Episode 479 || May Reading Recap

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in May. You get 10% off your books when you order your May Reading Recap Bundle. Each month, we offer a Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie’s 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 479” 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 Husbands by Holly GramazioThe Idea of You by Robinne Lee The Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda MontellLong Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner (releases 7/9)Pearce Oysters by Joselyn Takacs (releases 6/25)Swift River by Essie Chambers (releases 6/4)This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune Devil Is Fine by John Vercher (releases 6/18) Annie's May Reading Recap Bundle - $53 The Husbands by Holly Gramazio The Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda Montell 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 below. 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 This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune. 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.

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. The world can be so humbling, but only if you let it humble you.
0:29.0	Amanda Montel, the Age of Magical Overthinking.
0:35.0	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown
0:40.0	Thomasville, Georgia, and this week I'm recapping the books I read in May.
0:45.4	It's not too late to join Annie's five-star books on Instagram.
0:49.8	For $50 a year you can become a part of my bookish community online.
0:54.1	Through the private Instagram account you'll get access to my five-star book reviews,
0:57.8	both backlist and front-list titles.
1:00.2	I also host monthly Instagram, Story, Q&As, and share about the books I start, but never finish.
1:07.0	If you follow me personally on Instagram, you've probably seen my book reviews in the past, but now I've moved them to a private Instagram account that gives me a little bit more freedom and a little bit of structure.
1:18.0	So from the front porch listeners, you will always have access to my free monthly reading recap episodes that's these
1:24.8	but the private Instagram is a place where I get to be more detailed with my reviews and
1:29.0	five-star book club members also choose if they want my five star books
1:32.9	mail to them each month from the bookshelf.
1:35.9	For more information or to sign up for our 2024 group,
1:39.2	it's not too late, I promise,
1:40.7	visit Annie B Jones Rights.
1:42.3	dot com forward slash five star
1:44.5	dash book, dash club.
1:46.6	There's also a link in the show notes.
1:49.0	I'd love to have you following along this year.
2:01.0	Now back to the show. Wow. Spring, April and May, they are the November and December of spring,
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