Episode 160 || February Reading Recap

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

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🗓️ 1 March 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

February flew by, but Annie and Chris read some great books along the way. Follow along as they recap what they read. Also, ice dancing. Annie read: + Tangerine by Christine Mangan (on sale March 27) + Places I Stopped on the Way Home by Meg Fee (on sale May 8) + The All of It by Jeanette Haien + The Year of Less by Cait Flanders + That Kind of Mother by Rumaan Alam (on sale May 8) + Educated by Tara Westover Chris read: + The Hospital by Ahmed Bouanani (on sale June 26) 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 what Annie didn't finish reading this month, consider supporting us on Patreon here.

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0:00.0	You know how the young kids ship things?
0:03.6	Like, I ship this, which is basically just saying... Like, they ship a couple? Yeah. Yeah. Which, honestly, can we not... Could we... Like, can we... We've been doing that for years. Yeah. Those of us who have been watching romantic comedies our entire lives been doing that, and we didn't call it that. Did the kids even still say shipping? Because the kids were saying shipping 10 years ago.
0:02.4	No, they were not.
0:03.2	They were.
0:03.7	No. comedies our entire lives been doing that and we didn't call it that the kids even still say shipping
0:21.1	because the kids were saying shipping 10 years ago no they were they were no they absolutely
0:25.9	were ago no yeah I don't believe I was on the internet I don't believe you but I understand the
0:33.9	concept don't love the way we word it sure I. I understand the concept. It's short for relationship.
0:38.1	Sure. I get it. But I think it's often reserved for, generally speaking, fictional people.
0:45.4	Yeah. Well, the Olympics changed all that for me.
0:49.2	Oh, actually, I know about this. About this couple? Uh-huh. Okay, I've loved...
0:53.3	Who are apparently friends. Yes. They've known each other for 20 years. It's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moyer. I've gone deep down the internet hole. I've watched them for years. Like, I recognize them because they're always near the top of the pile of Olympic ice dancers. Of course, yeah. Of course, as they are. And I'm obsessed with the
1:12.8	Olympics every four years, two years, so it makes sense. So I've been watching them forever. And I
1:17.5	kind of just assumed it was a Civil Wars situation, like, meaning they really had great chemistry,
1:25.7	but they dated other people, but they don't date other people.
1:30.1	They don't date other people, but they have this very strong chemistry.
1:34.8	Yesterday, I watched seven episodes of their seven-episode-long reality show from 2013, found the episodes on YouTube,
1:43.5	watched them all.
1:45.7	And I am so intrigued by I understand having chemistry with someone who are not married to.
1:51.3	Like, I get it.
1:52.0	That happens.
1:52.6	Sure.
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