Episode 514 || January Reading Recap

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in January. You get 10% off your books when you order your January Reading Recap Duo. 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 (search “Episode 514”), or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app: The Snowbirds by Christina Clancy (releases 2/4) We Would Never by Tova Mirvis (releases 2/11) Lucky Night by Eliza Kennedy (releases 3/25) Playworld by Adam Ross Back After This by Linda Holmes (releases 2/25) Show Don’t Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld (releases 2/25) Annie's January Reading Recap Duo - $52 The Snowbirds by Christina Clancy (releases 2/4) Playworld by Adam Ross **Please note your January Reading Recap Duo will ship after Tuesday, February 4, when The Snowbirds releases. 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 Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy. 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...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, 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.
0:08.0	Music Men just barrel through life, and suddenly the kids are grown, and the productive years of their careers are behind them.
0:31.5	That's when they start to think about all the decisions they've made, and they are shocked, shocked to realize their futures are shorter
0:39.0	than their pasts.
0:40.8	But women, we constantly assess.
0:44.1	We're always checking in with ourselves and each other.
0:48.7	Christina Clancy, The Snowbirds.
0:52.4	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown
0:57.3	Thomasville, Georgia. And this week, I'm recapping the books I read in January.
1:03.0	Before we get started, a thank you to anyone who has been leaving reviews for From the Front
1:07.3	Porch. iTunes reviews and ratings are how new listeners can best find out about
1:12.0	from the front porch and, as a result, find out about our indie bookstore too. Here's a recent review.
1:19.0	Best road trip ever. My daughter and I have loved listening to the From the Front Porch podcast for years.
1:25.2	Earlier this year, she surprised me with a trip to Thomasville.
1:28.8	My daughter and new reader-granddaughter loved coming to see the bookshelf in person
1:32.8	and meeting many of the wonderful staff who made us feel right at home. The podcast and the
1:38.2	bookshelf are so special and we cannot wait to go back. Thank you all for putting great books
1:43.0	in our hands. This is incredibly
1:45.5	kind and I'm so glad you got to experience our shop in person. I'm obviously biased, but I do
1:51.0	think it's a pretty special place. Thank you for understanding the mission of our store and our
1:55.9	show. If you haven't left a review yet, all you have to do is open up the podcast app on your phone,
2:01.7	look for from the front porch, scroll down until you see write a review, and then tell us what you
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