Episode 498 || Annie Recommends: Campus Novels & Spooky Reads

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, we have a new series: Annie Recommends! In this series, Annie curates a stack of books in a certain genre or theme for you – just as if you walked into our brick-and-mortar store, The Bookshelf. Sometimes, you just want a good book list. This month, Annie recommends her favorite campus/dark academia novels and spooky reads. Plus, she’s curated two book flights for you to make your fall reading easy: a Spooky Reads Book Flight and a Dark Academia Book Flight. To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search “Episode 498” to find the books mentioned in this episode), or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app: Campus Novels: We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner The World Cannot Give by Tara Isabella Burton The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach The Explanation for Everything by Lauren Grodstein Honorable Mentions: The Incendiaries by R. O. Kwon (unavailable to order) Play for Me by Libby Hubscher Spooky Reads: Someone in the Attic by Andrea Marra The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon What Happened to Nina by Dervla McTiernan Knife River by Justine Champine Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra Annie's Spooky Reads Book Flight - $134 Annie's Dark Academia Book Flight - $89.95 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 Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby van Pelt. 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. It is love and friendship the sanctity and celebration of our relationships that not only support a good life, but create one.
0:33.6	Through friendships, we spark and inspire one another's ambitions.
0:40.0	Wallace Stegner, crossing to safety.
0:44.8	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown
0:49.5	Thomasville, Georgia, and this week I'm recommending some spooky reads and campus novels for your
0:56.2	seasonal reading. Before we get started a thank you to everyone who has left
1:01.8	reviews for from the Front Porch.
1:03.7	iTunes reviews and ratings are how new listeners can best find out about From the Front Porch
1:09.2	and as a result find out about our indie bookstore too. Here's a recent review from
1:14.5	Paula. I have been a faithful listener since the beginning of from the front
1:18.2	porch but I'm so lazy I've never written a review. no judgment, Paula.
1:22.6	I have passed the word to many of my real life friends though,
1:25.0	that's what matters.
1:26.1	I never miss an episode.
1:27.6	I'm playing along with my first Conquer A Classic this year
1:30.2	and revisiting Lonesome Dove with you all has been pure delight.
1:33.0	I've read dozens of books recommended here.
1:35.0	I have visited the bookshelf twice, ordered online,
1:38.0	and even copied Annie and Jordan's Southern literary road trip.
1:41.0	You make my Thursdays worth getting out of bed. Also, Shop Mom is my
1:45.3	favorite guest. I can't wait to tell Susie, Paula. Thank you so much. If you
1:49.7	have not left a review yet, all you have to do is open up the podcast app on your phone
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