Episode 412 || Off the Shelf with Annie & Ashley: Winter

This week on From the Front Porch, it's an episode of Off the Shelf with Annie & Ashley, formerly known as Kids' Table! It's the same banter and book talk you love with a fresh new name. Annie is joined by friend, cousin, and former colleague, Ashley Sherlock, to chat about what they’re reading – but also what they’re watching, listening to, and buying.

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Annie is reading:

• The Sweet Spot by Amy Poeppel

  Now You See Us by Balli Kaur Jaswal (releases 3/7)

  Orphaned Believer by Sara Billups (paperback)

  The 1619 Project created by Nikole Hannah-Jones

Ashley is reading:

• The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane

  B.F.F. by Christie Tate

  She Gets the Girl by Rachel Lippincott and Alyson Derrick (out in hardcover now, paperback releases 4/4/23)

Annie watching:

• Poker Face

• Shrinking

• Tár

• A Man Called Otto

Ashley is watching:

• The Menu

Annie is listening to:

• Mo News podcast

• The Big Picture podcast

• Let’s Read the Gospels podcast

Ashley is listening to:

• Dover by the Westerlies

• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Annie is buying:

• Cozy comfy reading chair (Walters chair from Birch Lane)

• Clothes from August Cloth

Ashley is buying:

• Beachly subscription box

• Synergy kombucha (lemon berry flavored)

This week, Annie is listening to Black Ball by Theresa Runstedtler (releases 3/7/23). Ashley is reading She Gets the Girl by Rachel Lippincott and Alyson Derrick.

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. 

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