Episode 453 || November Reading Recap

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in October. You get 10% off your books when you order your November Reading Recap bundle! Each month, we offer a Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie’s three favorite books she read that month. November Reading Recap Bundle - $59 The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring (paperback) Today Tonight Forever by Madeline Kay Sneed (hardcover) Faking Christmas by Kerry Winfrey (paperback) Get your bundle here. You can get the books mentioned in this episode on our website (type “Episode 453” into the search bar and tap enter to easily find the books mentioned in this episode): The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring The River by Peter Heller Play for Me by Libby Hubscher The Woman in Me by Britney Spears Romney: A Reckoning by McKay Coppins The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan Faking Christmas by Kerry Winfrey Today Tonight Forever by Madeline Kay Sneed Begin Again by Helly Acton (releases 4/2/24) Columbine by Dave Cullen 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 Mercury by Amy Jo Burns (releases 1/2/24). 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.
0:24.0	A wedding is rarely the best day of anyone's life.
0:27.0	It's a beginning, an ending, the middle of the road.
0:31.0	The past drags behind everyone, a training of memories and regrets,
0:36.0	stitched together with lace, delicate and ornate, years spent threading together.
0:42.0	Madeline K. Sneed, today, tonight, forever.
0:48.0	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia.
0:54.0	And this week, I'm recapping the books I read in November.
0:58.0	This year, prompted by the Women in My Mastermind Group,
1:02.0	I started sharing my book reviews on a private paid for Instagram account.
1:07.0	Annie's Five Star Book Club, and it has been one of my favorite things I've done in 2023.
1:13.0	I love the quiet, stress-free community we've created there,
1:17.0	and I love getting to share my bookish thoughts in a smaller space.
1:21.0	In November, I opened the doors for our 2024 group.
1:25.0	For $50 a year, you can become a part of this bookish community online.
1:30.0	Through the private Instagram account, you'll get access to my Five Star Book reviews,
1:34.0	backlist and front list titles, I'll host monthly Instagram lives, hop on stories to chat books,
1:40.0	and occasionally even share about the books I start, but never finish.
1:44.0	If you follow me personally on Instagram, you've seen my reviews for years,
1:48.0	and of course, from the front porch listeners will always have access
1:51.0	to these free monthly reading recap episodes.
1:54.0	The private Instagram is just a place where I get to be more detailed with my reviews,
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