Episode 421 || Off the Shelf with Annie & Ashley: Spring

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, it's an episode of Off the Shelf with Annie & Ashley, formerly known as Kids' Table! It's the same banter and book talk you love with a fresh new name. Annie is joined by friend, cousin, and former colleague, Ashley Sherlock, to chat about what they’re reading – but also what they’re watching, listening to, and buying. To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website: Annie's books: In Memoriam by Alice Winn Congratulations! The Best is Over by R. Eric Thomas (releases 8/8) Happy Place by Emily Henry (releases 4/25) Ashley's books: Fieldwork by Iliana ReganHomebodies by Tembe Denton-Hurst (releases 5/2)The Life Council by Laura TremaineYou Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith 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 to this week’s sponsor, the 102nd Annual Rose Show and Festival in Thomasville, Georgia. Come visit us for the weekend of April 28th-29th and experience the flowers, fun, food, and shopping in Beautiful Thomasville. Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com. This week, Annie is reading The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill. Ashley is reading You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith. If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. 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...Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Donna Hetchler, Kate O’Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

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	Do you believe in magic, he asked?
0:27.0	Elwood paused for a while so long that if he had been anyone else, gaunt might have repeated the question.
0:33.0	He wondered what it was like to be someone like Elwood who contributed to the beauty of a place rather than blighting it.
0:49.0	Alice Winn in Memorium
0:53.0	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf and independent books are in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia, and this week I'm back chatting about off-the-shelf topics with my cousin Ashley Sherlock.
1:04.0	Do you love listening to From the Front porch every week? Spread the word by leaving a review on Apple podcasts.
1:10.0	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	Here is a recent review from Ellen, an important part of my week. I'm a long time listener and can't imagine how my week would be if I didn't have From the Front porch to listen to and enjoy.
1:30.0	The minute I hear the creek of the front porch swing, I feel like a special friend has stopped by the chat.
1:35.0	It makes me want to offer some iced tea. The conversations are so much fun and I really enjoy guests like Hunter, Ashley, Shot Mom, and every so often Jordan.
1:44.0	Count me as a fan girl. Thank you, Ellen, and thank you to all of the reviewers who've left kind words and thoughtful reviews of the last few months.
1:52.0	We are so grateful anytime you share From the Front porch with your friends. Thank you for spreading the word about not only our podcast, but about our small independent bookstore.
2:01.0	Now back to the show.
2:03.0	Hello! Hello!
2:06.0	Welcome back, Ashley.
2:08.0	Thanks. Happy to be here.
2:10.0	It's spring.
2:11.0	Finally, thank goodness.
2:13.0	Thank goodness it's spring.
2:15.0	These episodes used to be called as folks may know our kids table episodes, but now we call this our off-the-shelf series.
2:22.0	So today we're going to be talking about books, yes, but also about articles, TV shows, pop culture, and more.
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