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From the Front Porch

Episode 191 || Books for Binge-Watchers

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In addition to being Professional Book People™️, Annie and Chris are also avid TV watchers. Take that as you will. This week, book recommendations based on new and upcoming television. Binge with us a little bit, won't you? Also, The VVitch is a very scary movie. For fans of Murphy Brown: + Amanda Wakes Up by Alisyn Camerota + Hello, Sunshine by Laura Dave For fans of The Good Place: + How to Invent Everything by Ryan North + How to Live Safely in a Science-Fictional Universe by Charles Yu For fans of I Feel Bad: + I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron + The Misfortune of Marion Palm by Emily Culliton For fans of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: + The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa + Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero For fans of The Romanoffs: + I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon + Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal + A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 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 Chris and Annie's Unpopular Opinions, consider supporting us on Patreon here.

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0:00.0

It's October.

0:02.7

It is October.

0:03.7

Looks like we made it.

0:06.3

So it's October.

0:07.6

Jordan and I watch scary movies all October long.

0:10.4

Good.

0:10.9

Would you like to know what we watched last night?

0:12.2

Yes.

0:13.4

We watched The Witch.

0:15.2

Oh, that movie's terrifying.

0:16.9

Chris, did you tell me, I thought somebody I knew.

0:20.2

Like, I started that movie and I was like, I think Chris Jensen told me not to watch this.

0:23.6

I did tell you not to watch that.

0:25.6

It's horrifying.

0:27.6

And the twist, I mean, I don't care, I'm gonna spoil this.

0:31.6

The twist at the end is made way more scary if you are a person of faith.

0:36.6

Yeah, oh, for sure. Because you think the whole time it's going like, this is a mental illness thing, like, she's just like kind of crazy and thinks she's seeing these things. No, no, the supernatural is real. Yeah. All kinds of bad stuff is going down. Let me tell you, that movie is terrifying. Yeah, I mean, I want to watch it again, to be fair, because I like that kind of scary, but it's terrifying. Jordan likes that kind of scary, too. And honestly, like, I do too, although I'll be honest, I actually did watch a good portion of it under a blanket. Oh, yeah. Like one eyeball out. But I love, okay, Jordan and I, we just have a good time together, and, like, sometimes I had fake spiders under his pillow.

1:15.1

Sure.

1:16.3

So last night...

1:17.7

Did you do something with a goat?

1:18.9

Well, we were laying in bed, and, like, I leaned over, and I was like, good night.

1:24.2

Would you like to live deliciously?

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