Episode 459 || Favorite Unsung Books of 2023

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie shines the spotlight on her favorite unsung books of 2023. While these books may not all be five-star reads, they deserve more airtime than they got last year. Did these books fly under your radar, too? Do you want to go to our next Reader Retreat, happening on March 22-24? Now is a great time to follow The Bookshelf on Instagram here so you can access tickets when they’re released to the public on Tuesday, January 16. We hope to see you and your reading buddies there! Learn more about Reader Retreat here and follow us on Instagram here. To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website (type “Episode 459” 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: My Husband by Maud Ventura The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring The Three of Us by Ore Agbaje-Williams This Is Salvaged by Vauhini Vara Kill Show by Daniel Sweren-Becker The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill Roaming by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman Hestia Strikes a Match by Christine Grillo If We’re Being Honest by Cat Shook 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 Colton Gentry’s Third Act by Jeff Zentner. 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. My release My relief mitigates my pain. It's the relief that comes when what we've been dreading finally happens.
0:31.0	When we're playing hide and seek and our hiding place is
0:34.7	discovered. When a loved one we cared for deeply who's been sick for a long time
0:39.4	passes away, when the main character of a horror movie is caught by the monster who's been hunting them,
0:46.0	it's a good thing.
0:48.0	I have nothing left to fear because what was bound to happen has happened.
0:52.0	I have nothing left to fear because the worst has happened.
0:57.2	Maude Ventura, my husband. I'm Annie Jones, owner of the booksshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia, and this week I'm sharing my favorite unsung books of 2023.
1:12.0	Now is the perfect time to follow the bookshelf over on
1:14.8	Instagram. As we kick off a new year we're announcing our 2024 reader retreat
1:20.0	dates for spring and opening up reservations. And although our Patreon supporters and newsletter
1:25.6	subscribers are always the first to know about events like these, following us on Instagram
1:30.6	is a great way to ensure you don't miss what's coming up next.
1:34.0	Follow us over on Instagram at Bookshelf T-Ville, where you can keep up with all of our
1:40.2	upcoming store events, behind-the- scenes shenanigans, and staff book recommendations.
1:45.6	Again, that's Instagram. Nobody does Instagram.com. It's on Instagram at bookshelf TV I L L L E. Now back to the show. Before we fully say goodbye to
1:59.7	2023 although haven't we already aren't we aren't we very over
2:04.4	23 I wanted to look back and see what titles I wish I'd shared about more
2:09.8	the unsung books that have maybe possibly flown under your radar.
2:15.4	Not all these recommendations were like five-star books for me or even the best books of
2:19.8	last year.
2:20.8	We already did an episode about that.
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