Episode 524 || April New Release Rundown

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, it’s another New Release Rundown! Annie, Erin, and Olivia are sharing the April releases they’re excited about to help you build your TBR. When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order! To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 524), or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app: Annie's books: Passion Project by London Sperry (4/8) When the Harvest Comes by Denne Michele Norris (4/15) Ordinary Time by Annie B. Jones (4/22) Olivia's books: Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake (4/1)Midnight in Soap Lake by Matthew Sullivan (4/15)The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner (4/29) Erin's books: A Change of Habit by Sister Monica Clare (4/29)The Amalfi Curse by Sarah Penner (4/29)The Eights by Joanna Miller (4/15) 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 Annie is reading Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green. Olivia is reading Candle Island by Lauren Wolk. Erin is listening to Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins. 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.

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.
0:29.1	The This life is one that I didn't feel worthy of, but I now know I am.
0:33.0	It's not too good to be true. It's just true.
0:36.7	London Sperry Passion Project. I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown
0:42.8	Thomasville, Georgia. Today, I'm joined by Bookshelf Operations Manager Olivia and online sales
0:48.8	manager Aaron to give you a rundown of our favorite new books releasing in April.
0:56.4	If you are a new or new-ish listener,
1:01.3	you might not realize that from the front porch is a production of the bookshelf, a small,
1:06.8	independently owned bookstore in rural South Georgia. By listening to our show and recommending it to your friends, you are helping keep our indie bookstore in business. And if you like what you
1:11.8	hear, one way you can financially support us is through Patreon. Last year, we read the classic
1:17.8	American novel Lonesome Dove with over 1,000 Patreon supporters. And earlier this year, we kicked off
1:24.0	our 2025 reading of Don Quixote, a far different but equally memorable experience thus far.
1:30.5	For $5 a month, you can access our monthly Conqueror Classic Recaps, as well as our porch visit episodes, which are monthly live Q&As on Zoom, where we talk about everything from pop culture to nail polish to what books you should take on your next vacation.
1:46.0	To learn more about our Patreon tiers and their benefits, just visit patreon.com forward slash from the front porch.
1:53.9	Now, back to the show.
1:56.4	Hi, everybody.
1:57.8	Hello.
1:58.7	We're back. It's April.
2:00.6	Yay. We made it. We're making it. Yes. Hello. We're back. It's April. Yay.
2:01.9	We made it.
2:02.6	We're making it.
2:03.9	Yes.
	...

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