Episode 343 || Literary Therapy, Vol. 10

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This week Annie is back to answer listeners' literary conundrums in round ten of Literary Therapy. The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary (Currently unavailable) Stuart Little by E.B. White Book journal The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles The Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune Competitive Grieving by Nora Zelvansky This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper (Currently unavailable) Family Fang by Kevin Wilson The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney Musical Chairs by Amy Poeppel Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg 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 So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow. 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

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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	We cannot understand. The best is perhaps what we understand least.
0:32.0	C.S. Lewis, a grief observed.
0:46.0	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown
0:50.6	Thomasville, Georgia, and this week I'm putting on my Frazier Crane hat and working my way
0:55.8	through your bookish conundrums in an episode of Literary Therapy.
1:00.8	Before we get started, this is your friendly reminder I'm going to do these every week
1:05.8	that From the Front porch is a production of the Bookshelf, an indie bookstore in Thomasville, Georgia.
1:09.8	As our store heads into the last three months of the year, we hope you'll consider shopping small.
1:15.8	Our online store is always open and we'd be so happy to mail holiday gifts your way.
1:20.8	Because of, yes, supply chain issues and potential shipping snaffos, I like everyone else
1:27.8	and encouraging you to shop now.
1:29.8	Yes, October really is the new December. We really are this stressed about it
1:35.8	and we hope you'll support our small business when you shop this holiday season.
1:39.8	Now, onto the show.
1:41.8	The first conundrum is brought to us by Mary Lou.
1:45.8	Hi, Annie, it's Mary Lou.
1:47.8	This summer my almost five-year-old daughter and I have enjoyed reading children's chapter books together.
1:52.8	We like to celebrate finishing a book by watching the movie that ties in.
1:56.8	So far this summer we've read and watched Matilda, The Witches, and Harry Potter, the first one.
2:02.8	Do you have any recommendations for good children's chapter book read alouds appropriate
2:08.8	for her age that have good movie talents? Thanks so much.
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