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Welcome to From the Front Porch, a weekly conversational podcast on books, small business, and life in the South, produced by The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in Thomasville, Georgia.
Episodes
Thursday Dec 24, 2020
Thursday Dec 24, 2020
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.
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 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.
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.
Thursday Dec 17, 2020
Thursday Dec 17, 2020
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:
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Untamed by Glennon Doyle
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Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words by Andrew Morton
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Finding Freedom by Carolyn Durand and Omid Scobie
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House Lessons by Erica Bauermeister
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 Wintering by Katherine May.
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.
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
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
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 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.
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.
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Join Annie this week as she recaps the books she read in November.
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Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia
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The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson
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Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark
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Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
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Admission by Julie Buxbaum
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All About Us by Tom Ellen
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The Fortunate Ones by Ed Tarkington
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Better Luck Next Time by Julie Claiborne Johnson
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Anna K by Jenny Lee
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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.
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
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:
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A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
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The Ensemble by Aja Gabel
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There There by Tommy Orange
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The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
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The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
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The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall
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Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
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His Only Wife by Peace A. Medie
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A Burning by Megha Majumdar
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Jack by Marilynne Robinson
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Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
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Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
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Old Lovegood Girls by Gail Godwin
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The Holdout by Graham Moore
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Defending Jacob by William Landay
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You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelitz (The Undoing on HBO)
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The Dinner by Herman Koch
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
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The Giver by Lois Lowry
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The Maze Runner by James Dashner
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The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
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Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
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John Grisham
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 Anna K by Jenny Lee.
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.
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
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
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, I’m reading Better Luck Next Time by Julia Claiborne Johnson. Ashley’s reading The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett.
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.
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
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
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 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.
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.
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
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.
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 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.
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.
Friday Oct 30, 2020
Friday Oct 30, 2020
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.
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
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:
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Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks
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To Have and to Hoax by Martha Waters
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I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird by Sue Cerulean
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The Searcher by Tana French
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Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
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We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper
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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.
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.