Episode 361 || February Reading Recap

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of From the Front Porch, Annie is recapping all of the books she read in February. Shorter versions of these reviews can be found on Annie’s personal Instagram page. The books mentioned in today’s episode are available for purchase at The Bookshelf’s website and there’s a Reading Recap bundle featuring Annie’s three favorite titles from this month’s readings, available at a discounted price. You can find links to the books mentioned in this episode below: Going There by Katie Couric on Libro.Fm Recitatif by Toni Morrison on Libro.Fm What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins Nobody’s Magic by Destiny O. Birdsong Good Morning, Love by Ashley M. Coleman South to America by Imani Perry on Libro.Fm 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. This week, Annie is reading Hope and Glory by Jendella Benson. 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

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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.
0:08.0	If you've ever been happy before, I reckon you can be again.
0:28.0	If you've never been happy, right now is a good time to start trying.
0:32.0	And the faster you can do that, the better.
0:34.0	Not the being, that's a process, but the trying.
0:38.0	Because real happiness is like trouble.
0:40.0	You look for it long enough, it'll find you.
0:43.0	Destiny-O-Bird song, nobody's magic.
0:47.0	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia.
0:53.0	And this week, I'm recapping the books I read in February.
0:56.0	If you're a new listener from The Front porch, welcome.
0:59.0	Each month, I recap the books I read here on the podcast.
1:03.0	And then shorter versions of these reviews can be found on my personal Instagram at AnnieBJones05.
1:09.0	So if you prefer written reviews, you can find this on Instagram.
1:13.0	But I put all of that information and kind of go into each book on a deeper level here on From the Front porch.
1:20.0	All the books I'll be sharing about today are available for purchase on the Bookshelf website.
1:25.0	That's www.BookshelfThomasville.com.
1:29.0	And as we did in January, there is a reading recap bundle featuring my three favorite titles from this month's readings available at a discounted price.
1:38.0	You can learn more details at the end of today's episode.
1:42.0	Okay, let's get started.
1:47.0	I finished listening to going there by Katie Kirk.
1:51.0	I listened to this book in audiobook format through Libro FM.
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