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From the Front Porch

Episode 363 || I’ll Read What She’s Reading

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is talking all about romantic comedies with The Bookshelf’s resident rom-com expert (and our events and marketing coordinator) Mary Katherine. The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf. Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum Waiting For Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn When You Get the Chance by Emma Lord In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer Flying Solo by Linda Holmes Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes Just Another Love Song by Kerry Winfrey Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan From Hollywood with Love by Scott Meslow 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, The 101st annual Rose Show and Festival, here in Thomasville, Georgia. If you want to come for the weekend and experience the flowers, fun, food, and shopping in beautiful Thomasville GA, plan your visit at thomasvillega.com. This week Annie is reading Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. Mary Katherine is reading The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson. 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 and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. 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: https://tidd.ly/3C2zVbb 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.

0:08.0

Music

0:25.0

Rom coms are, practically by definition, a hopeful genre.

0:29.0

They tell you that you should be yourself without apology or self-consciousness, hang on to your dreams, even when they don't make sense,

0:36.0

and, above all, hold out for true love because it always might be just around the corner.

0:43.0

Scott Mezlo from Hollywood with Love

0:48.0

I'm Annie Jones, owner of the Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia,

0:54.0

and this week we're talking Nora Efron and One True Parings, Meet Cutes and Happy Endings.

0:59.0

That's right, it's time to discuss and dissect the occasionally maligned but often adored romantic comedy.

1:05.0

I'm joined today by the Bookshelf's resident rom com expert and our events and marketing coordinator, Mary Catherine.

1:11.0

Hi, Mary Catherine.

1:12.0

Hello.

1:13.0

I'm so glad you're joining us today. Welcome to the podcast.

1:16.0

Thank you, I'm very excited to be here.

1:19.0

So I wanted to talk with you about this, but really you wanted to talk to me about this.

1:24.0

This was an idea you had, I think last fall or before Christmas or something and we're finally kind of watching it come to fruition.

1:33.0

We at the Bookshelf staff know that rom coms are your favorite genre or one of your preferred genres.

1:39.0

So I'm curious about your history with romantic comedies, not just in literature, but in film too, because you and I

1:46.0

I think approach this similarly, but at the same time differently.

1:49.0

We're different ages.

1:50.0

We came of age during different rom com eras.

1:53.0

So I'm curious what's kind of your history with the romantic comedy.

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