Episode 473 || Annie Recommends: Audiobooks

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, we have a new series: Annie Recommends! In this series, Annie curates a stack of books in a certain genre or theme for you – just as if you walked into our brick-and-mortar store, The Bookshelf. Sometimes, you just want a good book list. This month, Annie recommends a short list of her favorite audiobooks. To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (type “Episode 473” 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: The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green (Website | Libro.fm) How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz (Website | Libro.fm) Falling by T.J. Newman (Website | Libro.fm) Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (Website | Libro.fm) Caste by Isabel Wilkerson (Website | Libro.fm) Taste by Stanley Tucci (Website | Libro.fm) Going There by Katie Couric (Website | Libro.fm) The Wreckage of My Presence by Casey Wilson (Website | Libro.fm) Thank you to this week’s sponsor, the 103rd Annual Rose Show and Festival here in Thomasville, Georgia. Held in historic Downtown Thomasville, the Rose Show & Festival is sponsored by the City of Thomasville and has been a southwest Georgia tradition since 1922. Enjoy rose and flower shows, live music, an artisan market, an antique car show, a parade and fantastic shopping and dining in Downtown Thomasville. This year’s 103rd annual event is April 26-27. Plan your visit at thomasvillega.com. 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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 listening to Honey by Victor Lodato (Website | Libro.fm). 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.

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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. He's my His mind was freshly inclined toward sorrow, toward the fact that the world was full of sorrow, that everyone labored under some burden of sorrow, that all were suffering, that whatever way one took in this world, one must try to remember that all were suffering, none content, all wronged, neglected, overlooked, misunderstood, and therefore one must do what one could
0:46.8	to lighten the load of those with whom one came into contact.
0:50.7	That his current state of sorrow was not uniquely his not at all but rather
0:54.6	its like had been felt would be felt by scores of others in all times in every
0:59.9	time and must not be prolonged or exaggerated because in position, he could be of no help to anyone, and, given that his
1:07.1	position in the world situated him to be either of great help or great harm, it would not
1:12.2	do to stay low if he could help it.
1:16.1	George Saunders Lincoln in the Bardo
1:21.6	I'm Annie Jones owner of the the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown
1:26.0	Thomasville, Georgia.
1:27.6	And this week, we're back with the second in a new podcast series called Annie recommends. Do you love listening to From the Front Porch every week?
1:36.8	You can spread the word by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. All you have to do is open up the
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1:43.5	Look for From the Front Porch.
1:45.5	Scroll down until you see write a review
1:48.0	and then tell us what you think.
1:49.5	Here's a recent review from Joanne. I have been listening to From the Front Porch for about a year, and it is always entertaining and insightful. I enjoy Annie, Hunter, Annie's mom, and all the ladies that share their reviews. So much fun to listen to. I was
2:05.6	recently working through a workbook about chronic pain. I'm a chronic back pain
2:09.3	sufferer and one of the questions was about activities that lower my pain volume.
2:13.7	My first response was listening to From the Front Porch.
2:16.7	Your podcast takes my mind off of everyday challenges and helps me add to my TBR list.
2:21.7	Reading gives me so much hope and I appreciate your entertaining book reviews.
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