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From the Front Porch

Episode 458 || New Release Rundown: January

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Happy New Year! This week on From the Front Porch, it’s another New Release Rundown! Annie, Olivia, and Erin are sharing the October releases they’re excited about to help you build your TBR. What better way to start the year than with new books? When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order! To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website (type “Episode 458” into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode) or or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app: Annie's books: Mercury by Amy Jo Burns (out now) Anna O by Matthew Blake (out now) Black Liturgies by Cole Arthur Riley (releases 1/16) Olivia's books: Everyone on This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson (releases 1/30) The Fury by Alex Michaelides (releases 1/16) Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook (releases 1/16) Erin's books Invisible Woman by Katia Lief (releases 1/9) The Ladies Rewrite the Rules by Suzanne Allain (releases 1/9) Old Crimes by Jill McCorkle (releases 1/9) 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 Among the Bros by Max Marshall. Olivia is reading The Five Impossible Tasks of Eden Smith by Tom Llewellyn. Erin is reading Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle. 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. Protect. Protect the part of you that still winces at pain.

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Refuse to become too familiar with tragedy.

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Our souls were made to stir. Cole Arthur Riley, Black Liturgies.

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I'm Annie Jones, owner of the Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia, and happy new year everybody.

0:47.0

For our first episode of 2024, I'm joined by Bookshelf Operations Manager Olivia and online sales manager Aaron to give you a rundown of our favorite

0:56.4

new books releasing in January. If you are a new or new-ish listener, you might not realize that

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from the front porch is a production of the

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bookshelf, a small independently owned bookstore in rural South Georgia. By

1:08.2

listening to our show and recommending it to friends, you're helping to keep our

1:11.8

indie bookstore in business.

1:13.6

And if you like what you hear, one way you can financially support us is through Patreon.

1:18.6

In 2024, we are conquering the classic American novel Lonesome Dove together with monthly recap episodes.

1:25.5

For $5 a month you can access those conversations as well as our porch visits, monthly

1:31.0

live Q&As where we talk about everything from pop culture to

1:34.6

nail polish to what books you should take on your next vacation. To learn more

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about our Patreon tears and benefits visit visit Patreon.com,

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forward slash from the front porch.

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I'd love for you to join us there.

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Now, back to the show.

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Hi guys.

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Hello, happy new year.

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Hi, happy new Here. Hi.

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