Episode 500 || Patreon Unlocked: Porch Visit Q&A with Annie

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Happy 500 episodes of From the Front Porch! This week, we’re celebrating by unlocking a Patreon perk: one of our Porch Visits, our monthly Q&As with Annie. Every month over on Patreon, Annie answers your questions in a live Zoom meeting. Listen to today’s episode for a peek into Patreon. Join the fun on Patreon here. To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search “Episode 500” on our website to find the books mentioned in this episode), or shop on The Bookshelf’s official app: What I Ate in One Year by Stanley TucciA Bit Much by Lyndsay RushBe Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina GartenJames by Percival EverettTell Me Everything by Elizabeth StroutPlayground by Richard PowersThe Mighty Red by Louise ErdrichThe Book of Belonging by Mariko Clark The Man Who Didn't Like Animals by Deborah Underwood Adult Holiday Literary First Look ticketKid's Holiday Literary First Look ticket Virtual Holiday Market ticket 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 Three Days in June by Anne Tyler. 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. There's nothing to be ashamed of. Things will get easier. You are not in the way.
0:30.0	What your feeling makes sense.
0:34.0	You do not have to earn joy or rest.
0:38.0	You do not have to be your best self every day.
0:41.0	And if someone tells you this, they are a life coach trying to funnel you
0:45.1	into a six week course run no one does it like you it is not too late. You are not too old. You are worthy of good things. If
0:59.2	cauliflower can be pasta, you can be whatever you want.
1:06.1	Lindsey Rush reassurances to save for a rainy day from a bit much.
1:18.7	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia, and this week we're celebrating 500 episodes of From the Front Porch with a little
1:27.0	Q&A session.
1:29.4	Every month over on Patreon I hop on Zoom for a lunchtime porch visit. These hour-long Zoom sessions are where I answer
1:36.8	questions from Patreon supporters. The topics range from where I ate on vacation to what nail polish color we're into right now to behind
1:45.7	the scenes business decisions at the bookshelf.
1:48.8	Other than our Conqueror Classic episodes, these Zoom events are my very favorite parts of Patreon. It never feels like a chore.
1:56.0	And I wanted to give listeners here an example of the kinds of conversations we're having over
2:00.6	there.
2:01.6	Patreon supporters are our favorite focus group and
2:04.4	Patreon is I think the best way we have to connect with show listeners. So if you
2:10.3	like today's episode and the spirit of the episodes the questions we're asking
2:14.2	and answering together, you might consider supporting the show on Patreon.
2:18.6	Visit Patreon.com forward slash From the Front Porch to find out more about our various tiers of support.
2:25.0	Five dollars a month, for example, would give you access to our monthly Conquer A Classic
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