From The Front Porch

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

In this week’s episode, Annie and her friend Hunter are talking about “pandemic brain” and how their literary tastes have changed since March of 2020. The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Matrix by Lauren Groff Real Life by Brandon Taylor Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam Most Likely by Sarah Watson Millennial Nuns by the Daughters of St. Paul Baby-Sitters Club by Ann M. Martin Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (currently unavailable) Middlemarch by George Eliot (currently unavailable) My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi A Burning by Megha Majumdar Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi Luster by Raven Leilani 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’

In this week’s episode, Annie talks with Olivia and Lucy about the new releases you don’t want to miss this month! The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson Where the Light Fell by Philip Yancey Hill House Living by Paula Sutton Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library, edited by Glory Edim The Deep Places by Ross Douthat The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan Our Table by Peter H Reynolds Long Road to the Circus by Betsy Bird, illustrated by David Small Frankie & Bug by Gayle Forman Clarice the Brave by Lisa McMann Murder at Mallowan Hall by Collen Cambridge Bookshop of Dust and Dreams by Mindy Thompson Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020) by David Sedaris Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci Smile: The Story of a Face

In this week’s episode, Annie talks about all the books she read in September. The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Matrix by Lauren Groff The Power by Naomi Alderman We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult The Survivors by Alex Schulman The Dinner by Herman Koch Blue-Skinned Gods by SJ Sindu A Place for Us by Fatima Fahreen Mirza A Burning by Megha Majumdar The Sentence by Louise Erdrich Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty Graceland, At Last by Margaret Renkl Late Migrations by Margaret Renkl Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket by Hilma Wolitzer Interview with Hilma and Meg Wolitzer 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 episod

Annie is joined by her friends and casting experts, Courtney Kinsey and Julie Anna Helms. Every few months, Julie Anna, Courtney, and Annie brainstorm their dream cast for a recent book they loved. Julie Anna then allows readers to vote for their favorites on her Instagram @julieannareads. This week, they’re casting Finlay Donovan Is Killing It. Finlay Donovan is Killing It is available for purchase at The Bookshelf, and you can cast your votes on our castings on Julie Anna’s Instagram stories on Sunday. You can click this link to purchase Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano from us. 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

Today Annie is joined by her cousin and frequent Bookshelf collaborator, Ashley Sherlock. Every season, they sit down at the metaphorical kids’ table to chat about what they’re reading, watching, listening to, and buying. The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead ”Adrift” by Mark Nepo (This is a poem from this book) Graceland, At Last by Margaret Renkl Black Girls Must Die Exhausted by Jayne Allen What Bobby McIlvaine Left Behind by Jennifer Senior Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket by Hilma Wolitzer J.Crew Factory jeans Bookshelf reusable grocery bags UpWest The Common Room 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 ful

This week Annie is back to answer listeners' literary questions and dilemmas in round nine of Literary Therapy. The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller A Place for Us by Fatima Fahreen Mirza Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Z by Therese Anne Fowler A Well-Behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter Sisters in Arms by Kaia Alderson The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis The Address by Fiona Davis The Doll House by Fiona Davis The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris Picking Cotton by Jennifer Thompson & Ronald Cotton Beautiful World, Where Are You? by Sally Rooney Normal People by Sally Rooney From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgi

In this week’s episode, Annie talks with Olivia and Lucy about the new releases you don’t want to miss this month The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Matrix by Lauren Groff Fault Lines by Emily Itami Beautiful World, Where Are You? by Sally Rooney A Play for the End of the World by Jai Chakrabarti Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead Black Girls Must Die Exhausted by Jayne Allen Egg Marks the Spot by Amy Timberlake Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber Pony by RJ Palacio Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray Last Graduate by Naomi Novik Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo Three Girls From Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood by Dawn Turner Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr Wildland: The Making of America's Fury by Evan Osnos Bewilderment by Richa

