Episode 153 || Reading Resolutions, Vol. 4

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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It's a new year, so Chris and Annie are back to discuss their reading plans for 2018. Spoiler: We're not doing quantitative tracking. Also, what is the natural habitat of the North American beaver? Additionally, an extended discussion on Jason Rekulak's The Impossible Fortress and what "YA" means in terms of readership. Thanks, as always, to Forlorn Strangers for the use of our theme music. Learn and listen more here. Listen to a full back catalogue of our show here, and, if you're interested in some exclusive content like our side-podcast Unpopular Opinions, consider supporting us on Patreon here.

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0:00.0	Okay, so, roadkill.
0:04.9	This took a turn already.
0:06.7	It's a thing in Tallahassee, right?
0:08.5	Yeah.
0:09.0	And it's a thing everywhere.
0:09.9	I was not to say, whoa, whoa.
0:11.6	It's a thing everywhere, but I feel like different regions have different kinds of roadkill.
0:17.6	Okay, that makes sense.
0:18.8	So, like, in South Florida, we get toads everywhere. Okay. I remember growing up all the time and just seeing flattened toads on the road constantly. In Tallahassee, squirrels are armadillos. Correct. Right? Yeah. So that's standard fair. You'll occasionally see the raccoon, the possum. The deer. Very occasionally the deer in Tallahassee. But like... Saw a gator once. Wow. Okay. Ohio, you drive through western Ohio, deer every 30 feet. Oh, okay. Constantly. Yeah, in Tallahassee, that's much more rare. And it's like not really in Tallahassee, but like outside, right? Yeah. Yeah. I saw the weirdest roadkill of all time. Okay. Where were you? I was in front of my apartment. Oh. So on Blairstone Road, okay. Between Appalachie and Park. In Tallahassee. Yeah, across the street from that gas station. Yes. A beaver. A beaver? A beaver. Where had he come from? I don't know. And I've been trying to figure it out for weeks. I have no idea where this beaver came from. I even looked up like what is the natural habitat of the North American beaver. It does stretch into northern Florida, which I did not know. pond. But where did it come from? Where's water near your apartment?
1:29.7	So there's like a little creek in the woods next to my apartment. Yes. And I guess.
1:37.5	Yeah. That's it. But it's like, I don't think it's a natural creek. I think it's like a, like a,
1:43.1	I guess he just felt his way there.
1:45.6	This has the makings of a very sad children's book.
1:48.0	Right?
1:48.5	The beaver who couldn't cross the road.
1:50.7	Yeah.
1:51.5	That's good.
1:51.9	Yeah.
1:52.0	That's good. Welcome to episode 153 of From the Front Porch, a collection of conversations on books, small business, and life in the South.
2:16.0	My name is Chris Jensen, and I am frozen to the bone.
2:18.5	And I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown
2:22.5	Thomasville, Georgia. What is it that they were calling this winter storm that had a very fun name?
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