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From the Front Porch

Episode 482 || Off the Shelf with Annie and Ashley: Summer

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, it's an episode of Off the Shelf with Annie & Ashley! Annie is joined by friend, cousin, and former colleague, Ashley Sherlock, to chat about what they’re reading – but also what they’re watching, listening to, and buying. To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (type “Episode 482” 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 is reading: Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-AknerLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Ashley is reading: Greta and Valdin by Rebecca K. ReillyThe Enchanted April by Elizabeth von ArnimIsland Rule by Katie M. Flynn 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 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 Pearce Oysters by Joselyn Tokacs. Ashley is reading Funny Story by Emily Henry. 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...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. He said, He spoke once about something called a plastic hour that there are these

0:28.7

times in our lives when everything is changing and soft and malleable.

0:33.6

We tend to suffer during these times,

0:36.2

but his point was that actually,

0:38.4

these plastic hours are times

0:40.5

when you can make actual change.

0:44.8

Taffy Brodesser Actner, Long Island Compromise.

0:51.0

I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia, and this week I'm chatting about summary off-the-shelf topics with my cousin Ashley Sherlock.

1:02.0

As a reminder, if you've ever wondered what the

1:04.9

bookshelf actually looks like you can follow us over on Instagram and now on

1:10.0

Tik-Toc at Bookshelf T-Ville.

1:12.8

We post a lot of behind-the-scenes pictures

1:15.0

and give updates like store hours, shops,

1:17.7

events, and special deals.

1:19.4

It's a great way to easily keep in touch

1:21.5

and see what's happening at the shop often in real time.

1:24.7

Just follow us on Instagram or on Tik-Toc at Bookshelf T-Ville.

1:29.4

Now back to the show.

1:31.0

Hi Ashley.

1:32.0

Hello, I had to keep myself from a laughing at you for

1:35.2

advertising yourself on Tik-Tok. That's amazing. Can you believe? Well you know

1:39.7

what here's the great news I don't have to do it. Yeah this I know. Caroline is amazing and

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