From The Front Porch

It’s the end of the month, which means it’s time for a reading recap! In this episode of From the Front Porch, Annie is talking about all the books she read in June. As we’ve done the past few months, we’re offering a Reading Recap bundle, which is $73 and includes Annie’s three favorite titles of the month. The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub Flying Solo by Linda Holmes Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau The Mutual Friend by Carter Bays The Midcoast by Adam White From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.co

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie sits down with her friend, cousin, and former colleague Ashley Sherlock. Together, they make up members of their own family’s kids’ table. They talk about what they’re reading, watching listening to, and buying this season. The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub Flying Solo by Linda Holmes Cultish by Amanda Montell Book Lovers by Emily Henry Happy Go Lucky by David Sedaris Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan Watching: The Essex Serpent on Apple TV+ Stranger Things season 4 Somebody Feed Phil Top Gun The Circle Listening To: The Big Picture podcast (Top Gun episodes especially) Playlists by Fran Dorsey/Coppertone & Sarah Tolzmann/Note to Self/Chill Summer Wilder Mind by Mumford and Sons A Place to Call Home by Michael Ottosson Buying: Dresses from Target’s Universal Thread line August Cloth The Olive & June su

It’s time for another installment of Backlist Book Club! This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter Mclendon (@shelfbyshelf) are talking about Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard. The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard Beloved by Toni Morrison A Circle of Quiet by Margaret L'Engle The Creation by E.O. Wilson (not available through us, check your local library) Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray Wild Spectacle by Janisse Ray Graceland, At Last by Margaret Renkl Late Migrations by Margaret Renkl I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird by Susan Cerulean Less by Andrew Sean Greer A Portrait of The Scientist as a Young Woman by Lindy Elkins-Tanton 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 on

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is talking with her friends and fellow book club members for a new episode of Casting Call. They’re casting the characters in Bonnie Garmus’ debut novel, Lessons in Chemistry. You can follow @julieannareads on Instagram to vote for your casting picks! The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased online from The Bookshelf: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 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 On the Roof Top

In this bonus episode of From the Front Porch, Annie talks with Annabel Monaghan about her debut adult novel Nora Goes Off Script. The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan If you enjoyed this conversation, here are a few more episodes you might like: I’ll Read What She’s Reading Interview with Christine Pride and Jo Piazza Interview with Elizabeth Passarella 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 Ann

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Olivia sit down to chat about the books releasing in June. 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 percent off your order. Just go to www.bookshelfthomasville.com and click or tap podcast, then Shop From the Front Porch to see today’s titles. The books mentioned in today’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Annie’s list: Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley So Happy for You by Celia Laskey Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land by Taylor Brorby Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan Flying Solo by Linda Holmes The Catch by Alison Fairbrother The Bartender’s Cure by Wesley Straton Olivia’s list: The Measure by Nikki Erlick Goldenacre by Philip Miller Fibbed by Elizabeth Agyemang Charlie Thorne and the Curse of Cleopatra by Stuart Gibbs House Across the Lake by Riley Sager Poopsie Gets Los

In this episode of From the Front Porch, Annie is recapping all of the books she read in May. Shorter versions of these reviews can be found on Annie’s personal Instagram page. The books mentioned in today’s episode are available for purchase at The Bookshelf’s website and there’s a Reading Recap bundle featuring Annie’s three favorite titles from this month’s readings, available at a discounted price. You can find links to the books mentioned in this episode below: Mika in Real Life by Emiko Jean Book Lovers by Emily Henry This Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch by Tabitha Carvan Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid Catholics by Brian Moore The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green The Year of the Horses by Courtney Maum 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 o

