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From the Front Porch

Episode 178 || June Reading Recap

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

It's the end of the month, and we made it--along with some thoughts and feelings about cover songs and Canadian ice dancers. Chris and Annie talk through the books they read in the month of June.  If you'd like to purchase any of the books we discussed this episode, just follow the links below! Annie read: + Dreams of Falling by Karen White + Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman + Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan + China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan  + Clock Dance by Anne Tyler + A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza Chris read: + Me, Myself and Them by Dan Mooney + Calypso by David Sedaris + Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain 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 some brief one-on-ones with the Bookshelf staff, consider supporting us on Patreon here.

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0:00.0

I want to talk about the rom-com.

0:02.9

The rom-com? Yeah. Like as a genre. Yes. Okay. Here's why I want to talk about it. Please. So earlier this year, Netflix released this movie called The Kissing Booth. Okay. My friends recommended it to me. It's cute. It's not like traditional rom-com to me. It's cute, enjoyable. I watched it once. no desire to need to watch that again.

0:02.1

Sure.

0:02.7

Partly because the male protagonist in that film is... Do you remember in Pitch Perfect? No. Did you ever see... Mm-mm. Oh, the original Pitch Perfect is fun. I know. I actually think I would like it. Yeah, it was fun.

0:38.0

Okay, well, this is going to be...

0:38.9

I just haven't seen it.

0:39.5

But anyway, go ahead. Well, there's an... I don't know his name, so now it's lost to me. But, like, he's this short actor. I think he's also in that HBO show about Silicon Valley. Oh. Is he on that? He's got kind of a bulldog face.

0:35.7

Oh, T.J. Miller?

0:37.6

This is short, squatty guy.

0:39.2

Yeah. Oh. Is he on that? He's got kind of a bulldog face. Oh, T.J. Miller? This is short, squatty guy.

0:57.6

Yeah. Is that him? Does he have like curly hair? No. Okay, then I don't know who you're talking about. T.J. Miller's like a... Oh, he's awful. Yeah. No. He's a monster. This guy is different. Okay. But anyway, my point is he's not super handsome.

0:52.8

And I'm sorry I just use the word bulldog face to describe someone.

0:55.5

But in my head, every person is an animal, and that's that person's animal. Okay. Okay. So, I'm sorry. But my point is, the male protagonist is not like, um, not conventionally attractive. And so I thought that movie, and and it was cute but it was also a little

1:28.5

cheesy in parts whatever fast forward but also rewind to a week ago okay when or two weeks ago

1:36.6

when netflix released the romantic comedy set it up uh-huh guys the romccom is back. In a big way.

1:45.3

In a big way.

1:46.5

And in a good way, like, I've already watched it twice.

1:49.6

Okay.

1:49.8

I watched it back to back.

1:51.0

It was recommended to me by Netflix yesterday.

1:53.3

Well, you and Kelsey should see if you enjoy it.

1:55.8

Okay.

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