Episode 369 || Spring Kids’ Table

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, we invite you to pull up a chair at the Kids’ Table. The Kids’ Table is our seasonal episode series where Annie sits down with former colleague, friend, and cousin, Ashley Sherlock. They catch up on what they’re reading, watching, and listening to each season. The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Reading: Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green (audiobook through Libro. FM) “How an Ivy League School Turned Against a Student ” by Rachel Aviv The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo Watching: Bridgerton season two Yellowjackets Rothaniel Upload Severance The Adam Project Listening To: Spring 2022 playlist “Hilarious” by Charlie Puth Harry Styles’ “As It Was” Maggie Rogers’ “That’s Where I Am” Buying: Jo Malone perfume sampler set Newton running shoes Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Filter 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 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. Ashley is reading Chorus by Rebecca Kaufman. 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. Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker. 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	Relationships are like countries, friendships, families, marriages, any deep, meaningful relationship tends to form its own customs, its own language.
0:37.0	Alyssa Sussman, funny you should ask.
0:43.0	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia, and this week it's time for a visit to the kids' table.
0:52.0	One of our main goals for 2022 is to grow the show to 10,000 listeners, which again, just scary to say out loud.
0:59.0	Right now we are a community of around 7,000 people, which is amazing and beyond my wildest imaginations.
1:06.0	But the best way to grow the show is to have listeners leave a review on Apple podcasts.
1:11.0	All you have to do is open up the podcast app on your phone, look for From the Front porch, scroll down until you see right a review, and then tell us what you think.
1:20.0	So many of you did this last month, thank you, thank you, thank you, and I am just so grateful.
1:26.0	I wanted to feature one listeners review.
1:29.0	Listener RW10303 said, I'm always looking for book titles that fall within my favorite genres.
1:36.0	I also want to learn about literature and nonfiction titles that people are buzzing about.
1:41.0	This podcast helps me do both.
1:43.0	At the risk of sounding trite, this podcast is like sipping a warm cup of tea.
1:47.0	It was recently pregnant and loved listening during that time.
1:50.0	It was a way to keep calm and also to build my TBR for the long days and nights ahead.
1:54.0	Thanks to the bookshelf for this content.
1:57.0	Those are such kind, generous words to describe our show.
2:00.0	And now I will forever pretend that RW stands for Rita Wilson, obviously.
2:05.0	So thank you Rita for your comment.
2:07.0	Rita doesn't listen to the show, it's fine.
2:09.0	Okay, back to the show.
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