This week on From the Front Porch, it’s time for another episode of Literary Therapy! Every few weeks, Annie listens to your literary hangups and bookish conundrums, and much like fictional Frasier Crane in the 90s, she tackles your issues on air. If you have your own reading riddle you’d like her to solve in a future issue, leave a voicemail at the From the Front Porch website. The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant Finlay Donovan by Elle Cosimano The Appeal by Janice Hallett The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus The Love of my Life by Rosie Walsh The Maid by Nita Prose The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale Kings of B’More by R. Eric Thomas When You Get the Chance by Emma Lord Vacationland by Meg Mitchell Moore One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride & Jo Piazza The View Was Exh

In this episode of From the Front Porch, Annie sits down to chat with her mom Susie about books for more sensitive readers. The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Think Again by Adam Grant This Boy We Made by Taylor Harris The One You’re With by Lauren K. Denton Millennial Nuns by the Daughters of St. Paul No Cure for Being Human by Kate Bowler Wild Spectacle by Janisse Ray A Woman of Endurance by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa Fly Girl by Ann Hood Back to the Prairie by Melissa Gilbert Bitter & Sweet by Tsh Oxendreider (not available through us, check your local library!) Vacationland by Meg Mitchell Moore Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron 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 purchase

In today’s episode of From the Front Porch, Annie and Olivia are discussing their favorite newly released titles of the month and highlighting books you’ll want to add to your TBR list! Don’t forget our Summer Literary Lunch is coming up later this month! Tickets are on sale now and you can find them online here. The books mentioned in today’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf. Annie’s List: Book Lovers by Emily Henry Miss Chloe: A Memoir of a Literary Friendship with Toni Morrison by A. J. Verdelle Jameela Green Ruins Everything by Zarqa Nawaz Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi The Golden Season by Madeline Kay Sneed Olivia’s List: The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton Skandar and the Unicorn Thief by A F Steadman The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson Breathless by Amy McCulloch The Change by Kirsten Miller Disappeared

In this episode of From the Front Porch, Annie is recapping all of the books she read in April. Shorter versions of these reviews can be found on Annie’s personal Instagram page. The books mentioned in today’s episode are available for purchase at The Bookshelf’s website and there’s a Reading Recap bundle featuring Annie’s three favorite titles from this month’s readings, available at a discounted price. Here is the link to purchase a Summer Literary Lunch ticket. You can find links to the books mentioned in this episode below: These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li Beloved by Toni Morrison Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer Birds of California by Katie Cotugno But You Did Not Come Back by Judith Perrignon and Marceline Loridan-Ivens (not available through our distributor, but you can get it from Libro.fm or your local library) Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Last Summer on State Stre

This week on From the Front Porch, we invite you to pull up a chair at the Kids’ Table. The Kids’ Table is our seasonal episode series where Annie sits down with former colleague, friend, and cousin, Ashley Sherlock. They catch up on what they’re reading, watching, and listening to each season. The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Reading: Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green (audiobook through Libro. FM) “How an Ivy League School Turned Against a Student ” by Rachel Aviv The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo Watching: Bridgerton season two Yellowjackets Rothaniel Upload Severance The Adam Project Listening To: Spring 2022 playlist “Hilarious” by Charlie Puth Harry Styles’ “As It Was” Maggie Rogers’ “That’s Where I Am” Buying: Jo Malone perfume sampler set Newton running shoes Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Filter From the Front Porch is a weekl

We’re bringing back one of our favorite podcast series, Backlist Book Club! In today’s episode of From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter Mclendon @shelfbyshelf are discussing the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Beloved by Toni Morrison. The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Summer I Turned Pretty Book Club Beloved by Toni Morrison Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard Less by Andrew Sean Greer This Here Flesh by Cole Arthur Riley Caul Baby by Morgan Jerkins The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin 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

In today’s episode of From the Front Porch, Annie and Olivia are discussing their favorite newly released titles of the month and highlighting books you’ll want to add to your TBR list! The books mentioned in today’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf. Annie’s List: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Sign for Home by Blair Fell Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron Hope and Glory by Jendella Benson Search by Michelle Huneven Olivia’s List: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum Karthik Delivers by Sheela Chari When the Sky Falls by Phil Earle Donut: the Unicorn Who Wanted to Fly by Laura Gehl and illustrated by Andrea Zuill Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda The Boy with Flowers in His Hair by Jarvis 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 a

