Welcome to episode 46 of From the Front Porch, a collection of conversations on books, small business,

and life in the South. I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in

beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia, and today I'll be recapping my reads for October.

Before I get started, I just wanted to remind everyone how important it is to rank and review

us on iTunes.

It's really simple.

If you have the iTunes or podcast app on your phone, you can rate and review from the app.

Otherwise, you can go to our iTunes page.

I will put a link in the show notes.

It's a great way to not only tell other people about the podcast, but also to let us know what you think, what your favorite segments are, what your favorite episodes have been.

And I, for the first time in a couple of weeks, went back and looked at our current

ratings and reviews.

And thank you so much.

You just really made my day with all of the great things you had to say about the podcast.

This is such a labor of love for our staff.

And it's really fun to hear that people not just in

South Georgia but kind of all over the country are listening to the podcast and I would be curious

to know where some of you are from so if you do choose to rank or review us on iTunes over the

next couple of weeks I hope you will leave us a little note and let us know where you're listening from, how you found out about us.

It's really helpful to figure out how people are discovering the bookshelf and from the front porch.

And so if you would provide that feedback for us, I would so appreciate it.

And thank you to those of you who have written in and reviewed and ranked us already.

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