone in the Attic by Andrea Marra. Olivia is reading The Girls of Skylark Lane by Robin Benway. Erin is reading Entitlement by Rumaan Alam. 

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

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

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

    5 September 2024, 6:02 am
  • 50 minutes 25 seconds
    Episode 492 || August Reading Recap

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

    To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (type “Episode 492” 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:

    The Perfect Couple by Elin Hildebrand

    It Had to Be You by Eliza Jane Brazier

    What I Ate in One Year by Stanley Tucci (releases 10/15)

    Like Mother, Like Mother by Susan Rieger (releases 10/29)

    Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson (unavailable to order)

    Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy

    Worst Case Scenario by TJ Newman

    JFK Jr. by Rosemarie Terenzio and Liz McNeil

    Annie's August Reading Recap Bundle - $69

    The Perfect Couple by Elin Hildebrand

    Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy

    Worst Case Scenario by TJ Newman

    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 below.

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

    This week, Annie is listening to It Wasn’t Roaring It Was Weeping by Lisa Jo 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...Jennifer Bannerton, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Susan Hulings, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, and Amanda Whigham.

     

    29 August 2024, 6:00 am
  • 54 minutes 40 seconds
    Episode 491 || Shelf Subscription Synopsis

    This week on From the Front Porch, you’ll hear from Annie and Erin and our Shelf Subscribers about Shelf Subscriptions! Shelf Subscriptions are The Bookshelf’s book-a-month club for adults and kids. Listen to find out what makes Shelf Subscriptions special.

    Try our new Shelf Subscription Quiz!

    All Shelf Subscriptions are 10% off, from August 1st through August 27th!  Shelf Subscriptions purchased in August will receive a free gift in their September box, to celebrate the 8th anniversary of the Shelf Subscription program at The Bookshelf.

    To purchase your Shelf Subscription, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville or visit our website:

    Annie Shelf Subscription

    Olivia Shelf Subscription

    Susie/Nancy Shelf Subscription

    Shop Dad Shelf Subscription

    Surprise Me Shelf Subscription

    Children's Shelf Subscriptions

    Past Shelf Subscription Picks

    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 All This & More by Peng Shepherd.  Erin is reading The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella.

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

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

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

    22 August 2024, 6:55 am
  • 58 minutes 44 seconds
    Episode 490 || Literary Therapy Vol. 22

    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 490” 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:


    Summer Stage
    by Meg Mitchell Moore

    Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

    Our Town by Thornton Wilder

    City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

    When You Get the Chance by Emma Lord

    Limelight by Amy Poeppel

    The Chelsea Girls by Fiona Davis

    Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham (unavailable to order)

     

    The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer

    Magical Meet Cute by Jean Meltzer (out 8/27)

    Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

    Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

    Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

    All's Well by Mona Awad

    Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O'Neal (unavailable to order)

    Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

    Black Girls Must Die Exhausted by Jayne Allen

    Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors (out 9/3)

     

    The Crane Wife by C.J. Hauser (unavailable to order)

    Family of Origin by C.J. Hauser (unavailable to order)

    Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood

    No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

    Not That Kind of Girl by Carlene Bauer

    Girls They Write Songs About by Carlene Bauer

    Frances and Bernard by Carlene Bauer

    Fly Girl by Ann Hood

    The Stolen Child by Ann Hood

    Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen (unavailable to order)

    After Annie by Anna Quindlen

     

    Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny (unavailable to order)

    Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

    Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong

    The Misfortune of Marion Palm by Emily Culliton (unavailable to order)

    Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett

     

    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 Intermezzo by Sally Rooney.

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

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

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

    15 August 2024, 6:00 am
  • 1 hour 1 minute
    Episode 489 || From the Front Porch Live with Bri McKoy

    This week on From the Front Porch, we have a special treat: a recording of our live show from The Bookshelf’s March Reader Retreat! In this episode, Annie, Hunter, and Ashley are joined by extra-special guest Bri McKoy, our Reader Retreat featured author, to do a snake draft of their favorite foodie things in literature and pop culture. Enjoy!

    To purchase Bri McKoy’s books, stop by the store or visit our website:

    Come & Eat: A Celebration of Love and Grace Around the Everyday Table by Bri McKoy

    The Cook's Book: Recipes for Keeps & Essential Techniques to Master Everyday Cooking by Bri McKoy

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

    8 August 2024, 6:00 am
  • 53 minutes 5 seconds
    Episode 488 || August New Release Rundown

    This week on From the Front Porch, it’s another New Release Rundown! Annie, Erin, and Olivia 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, 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 488” into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode), or shop on The Bookshelf’s official app:

    Annie's books:

    Five-Star Stranger by Kat Tang (8/6)
    Heavy Hitter by Katie Cotungo (8/20)
    That Librarian by Amanda Jones (8/27)

    Olivia's books:

    I Need You to Read This by Jessa Maxwell (8/13)
    Not Nothing by Gayle Forman (8/27)
    The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry by Ransom Riggs (8/27)

    Erin's books:

    Hum by Helen Phillips (8/6)
    Highway Thirteen: Stories by Fiona McFarlane (8/13)
    What’s Next? by Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack (8/13)

    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, 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 Playworld by Adam Ross.  Olivia is reading Worst Case Scenario by T.J. Newman.  Erin is listening to The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella.

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

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

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

    1 August 2024, 6:40 am
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