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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

Every few months, Annie and her cousin Ashley sit down to talk about what they’re reading, watching, and listening to that season; basically, they’re having the kinds of conversations you might have around your family’s kids’ table. You can purchase the books mentioned in this episode from The Bookshelf: Reading Recitatif by Toni Morrison What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry Watching Abbott Elementary The Story of Late Night Emily in Paris Encanto Listening to Beatles’ albums (Please Please Me and With the Beatles) Breezy Instrumentals Greenlights by Krewella The Next Right Thing podcast From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasvi

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. Mutual: Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘em Dead by Elle Cosimano Annie's List: Other People’s Clothes by Calla Henkel Black Girls Must Be Magic by Jayne Allen What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson Cost of Living by Emily Maloney Cherish Farrah by Bethany C. Morrow Good Enough by Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie This Here Flesh by Cole Arthur Riley The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka Olivia’s List The Appeal by Janice Hallett The Boy Who Met a Whale by Nizrana Farook The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocomb Maizy Chen’s Last Chance by Lisa Yee Out of a Jar by Deborah Marceno The Verifiers by Jane Pek The Paradox Hotel by Rob H

In this episode of From the Front Porch, Annie is recapping all of the books she read in January. Shorter versions of these reviews can be found on Annie’s personal Instagram page. The books mentioned in today’s episode are available for purchase at The Bookshelf’s website and there’s a Reading Recap bundle featuring Annie’s three favorite titles from this month’s readings, available at a discounted price. You can find links to the books mentioned in this episode below: When You Get a Chance by Emma Lord You Have a Match by Emma Lord Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades The Mothers by Brit Bennett Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson Dreaming the Beatles by Rob Sheffield (Back-ordered) Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband by Lizzie Damiola Blackburn The Maid by Nita Prose Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott I Miss You When

This week, Annie is breaking down her 2022 Reading Resolutions with her friend and frequent co-host, Hunter Mclendon. You might recognize Hunter from his work on Instagram (you can find him @shelfbyshelf), or from his weekly newsletter of the same name, which you can find on Substack. The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Beloved by Toni Morrison (Backlist Book Club, in March) Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison Sula by Toni Morrison (back-ordered) Jazz by Toni Morrison The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas No Land to Light On by Yara Zgheib Shelf Subscription program Storygraph Track Your Reading (If you purchase a ticket, we will send you a link to the recording) From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our s

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is interviewing Christine Pride and Jo Piazza, the authors of We Are Not Like Them. You can order their book from The Bookshelf at the link below: We Are Not Like Them From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.  A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here. Special thanks to Studio D Podcast Production for production of From the Front Porch and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.  If you’d like to support From the Front Porch, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the show even better and reach new listeners. All you have to do is open up the Podcast App on your phone, look for From the Front

We are still on our podcast break so our team put together a compilation of the best moments from past Literary Therapy episodes. We will be back next week with a new episode of From the Front Porch. If you’ve never listened to an episode of Literary Therapy, the first few episodes are linked below: Literary Therapy, Vol. 1 Literary Therapy, Vol. 2 Literary Therapy, Vol. 3 Literary Therapy, Vol. 4 From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.  A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here. Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.  If you liked what you heard in toda

Hello and Happy New Year! We hope you had a great Holiday and are having a great start to your 2022. We are taking a much needed break at the beginning of January. To keep From the Front Porch on track with weekly releases, our team wanted to put together some special episodes over the next three weeks. In this episode of From the Front Porch, we are going to take a look back at 2020 and 2021. Every Tuesday, Olivia and Annie gave an update on how they were doing and on how the Bookshelf was surviving the pandemic. This episode is a compilation of those updates. From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.  A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here. Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound an

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is saying thank you. Here are the links to the poems mentioned in this episode: “What the Living Do” by Marie Howe “Meditations in an Emergency” by Cameron Awkward-Rich From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.  A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here. Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.  Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com. This week, Annie is reading Mansfield Park by Jan

In today’s episode of From the Front Porch, Annie is talking about the books she read in December. The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: These Precious Days by Ann Patchett Drat! We’re Rats by Jahnna N. Malcolm The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.  A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here. Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.  Thank you again to this week’s sponsor,

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie sits down with her cousin Ashley and her brother Chet to talk about what they’re reading, watching, listening to, and buying this season. Annie’s List / Reading Bright Evening Star by Madeleine L'Engle (not available) Picking Cotton by Erin Torneo, Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, and Ronald Cotton These Precious Days by Ann Patchett Annie’s List Watching Merry Kissmas The Holidate Very Merry Bridesmaid 8-Bit Christmas Love Hard Annie’s List/ Listening to Emily P. Freeman's The Quiet Collection (podcast) Finishing up The Rise & Fall of Mars Hill (podcast) Red (Taylor’s Version) Chet’s List/Reading Robert Bly, Iron John: A Book About Men (not available through The Bookshelf) Austen Hartke, Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians (not available) A.P. U.S. Government and Politics material Chet’s List / Watching Seinfeld Survivor Great British Baking Show Chet’s List / Li

