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From the Front Porch

Episode 345 || November New Release Rundown

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode of From the Front Porch, Annie, Olivia, and Lucy are discussing their favorite newly released titles of the month and highlighting books you’ll want to add to your TBR list! The books mentioned in today’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf. Annie's List: The Donut Trap by Julie Tieu How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days by K.M. Jackson Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Held Evans Dear William by David Magee The Family by Naomi Krupitsky Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King The Sentence by Louise Erdrich I Hope This Finds You Well by Kate Baer Olivia’s list: Tiger Skin Rug by Joan Haig A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske Thursday’s Child by Noel Straetfield The Legend of the Christmas Witch by Dan Murphy & Aubrey Plaza Hornswoggled by Josh Crute Kid’s Book of Sticker Love by Irene Smit and Astrid van der Hulst Stuntboy, In the Meantime by Jason Reynolds Lucy’s list: Aesop's Animals: The Science Behind the Fables by Jo Wimpenny The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America's Heartland by Dick Lehr Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution by H.W. Brands Dvorak's Prophecy: And the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music by Joseph Horowitz The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones The 1619 Project: Born on the Water (children's picture book) These Precious Days by Ann Patchett 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 Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho. Olivia is reading Loveless by Alice Osman. Lucy is reading How to Be Perfect by Michael Schur. If you liked what you heard in 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

On the way back to Vermont, I thought about words and how, if you put a few of them in the right order, a three-minute story about a girl and her dog can get people to forget all the ways you've disappointed them.

0:37.0

Willie King, five Tuesdays in winter.

0:46.0

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 November's new release roundup, our last one of the year.

0:57.0

We're discussing our favorite newly released titles of the month, highlighting new books without overwhelming your probably already daunting TBR list.

1:05.0

Welcome back guys.

1:07.0

Hello.

1:08.0

Okay, so this is our last roundup of the year because December is a notoriously slow publishing month.

1:14.0

So this is it. This will be back in December with our best books of the year.

1:19.0

But these are like the last newly released titles we're going to talk about.

1:23.0

How do you guys feel about your list?

1:26.0

It's pretty fun.

1:28.0

I think that's pretty fun.

1:31.0

Mine's not quite as fun, but I see a lot of gifting books on here, so that's good.

1:37.0

Yes, I feel like when I came up with my list, like at first, I thought, what's coming out in November?

1:43.0

And release dates are changing all the time. That's like the caveat we should give before we start this episode.

1:48.0

Like publishing dates are changing constantly, especially right now.

1:51.0

But I did look at my list and thought, well, this is a well-rounded genre list. Like there's a lot here.

1:56.0

So okay, shall we begin?

2:00.0

Let's do it.

2:02.0

Okay, my first two are rom coms.

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