From the Front Porch

317 || Indie Bookstore Day

Listen in this week as Annie and The Bookshelf staffers celebrate Independent Bookstore Day by sharing their favorite things about indie bookstores and the books they love to sell.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf.

• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

• Furious Hours by Casey Cep

• Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

• The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

• Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

• What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer

• Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Calb

• 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

• Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

• Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

• 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 The Trouble with Hating You by Sajni Patel.

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.

316 || The Kids‘ Table: Spring

Listen in this week as Annie and guest, cousin and Bookshelf Community Manager, Ashley Sherlock chat about their Spring reading, listening, watching and buying lists.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf.

Reading:

• Good Company by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

• Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny

• Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann

• Persuasion by Jane Austen

• Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

• Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

• Reading While Black by Esau McCaulley

• You Never Forget Your First by Alexis Cole

• 145th Street by Walter Dean Myers

• Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen

• Upworthy on Instagram

• Poetry Is Not A Luxury on Instagram

• The Washington Post subscription

• The Marshall Project: Article about author Sara Gruen

Watching:

• Ted Lasso on Apple TV+

• Love Island on Hulu

• The Limit (workout program) by Beth Nicely

• Sharon McMahon of Sharon Says So - Government for Grownups classes

• Yes Day on Netflix

Listening:

• Taylor Swift: From the Vault

• Drivers License by Olivia Rodrigo

• Still Processing podcast

• Caul Baby by Morgan Jenkins

• Breezy Instrumental playlist by Kendra Joyner Adachi

• Hot Girl Walk playlist

• The First Spring playlist

Buying:

• Ally B

• The Bookshelf

• Material Kitchen

• Ashley has been buying grande lemonades with strawberries and two pumps of raspberry syrup on top from Starbucks

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 Kisses and Croissants by by Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau and Ashley is reading Good Company by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney.

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.

315 || The Power of Poetry

Listen in this week as Annie is joined by special guest and author Andre' Hadley Marria (The Songs I Could Not Sing) to discuss all things poetry.

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

• The Songs I Could Not Sing by Andre’ Hadley Marria

• Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray

• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

• Moby Dick by Herman Melville

• The Prophet by Kalil Gibran (including poem On Children)

• The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman

• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

• We Speak Your Names by Pearl Cleage

• Good Night, Willie Lee, I’ll See You In the Morning by Alice Walker

Some of Andre’s other favorite poets:

• William Wordsworth

• Gwendolyn Brooks

• Langston Hughes

• Walter Wintle

• Edgar Guest (Sermons We See )

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 Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid Just As I Am by Cicely Tyson.

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.

314 || March Reading Recap

This week Annie recaps and reviews her March reads.

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

March Reads:

• Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny

• Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

  • The New Yorker article: Crying in H Mart

• Love Like That by Emma Duffy-Comparone

• It’s Kind of a Cheesy Love Story by Lauren Morrill

• You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar

• Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann

• Good Company by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

• The Summer Job by Lizzy Dent

• With Teeth by Kristen Arnett

• The Turnout by Megan Abbott

• The Second Season by Emily Adrian

• The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

Other books mentioned:

• Forty Rooms by by Olga Grushin

• The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

• The Push by Ashley Audrain

• Dare Me by Megan Abbott

• The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

• Final Girls by Riley Sager

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 145th Street by Walter Dean Myers.

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.

313 || March Madness 2021

Annie is joined this week by her husband and March Madness super fan, Jordan Jones to discuss their own bookish brackets.

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

• The Harpy by Megan Hunter

• The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

• The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

• Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

• All Adults Here by Emma Straub

• Writers and Lovers by Lily King

• Normal People by Sally Rooney

• The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

• Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland

• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

• Wintering by Katherine May

• Untamed by Glennon Doyle

• What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer

• All Things Reconsidered by Knox McCoy

• The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi

• The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

• Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

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 The Turnout by Megan Abbott.

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.

312 || What Would Susie Read?, Vol. 2

Annie’s mom Susie joins the podcast this week to discuss books for sensitive readers.

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

• Summer House by Lauren K. Denton

• On the Bright Side by Melanie Shankle

• Stand All the Way Up by Sophie Hudson

• I’m Still Here by Austin Channing Brown

• Everything Beautiful in Its Time by Jenna Bush Hager

• House Lessons by Erica Bauermeister

• Will the Circle Be Unbroken? by Sean Dietrich

• Burnout by Amelia Nagoski and Emily Nagoski

• A Gentle Answer by Scott Sauls

• The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan

• The Woman with the Blue Star by Pam Jenoff

• My Vanishing Country by Bakari Sellers

• What Comes After by JoAnne Tompkins

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 Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann and Susie is reading The Music of Bees by Eileen Garvin.

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.

311 || Literary Therapy, Vol. 6

This week Annie puts her literary therapy hat back on to answer some listener questions.

To leave your own voicemail for an upcoming literary therapy episode, go here.

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

• Libertie

• Early Morning Riser

• Caste

• Me and White Supremacy

• Is Your Allyship Conditional

• Everything I Never Told You

• Everybody Rise

• This Close to Okay

• Room

• Brown Girl Dreaming

• Before the Fall

• Dear Edward

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.

310 || February Reading Recap

Join Annie this week as she recaps her reads from the month of February.

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

Annie’s February reads:

• This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith

• How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones

• Share Your Stuff, I’ll Go First by Laura Tremaine

• Anne of Manhattan by Brina Starler

• Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge

• The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James H. Cone

• Persuasion by Jane Austen

Other books mentioned:

• Whiskey & Ribbons by Leesa Cross-Smith

• We Love You, Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge

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 Caste by Isabel Wilkerson.

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.

309 || Baby Gabriel Recommends

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

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

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 Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge and Ashley is reading Upstream by Mary Oliver.

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.