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300 || November Reading Recap Dec 03, 2020

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Join Annie this week as she recaps the books she read in November.

Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia
The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson
Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Admission by Julie Buxbaum
All About Us by Tom Ellen
The Fortunate Ones by Ed Tarkington
Better Luck Next Time by Julie Claiborne Johnson
Anna K by Jenny Lee
Wintering by Katherine Mays

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 Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner.

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.

299 || Literary Therapy, Vol. 5 Nov 26, 2020

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Join Annie this week for a little literary therapy as she answers and consults listeners on their questions and reading conundrums.

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

A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
The Ensemble by Aja Gabel
There There by Tommy Orange
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
His Only Wife by Peace A. Medie
A Burning by Megha Majumdar
Jack by Marilynne Robinson
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
Old Lovegood Girls by Gail Godwin
The Holdout by Graham Moore
Defending Jacob by William Landay
You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelitz (The Undoing on HBO)
The Dinner by Herman Koch
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson

The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
John Grisham

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 Anna K by Jenny Lee.

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

298 || Season‘s Readings Nov 19, 2020

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Annie is joined by one of her favorite members of her family’s kids’ table, Ashley Sherlock. Ashley’s the former events coordinator at The Bookshelf, a frequent From the Front Porch contributor, and a pop culture enthusiast, so she’s the perfect person to talk to about holiday reading and watching.

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

Ten Blind Dates by Ashley Elston

The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss

Recommended for You by Laura Silverman

All About Us by Tom Ellen

Let It Snow by John Green, Lauren Myracle, and Maureen Johnson

Jo & Laurie by Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la Cruz

Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory

Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak

Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris

The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller

One Day in December by Josie Silver

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, I’m reading Better Luck Next Time by Julia Claiborne Johnson. Ashley’s reading The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett.

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

297 || Holiday Shopping with The Bookshelf Nov 12, 2020

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This week, Annie is joined by Bookshelf manager, Olivia Schaffer and online sales coordinator, Lucy Stoltzfus. The three talk all about holiday book-buying and sharing their favorite titles for gifting this season.

A full transcript of the episode can be found here.

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

What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Ex Libris by Michiko Kakutani

This Is a Book for People Who Love the Royals by Rebecca Stoeker

Perestroika in Paris by Jane Smiley

Accidentally Wes Anderson by Wally Koval

Creativity by John Cleese

The Zealot and the Emancipator by H.W. Brands

Cuyahoga by Pete Beatty

Crossings by Alex Landragin

The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood

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, I’m reading Admission by Julie Buxbaum. Lucy is reading The Heiress by Molly Greeley. Olivia is reading Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder by T.A. Willberg.

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

296 || Casting Call, Vol. 3 Nov 05, 2020

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Annie is joined by her casting experts (and now regular contributors), Courtney Kinsey, FTFP royals correspondent and co-host of the podcast I Do Declare and Julie Anna Helms, @julieannareads on Instagram and creator of Who Would You Cast? polls. The three are casting Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Mexican Gothic this week.

Mexican Gothic is available for purchase in-store or online at The Bookshelf.

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found at www.fromthefrontporchpodcast.com.

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, I’m reading Kristy and the Snobs by Ann M. Martin. Julie Anna is reading A Field Guide to Internet Boyfriends by Esther Zuckerman, and Courtney is reading The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson.

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

BONUS: Evil at Lake Seminole Oct 30, 2020

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This Friday, we’re bringing you a bonus episode featuring author Steven Epstein. We don’t do a lot of author interviews on From the Front Porch, but when we do, we generally put them on Patreon. This month, we thought we’d give you a taste of what those interviews sound like, and offer you insight into what kind of content is available to our Patreon supporters.

For more bonus content, support us on Patreon here.

Steve Epstein’s true crime book, Evil at Lake Seminole, can be purchased on The Bookshelf website. Steve references this episode of Crime Junkie.

295 || October Reading Recap Oct 29, 2020

Show notes

This week, Annie brings you a reading recap of the books she read in October.

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

Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks
To Have and to Hoax by Martha Waters
I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird by Sue Cerulean
The Searcher by Tana French
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper
The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson

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, I’m reading Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.

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

294 || Anna Karenina and Pop Culture Oct 22, 2020

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Annie is joined by Hunter McLendon from @shelfbyshelf to reflect on their 2020 reading of Anna Karenina. Join them on Patreon to hear recaps and reviews of all eight parts of Tolstoy’s classic.

The books mentioned in today’s episode are available 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 The Searcher by Tana French. Hunter is reading Memorial by Bryan Washington.

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

293 || Baby-Sitters Back, Alright! Oct 15, 2020

Show notes

Annie is joined by Olivia and Lucy this week to discuss the Baby-Sitters Club books and the enjoyment they've brought during these strange times.

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

Book Bundle one

Kristy’s Great Idea

Claudia and the Phantom Caller

The Truth about Stacey

Mary-Anne Saves the Day

Dawn and the Impossible Three

Kristy’s Big Day

Claudia and Mean Janine

Boy-Crazy Stacey

The Ghost at Dawn’s House

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, I’m reading I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird by Sue Cerulean. Olivia is reading Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood. Lucy is reading The National Road by Tom Zoellner.

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

292 || Literary Therapy, Vol. 4 Oct 08, 2020

Show notes

Today, Annie channels her inner Frasier Crane to dispense bookish wisdom to her fellow readers.

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

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
House Lessons by Erica Bauermeister
Friends and Strangers by J. Courtney Sullivan
This Must Be the Place by Maggie O'Farrell
Jackby Marilynne Robinson

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Here For It by R. Eric Thomas
Stand All the Way Up by Sophie Hudson
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance! by Jonathan Evison
The Big Finish by Brooke Fossey
The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
The Winters by Lisa Gabriele

Old Lovegood Girls by Gail Godwin
Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb
Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver
The Sea Wife by Amity Gaige
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

A full transcript for today’s episode is available 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 Ghost at Dawn’s House by Ann M. Martin.

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