In this episode of From the Front Porch, Annie is recapping all of the books she read in March. Shorter versions of these reviews can be found on Annie’s personal Instagram page. The books mentioned in today’s episode are available for purchase at The Bookshelf’s website and there’s a Reading Recap bundle featuring Annie’s three favorite titles from this month’s readings, available at a discounted price. You can find links to the books mentioned in this episode below: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith Kings of B’More by R. Eric Thomas Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron The Last Suspicious Holdout by Ladee Hubbard The Appeal by Janice Hallett The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberly & Austin Siegemund-Broka Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead by Elle Cosimano The Lifestyle by Taylor Hahn From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia

This week on From the Front Porch, we’re talking books and basketball. That’s right: it’s time for our annual March Madness episode. Annie is joined in this annual tradition by her husband and friend Jordan Jones. We’re debating 16 of The Bookshelf’s 2021 bestsellers to decide which one lands at the top. These were seeded, as always, by retail floor manager Olivia, who determines which books match up with which opponent. We also put together a Final Four Bundle, featuring the top 4 books from this episode. If you would like to purchase the Final Four Bundle, go here. The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Brood by Jackie Polzin Crying in H-Mart by Michelle Zauner Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King These Precious Days by Ann Patchett The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman I Hope This Finds You Well by Kate Baer Palm Beach by Mary Adkins The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano Who is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra An

This week on From the Front Porch, it’s time for another episode of Literary Therapy! Every few weeks, Annie listens to your literary hangups and bookish conundrums, and much like fictional Frasier Crane in the 90s, she tackles your issues on air. If you have your own readerly riddle you’d like her to solve in a future issue, leave a voicemail at the From the Front Porch website. The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: South to America by Imani Perry Here for It by R. Eric Thomas Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron American Sherlock by Kate Winkler Dawson Downeast by Gigi Georges Dreaming the Beatles by Rob Sheffield (back-ordered) Furious Hours by Casey Cep Going There by Katie Couric I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann R. Eric Thomas on Substack The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley He

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is talking all about romantic comedies with The Bookshelf’s resident rom-com expert (and our events and marketing coordinator) Mary Katherine. The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf. Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum Waiting For Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn When You Get the Chance by Emma Lord In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer Flying Solo by Linda Holmes Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes Just Another Love Song by Kerry Winfrey Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan From Hollywood with Love by Scott Meslow From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

In today’s episode of From the Front Porch, Annie, Olivia and Lucy are discussing their favorite newly released titles of the month and highlighting books you’ll want to add to your TBR list! The books mentioned in today’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf. Annie’s List: The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith Chorus by Rebecca Kauffman All the White Friends I Couldn't Keep by Andre Henry French Braid by Anne Tyler Olivia’s List: Girl in Ice by Erica Ferencik Gallant by V.E. Schwab Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys, Andrew Weiner, and Brittany Williams Atlas Six by Olivie Blake Those Kids From Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kelly Nine Lives by Peter Swanson The Rhino Suit by Colter Jackson Lucy’s List: The Last Suspicious Holdout by Ladee Hubbard Booth by Karen Joy Fowler Conversations by Steve Reich The Great Passion by James Runcie We Don’t Know Ourselves

In this episode of From the Front Porch, Annie is recapping all of the books she read in February. Shorter versions of these reviews can be found on Annie’s personal Instagram page. The books mentioned in today’s episode are available for purchase at The Bookshelf’s website and there’s a Reading Recap bundle featuring Annie’s three favorite titles from this month’s readings, available at a discounted price. You can find links to the books mentioned in this episode below: Going There by Katie Couric on Libro.Fm Recitatif by Toni Morrison on Libro.Fm What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins Nobody’s Magic by Destiny O. Birdsong Good Morning, Love by Ashley M. Coleman South to America by Imani Perry on Libro.Fm From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelft