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309 || Baby Gabriel Recommends Feb 25, 2021

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Annie is joined by Bookshelf staffer and online sales coordinator, Lucy Stoltzfus. Lucy's son Gabriel just celebrated his first birthday so in honor of him, the two will discuss Gabriel's reading tastes and see what books are his current favorites.

Some of the books mentioned in today’s episode are available for purchase from The Bookshelf:

Down the Back of the Chair by Margaret Mahy
Harry Maclary by Lynley Dodd
Jam Jam books
Greedy Python by Eric Carle
Pigeon Needs a Bath by Mo Willems
Nanette Baguette by Mo Willems
Won’t You Be My Neighbor by Mr. Rogers
It’s You I Like by Mr. Rogers
Hello Neighbor by Mr. Rogers
Goodnight Veggies by Diana Murray and Zachariah OHora
Vegetables Wear Underpants Vegetables in Underwear
The One, Two, Three of Thankfulness
ABCs of Kindness
Ellie Holcomb
When I Pray For You by Matthew Turner
Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd
Found
Snowy Day
Dress Can’t Dance
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

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 tone for our Thursday conversations.

This week, Annie is reading Caul Baby by Morgan Jerkins and Lucy is reading Love and Fury by Samanatha Silva.

If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. 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, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

308 || The Kids‘ Table: Winter Feb 18, 2021

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Annie is joined by frequent podcast contributor Ashley Sherlock. Ashley is a former Bookshelf staffer and social media expert, as well as Annie’s actual relative. The two are going to share what they’ve been reading, watching, and listening.

The books mentioned in today’s episode are available for purchase from The Bookshelf:

Reading:

Joy the Baker on Instagram @joythebaker (Sunday links)
Upstream by Mary Oliver
The Next Right Thing Guided Journal by Emily P. Freeman
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett (article from Harper’s Magazine)
First Comes Like by Alisha Rai
Brood by Jackie Polzin
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Watching:

Fake Famous on Hulu
Brittney Spears Documentary on FX
Crocheting tutorials on YouTube
Kate McKinnon Saturday Night Live clips on YouTube
Sex in the City
Encore on Disney+
Dawson’s Creek

Listening:

Table Manners podcast
The Ringer Dish podcast
Clubhouse app
James Baldwin’s Home Records playlist
Ashley’s (her own) Morning playlist
Reply All: The Test Kitchen series podcast
How I Built This podcast

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 tone for our Thursday conversations.

This week, Annie is reading Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge and Ashley is reading Upstream by Mary Oliver.

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

307 || Share Your Stuff: A Galentine‘s Conversation Feb 11, 2021

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Annie is joined by special guest and author Laura Tremaine, whose new book, Share Your Stuff. I’ll Go First, is perfect reading for Galentine’s Day. Laura is also the host of the podcast Ten Things to Tell You, and her book’s mission intertwines beautifully with her work there, encouraging readers and listeners to open up and share their stories.

The books mentioned in today’s episode are available for purchase from The Bookshelf:

Share Your Stuff , I’ll Go First by Laura Tremaine (limited number of copies available, otherwise backordered until mid-February)
Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself by Judy Bloom
The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Five Wives by Joan Thomas

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 tone for our Thursday conversations.

This week, Annie is reading How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones.

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

306 || January Reading Recap Feb 04, 2021

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This week Annie is recapping all of the books she read in January.

All of the books mentioned in today’s episode can be purchased at The Bookshelf:

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Culture Warlords by Talia Lavin
The Push by Ashley Audrain
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
Jesus and John Wayne by Kristen Kobes Du Mez
Thwonk by Joan Bauer
The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon

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 tone for our Thursday conversations.

This week, Annie is reading At the Edge of the Haight by Katherine Seligman.

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

BONUS: Elizabeth Passarella interview Feb 02, 2021

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You were so kind and patient during our winter hiatus, so we wanted to bring you a bonus author interview today! We post author interviews to Patreon every so often, and this is one of them. If you like what you hear, consider supporting us there! Our guest today is Elizabeth Passarella, the author of Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York. Enjoy!

305 || So You Watched Bridgerton Jan 28, 2021

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Annie is joined this week by Royal correspondent and frequent podcast contributor, Courtney Kinsey. The two debrief the Netflix sensation, Bridgerton and what books show lovers might enjoy.

The books discussed on today’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

To Have and To Hoax by Martha Waters
A Well-Behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler
A League of Extraordinary Women series by Evie Dunmore
Jo and Laurie by Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la Cruz
The Cazalet Chronicles series by Elizabeth Jane Howard
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory
Emma by Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner

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 tone for our Thursday conversations.

This week, Annie is reading Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge and Courtney is reading Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski.

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

304 || Reading Resolutions 2021 Jan 21, 2021

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We are back! This week Annie is joined by frequent guest, good friend and bookstagrammer of @shelfbyshelf, Hunter McClendon. The two will discuss their 2021 reading resolutions.

The books mentioned in today’s episode are available for purchase at The Bookshelf:

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Emma by Jane Austen
Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford
The Removed by Brandon Hobson
Where the Dead Sit Talking by Brandon Hobson
The Round House by Louise Edrich
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust
Swan’s Way by Marcel Proust
Culture Warlords by Talia Lavin
Reading While Black by Esau McCaulley
Jesus and John Wayne by Kristen Kobes Du Mez
The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Bloomability by Sharon Creech

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 tone for our Thursday conversations.

This week, Annie is reading The Charmed Wife by Olga Grushin and Hunter is reading Let’s Get Back to the Party by Zak Salih.

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

303 || Our Favorite Books of 2020 Dec 24, 2020

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This week, Annie is joined by Bookshelf staffers Olivia Schaffer and Lucy Stoltzfus to discuss their favorite books of 2020.

The books mentioned in today’s episode can be purchased at The Bookshelf.

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 tone for our Thursday conversations.

This week, Annie is reading Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words by Andrew Morton; Lucy is reading The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan; and Olivia is reading We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen.

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

302 || Ask Us Anything Dec 17, 2020

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This week, Annie answers listeners questions about books, small business and life in the South.

The books mentioned in today’s episode can be purchased at The Bookshelf:

Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words by Andrew Morton
Finding Freedom by Carolyn Durand and Omid Scobie
House Lessons by Erica Bauermeister

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 tone for our Thursday conversations.

This week, Annie is reading Wintering by Katherine May.

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

301 || Books You Might Have Missed Dec 10, 2020

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Annie is joined by frequent guest, friend and bookstagrammer, Hunter McLendon (@shelfbyshelf ) to chat about books they loved that you might have missed in 2020 since, you know, pandemic.

The books mentioned in today’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

Weather by Jenny Offill

His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie

Writers and Lovers by Lily King

Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan

The Silent Treatment by Abbie Greaves

Sad Janet by Lucie Britsch

Under the Rainbow by Celia Laskey

The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans

Kept Animals by Kate Milliken

Sisters by Daisy Johnson

Cleanness by Garth Greenwell

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 tone for our Thursday conversations.

This week, Annie is reading Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant and Hunter is reading A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara and Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich.

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

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