Episode 535 || What Would Susie Read

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is chatting with her mom, Susie, about books for readers with PG-13 tastes. You get 10% off the Susie-approved reads mentioned in this episode when you use code SHOPMOMSELECTS at checkout online and in-store! To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 535), or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app: Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis The Summer of Songbirds by Kristy Woodson HarveyMoms on Call: Basic Baby Care by Laura Hunter and Jennifer Walker (unavailable to order)Beach House Rules by Kristy Woodson HarveyThe Correspondent by Virginia EvansOne Good Thing by Georgia HunterSurviving Savannah by Patti CallahanVarina Palladino’s Jersey Italian Love Story by Terri-Lynne DeFino 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 It's A Love Story by Annabel Monaghan. Susie is reading Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano. 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. Most of us live less theatrically, but remain the survivors of a peculiar and inward time.
0:32.3	This feels like the truest thing I have ever read. I guess there's no bottom to a person, but I feel you have
0:39.5	left fewer stones unturned than anyone else who's ever passed through. And it's taken me some time
0:45.6	to recognize how knowing you has been like coming in from the cold, lonely road to find a warm
0:51.9	fire and a table laid. So thank you for that, Theodore.
0:57.4	Virginia Evans, The Correspondent. I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent
1:03.5	bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia, and this week I'm back talking to my mom,
1:09.5	a beloved guest about books for readers with PG-13 tastes.
1:14.8	Before we get started, a thank you to everyone who's left reviews for From the Front Porch.
1:19.9	iTunes reviews and ratings are how new listeners can best find out about From the Front Porch.
1:25.3	And, as a result, find out about our indie bookstore, too.
1:29.8	Here's a recent review from Amy. Sweet time every time. I've been listening to Annie and friends
1:35.9	for quite a while now, and every episode brings me joy and, of course, great book wrecks.
1:41.6	I live in Pittsburgh, but hope one day to get down to the bookstore in
1:45.1	Thomasville, Georgia. Thank you again for brightening my day. Amy, this brings me a lot of joy,
1:52.3	and I am so glad to know we have listeners in Pittsburgh who love from the front porch. Thank you
1:57.7	for leaving a review. If you haven't left a review yet, all you have to do is open up the podcast app on your phone, look for from the front porch, scroll down until you see write a review, and then tell us what you think.
2:10.9	Your reviews help us spread the word about not only the podcast, but about our brick and mortar business too.
2:18.1	Now, back to the show.
2:20.9	Hi, Mom.
2:21.7	Hi, Annie Sue.
2:22.8	Welcome back.
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