Episode 506 || Staff's Favorite Books of 2024

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, The Bookshelf staff share their favorite books of 2024! To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search “Episode 506” to find the books mentioned in this episode), or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app: Olivia's Favorite: Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune Erin's Favorite: We Burn Daylight by Bret Anthony Johnston Keila's Favorite: All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker Caroline's Favorite: Ghostroots by ‘Pemi Aguda 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. Thank you to this week’s sponsor, Thomasville, Georgia. There is something truly special about the holiday season in Downtown Thomasville. The twinkling lights, beautifully decorated store windows, and holiday events all add to the festive feeling of the season. Let us be your shopping and dining destination this holiday season, so spend Christmas in Thomasville with us. Activities are held every weekend leading up to Christmas, including this year’s 38th Annual Victorian Christmas on December 12 and 13. Learn more by visiting thomasvillega.com or call 229-228-7977. 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 Cherished Belonging by Gregory Boyle. 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.
0:08.0	At 10 years old, he realized that people were born whole, and that the bad things peeled layers from the person you once were.
0:32.6	Finning, compassion, and empathy, and the ability to construct a future.
0:40.1	At 13, he knew those layers could sometimes be rebuilt when people loved you, when you loved.
0:52.4	Chris Whitaker, all the colors of the dark.
0:59.4	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown
1:04.3	Thomasville, Georgia.
1:05.6	And as is tradition, as we close out the year, I wanted you to hear directly from the bookshelf staff
1:11.7	members about their favorite books of 2024. Before we begin today's episode, I did want to
1:19.6	remind you and let you know that Annie's five-star books will be continuing on Instagram for 2025.
1:26.7	If you're new here, for $50 a year, you can become a part of my bookish community online.
1:33.0	Through my private Instagram account, you'll get access to my book reviews and monthly
1:37.3	Instagram story Q&A's where I share about my reading plan for the month, the books I start,
1:43.3	but maybe never finish, etc.
1:45.7	This comes to about, let's see, $50 a year, 100-ish reviews. I'm not a huge math person,
1:52.2	but I want to say it's like 50 cents a review if you're doing the math. If you follow me
1:55.8	personally on Instagram, you've seen my reviews for years so you kind of know what to expect.
2:00.2	And of course, from the front porch listeners will always have access to these free monthly
2:04.7	reading recap episodes.
2:06.3	The private Instagram is just a way for the last couple of years that I've been able to be
2:10.4	more detailed with my reviews.
2:12.2	And five-star book club members can also choose if they want any of my five star reads mailed to them each month
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