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From the Front Porch

Episode 216 || March Reading Recap

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Here at the end of our pollen-covered month, it's time to discuss what we were able read between, y'know, everything else. You can find all of the following books for sale (or preorder) in The Bookshelf's online store. + Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson (on sale July 30) + Beyond the Point by Claire Gibson (on sale April 2) + Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl (on sale April 2) + Strangers and Cousins by Leah Hager Cohen (on sale May 14) + Inheritance by Dani Shapiro + Normal People by Sally Rooney (on sale April 16) + Trust Exercise by Susan Choi (on sale April 9) 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

The thing no one told me about writing a dissertation is that it would take a toll on my body.

0:07.0

I think because the assumption isn't that you're going to be expending a ton of physical energy.

0:14.0

Right.

0:15.0

But...

0:17.0

But...

0:18.0

But...

0:19.0

I spend hours and hours every day staring into my computer screen

0:23.7

and sometimes I go to bed and my eyes just never want to open again

0:31.9

yeah and then my head hurts my corneas are just scorched.

0:39.8

You needed blue ray. What are the, wait, blue?

0:41.0

Not blue ray, what are they called?

0:42.5

Blue light glasses.

0:43.3

Blue light glasses.

0:45.1

Yeah, I looked at those recently

0:47.4

and they're like not even expensive.

0:49.2

No, they're not.

0:50.4

And that would have been a very good idea months ago. Yeah, now it's almost too late.

0:56.0

It is too late.

0:57.0

I've got less than a month before I submit this thing.

1:00.0

And my eyes hurt, and my head hurts.

1:03.0

I had your back and shoulders.

1:05.0

My back and shoulders, especially when I'm like sitting at a table trying to work.

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