Episode 341 || October New Release Rundown

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, Annie talks with Olivia and Lucy about the new releases you don’t want to miss this month! The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson Where the Light Fell by Philip Yancey Hill House Living by Paula Sutton Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library, edited by Glory Edim The Deep Places by Ross Douthat The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan Our Table by Peter H Reynolds Long Road to the Circus by Betsy Bird, illustrated by David Small Frankie & Bug by Gayle Forman Clarice the Brave by Lisa McMann Murder at Mallowan Hall by Collen Cambridge Bookshop of Dust and Dreams by Mindy Thompson Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020) by David Sedaris Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci Smile: The Story of a Face by Sarah Ruhl The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness by Gregory Boyle The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams The Taking of Jemima Boone: The True Story of the Kidnap and Rescue That Shaped America by Matthew Pearl From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here. Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com. This week, Annie is reading Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King. Olivia is reading Thursday’s Child by Noel Streatfield. Lucy is reading These Precious Days by Ann Patchett. If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week. Libro.FM: Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app. Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link: libro.fm/redeem/FRONTPORCH Flodesk: Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’ Flodesk is an email marketing service provider that's built for creators, by creators, and it’s easy to use. We’ve been using it for a couple of years now, and I personally love it. And right now you can get 50% off your Flodesk subscription by going to: flodesk.com/c/THEFRONTPORCH

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to From the Front porch, a conversational podcast about books, small business, and life in the South.
0:09.0	With really good literature, you're allowed to take multiple journeys as your perspective shifts over time.
0:30.0	It continues to resonate as you find different ways of entering and engaging with the narrative.
0:36.0	Gloria Edom, well-read Black Girl, finding our stories, discovering ourselves.
0:45.0	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia.
0:51.0	And today, Olivia, Lucy, and I are back with October's new release roundup.
0:56.0	We're discussing our favorite newly released titles of the month, highlighting new books without overwhelming your probably already daunting TBR lists.
1:05.0	Welcome back, guys.
1:08.0	Okay, we have a lot of books to cover, so we're going to dive right in.
1:13.0	But if you're new to this series, Olivia is our floor manager, Lucy is our online sales coordinator.
1:19.0	I'm the owner of the Bookshelf, and we are discussing our favorite newly released titles, kind of geared toward our respective genre preferences.
1:28.0	Olivia will also probably, yes, highlight some children's literature, because she is our kids' book buyer.
1:35.0	Yes, okay.
1:37.0	I do, I do just want to say also that this is probably a good listen for like, if you were an early Christmas gift buyer.
1:46.0	Yes.
1:47.0	What are you thinking about people you need to buy for?
1:50.0	Yes.
1:51.0	One of my things to do this week is to write our MailChimp newsletter.
1:54.0	Mary Catherine's been doing that most of the time, but this week is my essay to write.
1:58.0	And I already, I'm going to have to tell people October is the new December again.
2:03.0	And you need to buy things now if you want them.
2:07.0	And that includes books.
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