Episode 496 || September Reading Recap

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in September. You get 10% off your books when you order your September 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 496” 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: Colored Television by Danzy SennaThe Undercurrent by Sarah Sawyer (releases 10/8)Life’s Short, Talk Fast edited by Ann Hood (releases 11/12)Intermezzo by Sally RooneyThe Night We Lost Him by Laura DavePassion Project by London Sperry (releases 4/8/25)Crush by Ada Calhoun (releases 2/25/25)One Day I’ll Grow Up and Be a Beautiful Woman by Abi MaxwellCircle of Hope by Eliza Griswold Annie's September Reading Recap Bundle - $77 Colored Television by Danzy Senna The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave One Day I’ll Grow Up and Be a Beautiful Woman by Abi Maxwell 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 reading First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison. 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 most urgent moments in our lives contain powerful opposites.
0:28.0	Laughter and sorrow, togetherness and aloneness, all mingled up with one another.
0:35.0	Rand Richard Cooper in Life's Short Talk Fast.
0:40.0	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown
0:48.8	Thomasville, Georgia, and this week I'm recapping the books I read in September.
0:55.0	This month the bookshelf has joined the Thomas County Library to celebrate our area one book program.
1:01.0	For 11 years the Thomas County Library has hosted South Georgia's first and only
1:05.8	one book program where our entire community reads the same book together and celebrates that
1:11.4	book with a variety of literary events. This year our town is reading
1:16.4	remarkably bright creatures by Shelby Van Pelt and our celebration of this beloved
1:21.6	book will culminate in a visit from the author at the
1:24.8	Thomasville Center for the Arts on Thursday, October 3rd. Tickets are just $10 and can be found
1:31.5	in store at the bookshelf or online at one book Thomas County.org.
1:38.4	You have plenty of time to get tickets and to read remarkably bright creatures along with us.
1:43.2	You can grab your copy at the bookshelf, the library,
1:46.0	or read along with us from far away
1:48.0	by snagging a copy at your own local library or indie.
1:52.0	Visit one book Thomas County.org
1:54.4	for more details about this year's event.
1:56.5	We would love to see you there.
1:58.9	Now, back to the show.
2:02.0	Hello, September.
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