Episode 342 || Pandemic Reading

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, Annie and her friend Hunter are talking about “pandemic brain” and how their literary tastes have changed since March of 2020. The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Matrix by Lauren Groff Real Life by Brandon Taylor Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam Most Likely by Sarah Watson Millennial Nuns by the Daughters of St. Paul Baby-Sitters Club by Ann M. Martin Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (currently unavailable) Middlemarch by George Eliot (currently unavailable) My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi A Burning by Megha Majumdar Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi Luster by Raven Leilani 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 Groundskeeping by Lee Cole. Hunter is reading The Souvenir Museum by Elizabeth McCracken. 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	I think you should learn, of course, and some days you must learn a great deal.
0:29.0	But you should also have days when you allow what is already in you to swell up inside of you until it touches everything.
0:36.0	E.L. Conexberg, from the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
0:45.0	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia.
0:51.0	And this week I'm joined by my friend and bookstagram celebrity, Hunter McClendon.
0:56.0	Hunter and I are both avid readers, but our reading lives have definitely been affected by these pandemic days.
1:02.0	Today we're talking about pandemic brain and how our literary tastes have changed since March of 2020.
1:09.0	Before we get started, this is your friendly reminder that From the Front porch is a production of the bookshelf, an indie bookstore in Thomasville, Georgia.
1:17.0	As our store heads into the last three months of the year, we hope you'll consider shopping small.
1:22.0	Our online store is always open, and we'd be so happy to mail holiday gifts your way.
1:27.0	Because of, you know, supply chain issues and potential shipping staff foods, I like everyone else and I'm encouraging you to shop now.
1:35.0	This month we've got three virtual events designed specifically for our long-distance customers to help you find book titles for every reader on your shopping list.
1:43.0	Just visit bookshelftomicell.com to snag your tickets.
1:47.0	At the risk of beating a metaphorical dead horse, and I'm sorry for that gross metaphor, October is the new December.
1:54.0	We hope you'll support our small business when you shop this holiday season.
1:58.0	Now onto the show.
2:00.0	Hi Hunter.
2:01.0	Hello.
2:02.0	Welcome back.
2:04.0	Thank you for having me here.
2:06.0	Okay, you and I texted about this topic.
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