Welcome to From the Front Porch! Annie is back to answer more of your literary dilemmas in another episode of Literary Therapy. Before we get started, this is your friendly reminder that From the Front Porch is a production of The Bookshelf, an indie bookstore in Thomasville, Georgia. We’re in the throes of our second holiday shopping season held during a pandemic, and remarkably, our spirits are high. As you support indies like ours this holiday season, please remember to shop early, to be open to our suggestions when your first book preference might already be back-ordered, and to trust our deadlines. The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf The Ensemble by Aja Gable (not available) My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite A Place for Us by Fatima Fahreen Mirza (back-ordered) Becoming by Michelle Obama I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott The Dutch House by Ann Patchett Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid Transcendent Kingdom

In this bonus episode of From the Front Porch, Annie is talking with her friend RuthAnnDeveney, an avid reader and advocate for the Dressember Foundation. Below you can find links to the resources RuthAnn mentioned in the episode: Links Dressember website Beneficiary programs through Dressember grants (click through to each pillar) RuthAnn’s fundraising page RuthAnn’s team page (click "Join Team" to join) On Instagram Book recommendations (To purchase through The Bookshelf, go here) The Locust Effect by Gary Haugen The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed The Invisible Boy by Alyssa Hollingsworth They are all included in my top 9 recommendations about human trafficking (which you can win in a giveaway for generous donors, $100 = 1 entry) Articles She Survived Sex Trafficking. Now She Wants to Show Other Women a Way Out Climate crisis leaving ‘millions at risk of trafficking and slavery from The Guardian Typology of Modern S

December is a great time to look back on your reading year. In this episode of From the Front Porch, Annie, Lucy, and Olivia are talking about their favorite books of 2021. The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Annie’s List Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann Matrix by Lauren Groff Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout Brood by Jackie Polzin Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney Bewilderment by Richard Powers The Guncle by Steven Rowley Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner Lucy’s List A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America by Nicole Eustace The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness by Gregory Boyle Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe Zorrie by Laird Hunt (back-ordered) Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony

This week, Annie is recapping the books she read in November. Whether you’re listening while you prep your favorite side dish or in the middle of a post-meal food coma, we’re glad you’re here. Don’t forget: From the Front Porch is a production of The Bookshelf, an indie bookstore in South Georgia, and this weekend is Black Friday and Small Business Saturday. Online customers earn $5 off their $100 purchases, and $10 off their $200 purchases, including Shelf Subscriptions, our shop’s book of the month club. No discount code is needed, just go to www.bookshelfthomasville.com and shop between Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Local and nearby customers, we’ll be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. offering in-store discounts, prizes, and tote bags, and we’d love to see you there! The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout Well Matched by Jen DeLuca Stay Sweet by Siobhan Vivian Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho Jennifer, Hectate, Macbeth, Willia

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is talking with frequent guest and friend Hunter Mclendon (you might know him as @shelfbyshelf on Instagram). They are evaluating their reading year and sharing some favorite titles that might have gotten lost in the 2021 chaos. Before we get started, this is your friendly reminder that From the Front Porch is a production of The Bookshelf, an indie bookstore in Thomasville, Georgia. We’re in the throes of our second holiday shopping season held during a pandemic, and remarkably, our spirits are high. As you support indies like ours this holiday season, please remember to shop early, to be open to our suggestions when your first book preference might already be back-ordered, and to trust our deadlines. This year, December 1 is the deadline to purchase something from us and have it arrive by Christmas. The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Shoutin’ in the Fire by Dante Stewart Everyone in this Room Will Someday Be Dead

Welcome to another episode of From the Front Porch! Annie is back to answer your literary dilemmas like a bookish Frasier Crane in volume 11 of Literary Therapy. Before we get started, this is your friendly reminder that From the Front Porch is a production of The Bookshelf, an indie bookstore in Thomasville, Georgia. We’re in the throes of our second holiday shopping season held during a pandemic, and remarkably, our spirits are high. As you support indies like ours this holiday season, please remember to shop early, to be open to our suggestions when your first book preference might already be back-ordered, and to trust our deadlines. This year, December 1 is the deadline to purchase something from us and have it arrive by Christmas. The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano Normal People by Sally Rooney Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney Oli

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 Donut Trap by Julie Tieu How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days by K.M. Jackson Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Held Evans Dear William by David Magee The Family by Naomi Krupitsky Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King The Sentence by Louise Erdrich I Hope This Finds You Well by Kate Baer Olivia’s list: Tiger Skin Rug by Joan Haig A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske Thursday’s Child by Noel Straetfield The Legend of the Christmas Witch by Dan Murphy & Aubrey Plaza Hornswoggled by Josh Crute Kid’s Book of Sticker Love by Irene Smit and Astrid van der Hulst Stuntboy, In the Meantime by Jason Reynolds Lucy’s list: Aesop's Animals: The Science Behind the Fables by Jo

It’s already the final week of October! In this episode of From the Front Porch, Annie talks about all the books she read this month. The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf. As our store heads into the last three months of the year, we hope you’ll consider shopping small. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Mansfield Park by Jane Austen The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides Bewilderment by Richard Powers Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Middlemarch by George Eliot My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King Writers & Lovers by Lily King No Cure for Being Human by Kate Bowler When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Untamed by Glennon Doyle The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Joan Is Okay by Weike Wang Chemistry by Weike Wang Shoutin’ in the Fire by Dante Stewart The Cross

This week Annie is back to answer listeners' literary conundrums in round ten of Literary Therapy. The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary (Currently unavailable) Stuart Little by E.B. White Book journal The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles The Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune Competitive Grieving by Nora Zelvansky This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper (Currently unavailable) Family Fang by Kevin Wilson The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney Musical C