From the Front Porch

Episode 385 || Kid’s Table: Late Summer

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is joined by friend, cousin and former colleague, Ashley Sherlock. Annie and Ashley share what they’re reading, watching, listening to and buying.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our new website:

Annie is reading:

• The Net Beneath Us by Carol Dunbar

• Flight by Lynn Steger Strong

Ashley is reading:

• The Work Wife by Alison Hart

• Florida Woman by Deb Rogers

Annie is watching:

• Inside Man

• Double Jeopardy

• The Town

• Gone Baby Gone

• Tootsie

• Fatal Attraction

• TATBILB 1,2, and 3

Ashley is watching:

• The Bear

• The Gray Man

• Only Murders in the Building

Annie is listening to:

• Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan (on Libro.fm)

• My Summer 2022 playlist on Spotify

• The Bear soundtrack

Ashley is listening to:

• So Happy for You by Celia Laskey

• Lemon Drop by Raynes

Annie is buying:

• Everyday Tools key chain from Baqette

• Prayers for Life cards from The Rabbit Room

• The Grace Effect candle Prelude to Fall

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. 

This week Annie is listening to All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien. Ashley is reading Florida Woman by Deb Rogers.

If you liked what you heard in 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 and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

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Episode 384 || August New Release Rundown

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Olivia are back for another New Release Rundown. They’re sharing the August releases they’re excited about to help you build your TBR list.

Don’t forget, if you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, you can enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10 percent off your order.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our new website:

Annie’s list:

• A Curious Faith by Lore Ferguson Wilbert

• Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan

• The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford

• How to Fall Out of Love Madly by Jana Casale

• Mika in Real Life by Emiko Jean

• Just Another Love Song by Kerry Winfrey

• Long Past Summer by Noué Kirwan

• Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Olivia's list:

• Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister

• Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez

• The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

• Three Assassins by Kotaro Isaka

• All Are Neighbors by Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman

• Three Strike Summer by Skyler Schrempp

• Patchwork by Matt De La Pena

• The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart

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. 

This week Annie is listening to Upgrade by Blake Crouch. Olivia is reading The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart.

If you liked what you heard in 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 and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

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Episode 383 || July Reading Recap

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is talking about all the books she read in July. As always, we’re offering a July Reading Recap Bundle, which features Annie’s three favorite books from the month. You can purchase the bundle at this link.

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson

• The Bartender's Cure by Wesley Straton

• Acts of Violet by Margarita Montimore

• Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

• Jaws by Peter Benchley

• We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han

• Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

• A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin

• Upgrade by Blake Crouch

• Directed by James Burrows

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. 

This week Annie is reading Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet.

If you liked what you heard in 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 and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

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Episode 382 || Literary Therapy, Vol. 15

This week on From the Front Porch, it’s time for another round of Literary Therapy! Annie is back to answer more of your reading questions and dilemmas. If you have a question you would like Annie to answer in a future episode, you can leave us a voicemail here.

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

• Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver

• Wild Spectacle by Janisse Ray

• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

• Taste by Stanley Tucci

• Love & Gelato by Jenna Welch

• One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle

• My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

• LibroFM

• Educated by Tara Westover

• Book Lovers by Emily Henry

• Beach Read by Emily Henry

• Flying Solo by Linda Holmes

• American Royals book series

• Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore

• Liane Moriarty’s books

• Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett

• Competitive Grieving by Nora Zelevansky

• Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

• One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

• The Vacationers by Emma Straub

• So Happy For You by Celia Laskey

• Half-Blown Rose by Leesa Cross-Smith

• Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

• Falling by T. J. Newman

• The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

• David Sedaris

• Mary Laura Philpott

• Know My Name by Chanel Miller

• Going There by Katie Couric

• Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

• Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

• Acts of Violet by Margarita Montimore

• 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

• Love & Saffron by Kim Fay

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. 

This week Annie is listening to Acts of Violet by Margarita Montimore.

If you liked what you heard in 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 and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

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Episode 381 || Best Books of the Year (So Far)

We’re already halfway through 2022! In this episode of From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter share their favorite books of the year so far.

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

Annie’s Top Five:

• The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser

• The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

• Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

• The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford

Hunter’s Top Five:

• The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser

• The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

• Trust by Hernan Diaz

• The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid

• Just By Looking At Him by Ryan O’Connell

Other Books Mentioned:

• The Lifestyle by Taylor Hahn

• Sula by Toni Morrison

• The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

• Flight by Lynn Steger Strong

• On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

• Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan

• Night Shift by Kiare Ladner

• All Down Darkness Wide by Seán Hewitt

• Bliss Montage by Ling Ma

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. 

