Episode 139 || September Reading Recap

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2017

⏱️ 34 minutes

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September was a decidedly not-great month for our intrepid hosts, but at least they got to read some phenomenal books! Join us for our monthly wrap-up and check out our favorite books of the month! Annie read: + I'll Have What She's Having by Erin Carlson + People Like Us by Dana Mele (on sale February 2018) + Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo + Reading People by Anne Bogel + The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron and Susan Stabile + To Dance with the White Dog by Terry Kay + Down and Across by Arvin Ahmadi + When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon + Tell Me More by Kelly Corrigan + Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward Chris read: + The Afterlives by Thomas Pierce (on sale January 2018) + The Mothers by Brit Bennett Also mentioned: + Bossypants by Tina Fey + Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher + Grit by Angela Duckworth + The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Thank you, as always, to Forlorn Strangers. Learn more at their website. For an almost-full catalogue of our old episodes, learn more, or contact us, visit our website. Thank you SO MUCH to our Patreon supporters. If you'd like to become a patron and access our monthly bonus content, check us out here.

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0:00.0	So I was late this morning because I had a doctor's appointment.
0:03.5	Uh-huh.
0:05.2	I hate the doctor.
0:07.1	Sure.
0:07.5	I love my doctor.
0:08.9	She's a lovely woman, but I hate going to the doctor.
0:12.3	And today, I made a mental list of things I would do if I'd gone to medical school and become a doctor.
0:17.1	Okay.
0:17.8	Hit me.
0:18.4	Okay.
0:19.1	No more fluorescent lighting in your exam room.
0:22.2	For sure.
0:23.1	A nice lamp with a warm glow.
0:26.3	Okay.
0:26.9	Okay.
0:27.8	Just like you've got a robe there sitting for me after I strip naked and pretend this is normal.
0:33.3	Yep.
0:33.6	I want a pair of socks.
0:35.1	I bring my own now, like an old woman.
0:38.5	I, like, have my socks in my bag. Are they compression socks? No, I wish. I just want my feet to be warm when they're up in stirrups. Sure. That's all I ask, okay? I want you to speak warm and soothingly to me, and I want their beauty music playing. What kind of music? Because that matters. Look, when I used to go see an acupuncturist, he had like naturey sounds.
0:37.7	Sure.
0:38.0	Okay?
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