Episode 488 || August New Release Rundown

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, it’s another New Release Rundown! Annie, Erin, and Olivia are sharing the August releases they’re excited about to help you build your TBR. When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order! To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (type “Episode 488” into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode), or shop on The Bookshelf’s official app: Annie's books: Five-Star Stranger by Kat Tang (8/6)Heavy Hitter by Katie Cotungo (8/20)That Librarian by Amanda Jones (8/27) Olivia's books: I Need You to Read This by Jessa Maxwell (8/13)Not Nothing by Gayle Forman (8/27)The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry by Ransom Riggs (8/27) Erin's books: Hum by Helen Phillips (8/6)Highway Thirteen: Stories by Fiona McFarlane (8/13)What’s Next? by Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack (8/13) 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 Playworld by Adam Ross. Olivia is reading Worst Case Scenario by T.J. Newman. Erin is listening to The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella. 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. This is her superpower, she reminds herself firmly.
0:28.0	Her insatiable hunger for every crumb of meanness anyone has ever flung in her direction.
0:34.0	The knowledge that there is nothing anyone can say about her,
0:37.4	no matter how cutting or poisonous or untrue,
0:40.6	that she doesn't want to hear. All of it is data and data is power.
0:48.0	Katie Katungno heavy hitter.
0:51.0	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown
0:56.1	Thomasville, Georgia. Today I'm joined by Bookshelf Operations Manager Olivia and online
1:01.8	sales manager Aaron,
1:03.1	to give you a rundown of our favorite new books
1:05.5	releasing in August.
1:07.3	If you are a new or newish listener,
1:09.6	you might not realize that From the Front Porch
1:11.4	is a production of the bookshelf, a small independently owned bookstore in rural South Georgia.
1:16.2	By listening to our show and recommending it to your friends, you are helping to keep our indie bookstore in business.
1:23.6	And if you like what you hear,
1:25.2	one way you can financially support us is through Patreon.
1:28.8	In 2024, we've been conquering
1:31.0	the classic American novel Lonesome Dub together with monthly recap episodes.
1:36.0	Guys, it's so good. It's going to be one of my favorite books of all time.
1:39.6	For $5 a month, you can access these conversations as well as our porch visits, which are monthly live
1:45.0	Q&As where we talk about everything from pop culture to nail polish to what books you should take on your
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