Episode 436 || New Release Rundown: August

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, it’s another New Release Rundown! Annie, Olivia, and Erin are sharing the August releases they’re excited about to help you build your TBR. When 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 (type “Episode 436” into the search bar to easily find the books mentioned in this episode): Annie's books: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett The Peach Seed by Anita Gail Jones Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo Holler, Child by LaToya Watkins (releases 8/29) Olivia's books: Mister Magic by Kiersten White (releases 8/8)Whalefall by Daniel Kraus (releases 8/8)Rewind by Lisa Graff (releases 8/22)The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass (releases 8/29) Erin's books: The Connellys of County Down by Tracey Lange Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllisterThe Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride (releases 8/8)The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins (releases 8/15) 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 listening to Social Engagement by Avery Carpenter Forrey. Olivia is reading Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon. Erin is reading Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister. If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. 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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, 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	Finally enough, this turned out to be the thing that saved me, the knowledge that I could get back by myself, and patch it, Tom Leap.
0:35.0	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the Bookshelf and independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia.
0:41.0	And this week, I'm joined by Bookshelf floor manager Olivia Schafer and online sales manager Aaron Fielding to give you a rundown of our favorite new books releasing in August.
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1:23.0	Thank you, Katie, and thank you to all of the reviewers who've left kind words and thoughtful reviews about the show.
1:28.0	We're so grateful anytime you share From the Front porch with your friends.
1:31.0	Thank you for spreading the word about not only our podcast, but also our independent bookstore.
1:36.0	Now back to the show. Hi guys.
1:39.0	Hi.
1:40.0	I cannot believe we're talking about August books.
1:43.0	In my head, I thought we were talking about September books.
1:46.0	I have, I think we each have four.
1:50.0	Yeah, correct.
1:51.0	Yes.
1:52.0	And I had trouble finding August releases I wanted to talk about.
1:56.0	Aaron, I think you were in the same boat as I was totally dead.
1:59.0	I actually feel like the four books that I chose today are like the perfect books that are like, this is what Olivia reads.
2:07.0	This is four, which I might regret saying after I.
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