In this week’s episode, Annie talks about the books she read in August. The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer by Rax King Ghosts by Dolly Alderton Dear William by David Magee Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin Finding My Voice by Marie Myung-Ok Lee When Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough by Taylor Schaumann Let’s Not Do That Again by Grant Ginder Four Friends by William D. Cohan The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel Finding Freedom by Erin French A full transcript of today’s episode can be found 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.  Special thanks to Dylan an

This week Annie is talking with store manager Olivia about some favorite titles shared with her by kids in the local community, and we thought it’d be fun for you to hear directly from the kids themselves. The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling Coo by Kaela Noele El Deafo by CeCe Bell Okay Witch by Emma Steinkeller Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston Unsolved Case Files: Escape at 10,000 Feet by Tom Sullivan Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis The Middle School Bites series by Steven Banks The Betsy-Tacy Treasury by Maude Hart Lovelace The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart The Unwanted series by Lisa McMann Camp/Click/Act by Kayla Miller Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here. From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent

This week Annie is back to answer listeners' literary conundrums in round eight of Literary Therapy. The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Falling by TJ Newman Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo The Wreckage of My Presence by Casey Wilson Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Heating & Cooling by Beth Ann Fennelly Brood by Jackie Polzin I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird by Sue Cerulean Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten 84, Charing Cross Road by Helen Hanff The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankwiler by E.L. Konigsburg From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Boo

The Bookshelf’s store manager, Olivia and Lucy join Annie this week to share their August new release rundowns. The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Palm Beach by Mary Adkins When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen Ghosts by Dolly Alderton The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir by Kat Chow Holdout by Jeffrey Kluger Dead Wednesday by Jerry Spinelli Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka Mrs. March by Virginia Feito Say It Out Loud by Allison Varnes 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 P

In this week’s episode, Annie recaps her July reads. The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Very Sincerely Yours by Kerry Winfrey Rock the Boat by Beck Dorey-Stein Survive the Night by Riley Sager New Girl in Little Cove by Damhnait Monoghan You Have a Match by Emma Lord Falling by T.J. Newman Millennial Nuns by the Daughters of Saint Paul My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang 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 Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly ton

Listen in this week as Annie and guest, cousin and Bookshelf Community Manager, Ashley Sherlock discuss all things Ted Lasso. The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Very Sincerely Yours by Kerry Winfrey Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman (Beartown by Fredrik Backman) The From-Aways by CJ Hauser Frankly in Love by David Yoon New Girl in Little Cove by Damhnait Monaghan Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert The Guncle by Steven Rowley A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engel Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott A Place for Us by Fatima Fahreen Mirza At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon The Sweet Life in Paris by David Lebowitz 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.bookshelfthomasvil

This week Annie is joined by friend, Bookstagrammer (@shelfbyshelf) and frequent co-host, Hunter McLendon to talk all things Jane Austen! The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen Persuasion by Jane Austen Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Mansfield Park by Jane Austen Emma by Jane Austen The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner The Prayers of Jane Austen by Jane Austen Karen Swallow Prior, “A Novel Approach to Virtue”: https://www.ttf.org/portfolios/online-conversation-reading-jane-austen/ 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. S

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is joined by her mom, Susie to discuss books for sensitive readers. The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: What Comes After by Joanne Tompkins The Sweet Taste of Muscadines by Pamela Terry The Incredible Winston Browne by Sean Dietrich  The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray  Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence God Spare the Girls by Kelsey McKinney When Ghosts Come Home by Wiley Cash Very Sincerely Yours by Kerry Winfrey Rock the Boat by Beck Dorey-Stein 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 ca

This week Annie recaps her June reads. The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: The Wreckage of My Presence by Casey Wilson (listed on Libro.fm) The Royals Next Door by Karina Halle Beautiful World, Where Are You? by Sally Rooney Friends Like These by Kimberly McCreight Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen Cheat Day by Liv Stratman Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano The Layover by Lacie Waldon Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead 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 Production for sound and editing and for ou