305 || So You Watched Bridgerton

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

Fiction, Society & Culture, Books, Arts:books, Arts

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Annie is joined this week by Royal correspondent and frequent podcast contributor, Courtney Kinsey. The two debrief the Netflix sensation, Bridgerton and what books show lovers might enjoy. The books discussed on today’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: To Have and To Hoax by Martha Waters A Well-Behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler A League of Extraordinary Women series by Evie Dunmore Jo and Laurie by Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la Cruz The Cazalet Chronicles series by Elizabeth Jane Howard The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory Emma by Jane Austen Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner 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 Courtney is reading Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski. 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.

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0:00.0	Welcome to From the Front porch, a conversational podcast about books, small business, and life in the South.
0:24.0	I can live with you hating me. He said to the close door, I just can't live without you.
0:30.0	Julia Quinn, an offer from a gentleman.
0:43.0	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia.
0:49.0	And today, I'm joined by from the Front porch Royals correspondent Courtney Kinsey.
0:54.0	She's been a frequent contributor on the podcast, and she's back this week to debrief the Netflix sensation Bridgerton.
1:00.0	And what books you might want to read if you've got a Simon Bassett hangover.
1:04.0	Hey Courtney.
1:05.0	Hey, how are you?
1:07.0	I'm good. I'm ready to talk about Bridgerton because we haven't really talked about it at all, you and I.
1:12.0	Uh-huh. Yeah.
1:14.0	So I wanted to get your thoughts.
1:17.0	And yeah, what she thought about the show, did you, you watched it, right?
1:21.0	I did. Yes.
1:23.0	Jordan and I watched it together, thinking it was going to be Downton Abbey S.
1:29.0	Um, it is definitely more gossip girl than Downton Abbey.
1:34.0	Um, plus a lot of open door scenes that are open to me and to the world.
1:44.0	So Jordan and I had an interesting watching experience.
1:48.0	But what did you think about the show?
1:51.0	Well, I watched it by myself.
1:53.0	Um, so already off to a better start, I would say.
1:57.0	I honestly, I really loved the series.
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