Welcome to From the Front Porch, a conversational podcast about books, small business, and life in the South. I believe in nature, in science, in jazz and dancing, and I believe in people, in

their resilience, in their goodness.

This is my credo, this is my hymn.

Maybe it's not enough for heaven, and maybe I'm even wrong.

But if I can walk through the fire and with blistered skin still have faith in better days, I have to believe that's good enough.

Emory Lord, the names they gave us.

I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful

downtown Thomasville, Georgia, and today I'm recapping the books I read in April.

How is everybody?

Are you guys okay?

What a, what a crazy, what a crazy time to be recording a podcast. I read 11 books in April, which is interesting to me because it very much has felt like I have experienced a reading rut, certainly kind of between the end of

March and the beginning of April. And I do think it got better as the month went on, but counted I had to double check my count on how many books I read because I thought there's no way I read this many books in April.

There are so many things to be said about what we are all living through and experiencing,

and I think living through and experiencing in different ways.

I am not equipped to address all of that, but I hope you are well.

I hope you are well. I hope you are okay. If you are a Patreon supporter,

I hope you can tell every Tuesday that Olivia and I are working hard and are so grateful and overwhelmed by all of your online support and your orders.

They are keeping us going.

They are giving us hope for whatever it is that comes next. I don't think any of us really knows

for sure what what that's going to look like but thank you for all of the ways

you guys have supported the bookshelf and continue to support us through these uncertain days. I hope maybe these

podcast episodes can at least give you a little bit of joy in the middle of just confusing

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