Episode 214 || March Madness 2019

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

It's March, and everything's gone MAD! Annie is joined by her husband, Jordan, for their annual adventure through book brackets and The Bookshelf's recent bestsellers. 1. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 2. The Current by Tim Johnston 3. A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza 4. Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver 5. The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker 6. My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite 7. Becoming by Michelle Obama 8. Educated by Tara Westover 9. Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 10. Hey Ladies! by Caroline Moss and Michelle Markowitz 11. Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis 12. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo 13. I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening) by Beth A. Silvers and Sarah Stewart Holland 14. The Point of It All by Charles Krauthammer 15. Inheritance by Dani Shapiro 16. The Library Book by Susan Orlean 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	this is just like a cold open. Okay. Like we say something funny. Okay. Do you have... How many years are we been doing this? I already said that. But then I was told to save it. This is not scripted. Do you have any funny legislative stories you can share? Oh, I didn't know you were going to spring that on me. It's very late. This is unscripted.
0:21.1	Yeah, I know, I know, but that's difficult. Um, let's see. Is there anything funny? You can share
0:28.7	the audience. This is Annie Jones, missing children. 214 of From the Front Porch, a collection of conversations on books, small business, and life
0:55.8	in the South. I'm Annie Jones, missing Chris Jensen, but that's okay because today I am joined by
1:01.4	my husband. Jordan Jones. This is our annual March Madness episode, so that is why you will not hear Chris's voice on this
1:13.1	episode of From the Front Porch but I am still Annie Jones owner of the bookshelf in beautiful
1:17.6	downtown Thomasville, Georgia and I'm joined by Jordan Jones. Yeah I'll try to sit in for Chris as well as I
1:23.9	can but I probably won't be as beloved. Yeah, he is pretty beloved.
1:28.2	Yeah, I know.
1:30.2	The good news is that I think people,
1:32.9	what they love about from the front porch is banter,
1:35.0	and I think we can give them that today.
1:36.9	I hope so.
1:37.5	I hope so.
1:38.8	I think everyone should, first of all, know that we are recording this at 9.51 p.m.
1:46.0	You are not feeling well.
1:48.8	Tallahassee sinuses have gotten to you.
1:52.2	I do not like functioning past 9 p.m.
1:55.9	So this would be interesting.
1:58.0	This will be real fun.
2:01.6	We do a special March Madness episode every year for a couple of reasons.
2:07.2	As a married couple, we have a storied history of March Madness, bets, and traditions.
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