Episode 423 || New Release Rundown: May

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, it’s another New Release Rundown! Annie and Olivia are sharing the May releases they’re excited about to help you build your TBR. Don’t forget, if you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, you can enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order. To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website: Annie's books Super Bloom by Megan Tady (May 2)Love Buzz by Neely Tubati-Alexander (May 2)Paper Names by Susie Luo (May 2)Late Bloomers by Deepa Varadarajan (May 2)Big Gay Wedding by Byron Lane (May 30) Olivia's books The Ferryman by Justin Cronin (May 2)Absolutely, Positively Natty (May 9)Sing Her Down by Ivy Pochoda (May 23)No Perfect Places by Steven Salvatore (May 30)Drowning by TJ Newman (May 30) 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 Pieces of Blue by Holly Goldberg Sloan (out 5/9). Olivia is reading The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. Schmidt (out 5/23). 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	I have thought that I didn't meet him. It was better than him. Newmore was smarter, but now, as I gazed at his face, soft and fallen, I could see everything I was, everything I could one day become.
0:38.0	It was only possible because I was standing his shoulders.
0:43.0	Susie Lau, paper names.
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 joined by Bookshelf floor manager Olivia Schaefer to give you a rundown of our favorite new books releasing in May.
1:01.0	Do you love our literary therapy episodes? This May, we're doing it live.
1:06.0	I really couldn't resist the below Riley reference, but other people might not get it. And that's fine.
1:11.0	I'll be doing 15 minute literary therapy sessions on Tuesday, May 16, via Zoom. We can chat about reading routes, book club dilemmas, and what titles to add to your TBR.
1:22.0	To book an appointment, you'll need to purchase a ticket from the Bookshelf website at www.BookshelfThomasville.com.
1:30.0	There's also a link in our show notes. Tickets are $30 and $5 will go toward your future Bookshelf purchase.
1:37.0	This would make a great Mother's Day present or be a fun way to treat yourself this spring.
1:42.0	Spots may go quickly, so book or gift your appointment today. I cannot wait to be your very own Frazier Crane live and kind of sort of in person over Zoom.
1:52.0	Hi Olivia.
1:54.0	Hey. Welcome back.
1:57.0	Thank you.
1:58.0	Today we are talking about May new releases, listeners. Keep in mind that our online sales manager, Aaron, has made browsing our podcast book selections super easy.
2:09.0	Just go to bookshelfThomasville.com and you can type today's episode number. That's 423 into our search bar.
2:16.0	And you'll see all of today's books listed ready for you to purchase. You can also use the code new release please at checkout, which will get you 10% off your order of any of today's titles.
2:28.0	May is a big month.
2:30.0	It's a big month. It's going to be a good month.
2:33.0	I think so too. April was a big one as well as I'm reminded every week when I go downstairs and see the stack of new releases.
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