Episode 466 || February Reading Recap

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in February. You get 10% off your books when you order your February Reading Recap bundle! Each month, we offer a Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie’s three favorite books she read that month. To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (type “Episode 466” into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode), or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app: Annie's February Reading Recap Bundle - $68 Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar Good Material by Dolly Alderton The Best of Everything by Rona Jaffe All books mentioned in this episode: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar Good Material by Dolly Alderton Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez (releases 3/5) The Best of Everything by Rona Jaffe Real Americans by Rachel Khong (releases 4/30) Colton Gentry’s Third Act by Jeff Zentner (releases 4/30) Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley Mostly What God Does by Savannah Guthrie 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 Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley. If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. 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. You don't let go once. That's your first mistake. You say goodbye over a lifetime.
0:30.0	You have to be prepared to let go and let go a thousand times.
0:37.0	Dolly Alderton Good Material
0:40.0	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown
0:46.8	Thomasville, Georgia, and this week I'm recapping the books I read in February.
0:52.3	It's not too late to join Annie's five-star books on
0:54.9	Instagram and I wanted to mention it on this episode because if you enjoy the
0:59.7	reading recap episodes you might enjoy seeing my book reviews of what I've read throughout
1:04.4	the year. So for $50 a year you can become a part of this bookish community
1:08.5	online. Through the private Instagram account you'll get access to my five-star book reviews, backlist, and front-list
1:14.8	titles and I also host monthly Instagram Lives and hop on stories to chat books and
1:20.3	maybe even share about the books I start but never finish.
1:23.7	If you follow me personally on Instagram, you've seen my reviews for years,
1:27.5	and of course from the front portion listeners, that's you, can always have access to my free
1:31.8	monthly reading recap episodes.
1:33.4	The private Instagram is just a place where I get to be more detailed with my reviews
1:37.0	and 5-star book club members can also choose if they want those 5-star reads
1:41.2	mailed to them each month from the
1:42.9	bookshelf. So for more information or to sign up for the
1:46.4	2024 group you can visit Annie B Jones rights.com forward slash 5 star
1:52.4	dash book
1:53.4	dash club there's also a link in the show notes
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