Episode 534 || Off the Shelf with Annie and Ashley: Summer 2025

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, it's an episode of Off the Shelf with Annie & Ashley, formerly known as Kids' Table! It's the same banter and book talk you love with a fresh new name. Annie is joined by friend, cousin, and former colleague, Ashley Sherlock, to chat about what they’re reading – but also what they’re watching, listening to, and buying. To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 534) or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app: Annie's books: The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits by Jennifer WeinerNine Lives by Dan Baum (unavailable to order) Ashley's books: Sandwich by Catherine NewmanEverything is Tuberculosis by John GreenThe Wedding People by Alison Espach 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 The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong. Ashley is reading Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry. 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.
0:28.3	What's the point of being able to sing like you can if no one hears you?
0:33.0	What's the point of a gift if you don't share it?
0:38.3	Jennifer Winer, the Griffin's Sisters' Greatest Hits.
0:43.9	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia, and this week I'm chatting about off-the-shelf topics with my cousin
0:49.5	Ashley Sherlock. Summer's finally here. If you are a new or newish listener, you might not realize
0:56.4	that from the front porch is a production of the bookshelf, a small, independently owned bookstore
1:01.1	in rural South Georgia. By listening to our show and recommending it to your friends, you are helping
1:07.1	keep our indie bookstore in business. And if you like what you hear, one way you can financially support us is through Patreon.
1:15.6	Last year, as you probably know by now, we read the classic American novel Lonesome Dove with over 1,000 Patreon supporters.
1:23.9	And back in January, we kicked off our decidedly more challenging 2025 reading of Don Quixote.
1:31.6	For $5 a month, you can access those monthly Conquer a Classic Recaps, as well as our porch visits,
1:38.4	which are live Q&A's where we talk about everything from pop culture to nail polish to what books you should take on your next vacation.
1:46.7	To learn more about Patreon tiers and benefits, visit patreon.com forward slash from the front porch.
1:54.7	Now, back to the show.
1:57.2	Hi, Ashley.
1:58.6	Hello, hello.
2:00.3	Happy summer. Welcome. Happy summer. It's hot. Hello, hello. Happy summer.
2:01.4	Welcome.
2:02.2	Happy summer.
2:03.4	It's hot.
2:04.2	It's humid.
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