Episode 477 || Conquer a Classic Sneak Peek

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2024

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, we have a special treat for you: a Conquer a Classic sneak peek! Conquer a Classic is the From the Front Porch Patreon’s year-long book club where Annie, Hunter, and our Patreon community tackle a classic novel together month by month. Our pick for 2024 is the American Western Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. Today’s episode gives you a sneak peek of our Conquer a Classic bonus episodes on Patreon. It’s not too late to join us! Here’s how to join our Conquer a Classic book club: Buy your copy of Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. When you order Lonesome Dove from us, your order includes an exclusive physical reading guide and Conquer a Classic sticker. You can purchase a digital download for the reading guide here. Join our Patreon to unlock bonus episodes with Annie and Hunter. 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 reading The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley. 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...Jennifer Bannerton, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Susan Hulings, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, and Amanda Whigham.

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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. I suppose you set up reading the good book all night.
0:27.0	Not me, Augustus said.
0:30.0	I only read it in the morning and the evening when I can be reminded of the glory of the
0:33.9	Lord. The rest of the day I'm just reminded of what a miserable stinkhole we stuck ourselves
0:38.4	in. It's hard to have fun in a place like this, but I do my best.
0:44.4	Larry McMaggs. in a place like this, but I do my best. Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove.
0:49.0	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown
0:53.3	Thomasville Georgia and this week I'm giving you a sneak peek into our Conquer
0:57.9	a Classic program for 2024. Before we get started a thank you to everyone who's been leaving reviews for From the
1:05.1	Front Porch, iTunes reviews and ratings are how new listeners can best find out
1:09.3	about From the Front Porch and as a result find out about our indie bookstore too. Here's a recent
1:15.6	review. The best way to start a Thursday. I listen to many great book
1:20.3	podcasts and from the Front Porch is one of my favorites.
1:23.4	Treat yourself and join Annie and her friends on their Front Porch and talk all things books.
1:28.4	Thank you so much. If you have not left a review yet, all you have to do is open up the podcast app on your
1:34.7	phone, look for from the front porch, scroll down until you see write a review, and then tell
1:40.6	us what you think. Your reviews help us spread the word about not only our
1:44.3	podcast, but about our small brick and border business in Thomasville too. Now back to the show.
1:52.0	So every few episodes I remind listeners about our From the Front Porch Patreon program.
1:57.4	For those who still might not know, Patreon exists as a way to support creators, writers, artists in their work, and it's used by a lot of
2:04.7	podcasts as a way to generate income.
2:07.5	Your monthly Patreon support means I, Annie B Jones, no longer edit and produce from the front porch, which is the best gift you could
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