Episode 525 || Ordinary Time Audiobook Preview

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, we have a treat for you: an Ordinary Time audiobook preview! Annie B. Jones’ debut book, Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put, releases on Tuesday, April 22. When you preorder a physical copy of Ordinary Time from The Bookshelf, you get the audiobook FREE courtesy of Libro.fm. Preorder a physical copy of Ordinary Time and receive a FREE code for the audiobook here. To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 525), or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app: Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put by Annie B. Jones (physical copy, FREE audiobook with purchase) Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put by Annie B. Jones (audiobook only) 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. 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.
0:30.6	I have disappeared into books since I was a young girl, and I love disappearing into them today. I love leaving this world for a couple of hours and immersing myself in another one. But I also love turning a page and closing a
0:40.7	cover because I know now I have the renewed energy to exit the contours of my chair and become,
0:48.1	once again, a wife, a daughter, a boss, a friend, a person. Annie B. Jones, Ordinary Time.
1:00.5	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown
1:05.5	Thomasville, Georgia. Today, in preparation for the publication of my debut book, Ordinary Time, I'm talking about my
1:14.3	audiobook recording experience and including a little excerpt from the audiobook itself too.
1:21.1	Ordinary Time launches into the world next Tuesday, April 22nd, Earth Day, and although I'm a little more, oh, you know, pregnant than I thought
1:33.0	I'd be, I'm thrilled to announce I'll be in a few southern bookstores to celebrate the book's
1:38.1	release. Complete event details can be found at annieb Joneswrites.com there's also a link in the show notes but here's a
1:46.4	brief rundown on tuesday april 22nd that is launch day i will be at the bookshelf in
1:52.2	thomasville georgia that event is sold out i will be there with my friend and beloved podcaster jamie b golden
1:58.6	i cannot believe she is graciously driving down to Thomasville
2:02.5	to help me celebrate this milestone. She's a fantastic conversationalist, as you all know,
2:07.8	and so I'm thrilled to be in conversation with her on April 22nd. Two days later at Midtown
2:14.6	Reader in Tallahassee, Florida, I will be in conversation with my friend and fellow bookstore owner, Sally Bradshaw.
2:20.8	That event is free and open to the public.
2:23.5	And so come one, come all.
2:25.4	I'm excited to see you.
2:26.4	The April 22nd event is sold out, but the April 24th when there should be room.
2:30.0	So come see me at Midtown Reader in Tallahassee.
2:33.2	On April 28th, I will be in Birmingham, Alabama at Little Professor bookstore.
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