This week Annie is reading Also a Poet by Ada Calhoun. Hunter is reading Greenland by David Santos Donaldson.

If you liked what you heard in 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 and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

https://tidd.ly/3C2zVbb

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Episode 380 || July New Release Rundown

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Olivia are back for another New Release Rundown. They’re sharing the July releases they’re excited about to help you build your TBR list.

Don’t forget, if you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, you can enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10 percent off your order.

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

Annie’s list:

• Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola

• Sister Mother Warrior by Vanessa Riley

• The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser

• Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield

• Big Girl: A Novel by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

• A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin

• Crying in the Bathroom: A Memoir by Erica L. Sánchez

• Any Other Family by Eleanor Brown

Olivia's list:

• The First Rule of Climate Club by Carrie Firestone

• Chester Keene Cracks the Code by Kekla Magoon

• Acts of Violet by Margarita Montimore

• The It Girl by Ruth Ware

• Upgrade by Blake Crouch

• Dead Water by C. A. Fletcher

• The Witchery by S. Isabelle

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. 

This week Annie is reading The Midcoast by Adam White. Olivia is reading Dead Water by C. A. Fletcher.

If you liked what you heard in 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 and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

https://tidd.ly/3C2zVbb

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Episode 379 || June Reading Recap

It’s the end of the month, which means it’s time for a reading recap! In this episode of From the Front Porch, Annie is talking about all the books she read in June. As we’ve done the past few months, we’re offering a Reading Recap bundle, which is $73 and includes Annie’s three favorite titles of the month.

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley

• It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han

• On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

• Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

• This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

• Flying Solo by Linda Holmes

• Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau

• The Mutual Friend by Carter Bays

• The Midcoast by Adam White

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. 

This week Annie is reading Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson.

If you liked what you heard in 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 and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

https://tidd.ly/3C2zVbb

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Episode 378 || Summer Kids’ Table

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie sits down with her friend, cousin, and former colleague Ashley Sherlock. Together, they make up members of their own family’s kids’ table. They talk about what they’re reading, watching listening to, and buying this season.

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

• This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

• Flying Solo by Linda Holmes

• Cultish by Amanda Montell

• Book Lovers by Emily Henry

• Happy Go Lucky by David Sedaris

• Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan

Watching:

• The Essex Serpent on Apple TV+

• Stranger Things season 4

• Somebody Feed Phil

• Top Gun

• The Circle

Listening To:

• The Big Picture podcast (Top Gun episodes especially)

• Playlists by Fran Dorsey/Coppertone & Sarah Tolzmann/Note to Self/Chill Summer

• Wilder Mind by Mumford and Sons

• A Place to Call Home by Michael Ottosson

Buying:

• Dresses from Target’s Universal Thread line

• August Cloth

• The Olive & June summer collection

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. 

This week Annie is listening to Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau. Ashley is reading Normal Family by Chrysta Bilton.

If you liked what you heard in 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 and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

https://tidd.ly/3C2zVbb

Flodesk:

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Episode 377 || Backlist Book Club: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

It’s time for another installment of Backlist Book Club! This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter Mclendon (@shelfbyshelf) are talking about Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard.

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

• Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

• Beloved by Toni Morrison

• A Circle of Quiet by Margaret L'Engle

• The Creation by E.O. Wilson (not available through us, check your local library)

• Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray

• Wild Spectacle by Janisse Ray

• Graceland, At Last by Margaret Renkl

• Late Migrations by Margaret Renkl

• I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird by Susan Cerulean

• Less by Andrew Sean Greer

• A Portrait of The Scientist as a Young Woman by Lindy Elkins-Tanton

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. 

This week Annie is reading Flying Solo by Linda Holmes. Hunter is reading Oh, William! by Elizabeth Strout.

If you liked what you heard in 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 and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

Libro.FM:

Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app.

Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:

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Episode 376 || Casting Call

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is talking with her friends and fellow book club members for a new episode of Casting Call. They’re casting the characters in Bonnie Garmus’ debut novel, Lessons in Chemistry.

You can follow @julieannareads on Instagram to vote for your casting picks!

The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased online from The Bookshelf:

• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

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. 

This week Annie is reading On the Roof Top by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton. Julie Anna is reading Breathless by Amy McCulloch. Courtney is reading Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland.

If you liked what you heard in 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 and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

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