Episode 523 || March Reading Recap

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in March. You get 10% off your books when you order your March Reading Recap. 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 523), or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app: Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (releases June 3rd) Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall Hot Air by Marcy Dermansky Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson The Tell by Amy Griffin When the Harvest Comes by Denne Michele Norris (releases April 15th) Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green Annie's March Reading Recap Bundle - $75 Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks Hot Air by Marcy Dermansky Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green 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 Here: A Spirituality of Staying in a Culture of Leaving by Lydia Sohn. 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	We know both things are possible.
0:26.9	The glittering prize, the sudden fatality.
0:30.5	We dare to imagine the former.
0:33.1	Most of us deny the latter.
0:35.9	Deny it, even when it confronts us. Geraldine Brooks. Memorial Days.
0:44.3	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown
0:49.4	Thomasville, Georgia. And this week, I'm recapping the books I read in March. Before we get started, as usual,
0:57.7	a thank you to everyone who has left reviews for From the Front Porch. iTunes reviews and
1:03.0	ratings are still the best way for new listeners to find out about From the Front Porch, and as a result,
1:09.1	discover our indie bookstore too. Here's a recent review.
1:13.8	Thursday, Joy. I've been listening to Annie and her podcast for a few years now, and I always am delighted
1:20.6	to hear her book recommendations. When it's Thursday and I realize that a new episode has dropped,
1:26.2	I can't wait to listen to it and see what
1:28.2	joy she might bring to me for that day. Thank you so much. If you have not left a review,
1:34.2	all you have to do is open up the podcast app on your phone, look for from the front porch,
1:40.1	scroll down until you see write a review, and then tell us what you think. Your reviews help us
1:45.9	spread the word about not only our podcast, but about our brick and mortar business too.
1:51.5	Now back to the show. Okay, March, lions, lambs, we're done. We're finished. We're recapping the
2:00.1	books I read in March. It was actually a great reading
2:01.9	month. I am pleased to say my audiobook slump finally came to an end. I think that has to do with my
2:07.3	mental state. I also think it has to do with being in the car a little bit and needing some
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