Episode 437 || Bookmarked with Annie & Hunter

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, a familiar series gets a fresh new name! Backlist Book Club was where Annie and Hunter read or re-read an award-winning book that came out several years prior. Now, it’s called Bookmarked with Annie and Hunter! This time on Bookmarked, they’re discussing Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. You can purchase your copy here. To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website (type “Episode 437” into the search bar to easily find the books mentioned in this episode): Annie and Hunter’s selection for the next episode of Bookmarked is: Train Dreams by Denis Johnson Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri (releases October 10th, 2023) 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 to Lazy City by Rachel Connolly (releases October 3rd, 2023). Hunter is reading This Other Eden by Paul Harding. 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	Still, there are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I have eaten, each person I have known, each room in which I have slept.
0:34.0	As ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination.
0:40.0	Jumphala Heary, interpreter of maladies.
0:43.0	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia.
0:49.0	And this week, I'm joined by frequent from the Front porch guest Hunter McClendon, though you might know him as a shelf by shelf on Instagram.
0:57.0	If you're a regular listener, you probably know that one of our main goals is to grow the show to 10,000 listeners.
1:03.0	We are getting so close. You're probably sick of me saying this, but I really mean it. We are so close.
1:07.0	And a lot of that is thanks to everyone who has left a review.
1:10.0	Here's one of my recent favorites from I Love Music Period.
1:14.0	Absolutely a door. I have come to completely love and wait with baited breath for new episodes of this show.
1:20.0	I adore Annie B. Jones, her thoughtful reviews and helpful recommendations about books, her great camaraderie with occasional guest Hunter, the amazing Patreon content they provide.
1:29.0	I just love it. Thank you so much.
1:31.0	If you haven't left a review, 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 rightus review, and then tell us what you think.
1:42.0	And speaking of Patreon, if you love hearing from Hunter, you can hear us discuss Charles Dickens bleak house in our conquer a classic episodes.
1:50.0	Just go to patreon.com forward slash from the front porch to begin listening for just five dollars a month.
1:57.0	Now back to the show. Hi Hunter. Hello.
2:01.0	Wasn't that review so nice? It was really listen, if you want to make my day, say good things about me.
2:07.0	I love hearing good things about myself and people I care about obviously.
2:10.0	I picked that review because it specifically mentioned you and there are quite a few that specifically mentioned you isn't that delightful.
2:16.0	You know, what can I say just star quality? No, I it's so funny.
2:21.0	I you know, I like I have always felt deeply honored to have any time on this show because I love being able to talk about books with you.
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