Episode 549 || October 2025 New Release Rundown

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, it’s another New Release Rundown! Annie and Erin share the October 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 549) or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app: Annie's books: A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar (10/14)Same: Poems by Hannah Rosenberg (10/21)Wreck by Catherine Newman (10/28) Erin's books: Bog Queen by Anna North (10/14)Pride and Pleasure by Amanda Vaill (10/21)The Devil is a Southpaw by Brandon Hobson (10/28) Thank you to this week’s sponsor, Discover Thomasville. Gracefully tucked within the storied Red Hills of South Georgia, Thomasville curates a distinguished Downtown experience that meanders along several blocks of our iconic red brick streets. Here, bespoke boutiques, master craftsmen, coveted antique art purveyors, and celebrated culinary artisans converge in harmony with the cultural richness of the Pebble Hill Plantation art tour and the tranquil allure of Birdsong Nature Center. Here, you Discover the Soul of the South. Here, you Discover Thomasville. Learn more by visiting thomasvillega.com/news. 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 A Guardian and A Thief by Megha Mujumdar. Erin is listening to The Island of Last Things by Emma Sloley. 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. My life is filled with the souls of women I love, the ones who make my belly ache from
0:29.7	laughter, the ones who catch my tears, who show up on my doorstep to celebrate and grieve,
0:37.4	who stand up for me when I put myself down.
0:40.8	Women who will love my children, dance as we age, protect my secrets, share in my joy, sing
0:48.8	even when we're sinking in sorrow. They walk close, promising their lives to me, a marriage without a wedding,
0:57.8	a commitment without a ring. If you have these women, remember, the soulmate is a wonderful
1:04.3	thought, but look at how beautiful these love stories are. Look how they make you full.
1:14.9	Hannah Rosenberg, Marriage of Friends,
1:21.7	same. I'm Annie Jones, owner of the Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia. Today, I'm joined by the bookshelf's online sales manager, Aaron, to give you a
1:26.9	rundown of our favorite new books releasing in October.
1:30.6	If you are a new or newish listener, you might not realize that from the front porch is a production of the bookshelf, a small, independently owned bookstore in rural South Georgia.
1:40.3	By listening to our show and recommending it to your friends, you are helping keep our indie bookstore in business.
1:46.3	And if you like what you hear, one way you can financially support us is through Patreon.
1:52.0	Last year, you might know we read the classic American novel Lonesome Dove with over 1,000 Patreon supporters.
1:58.1	And this year, we have been reading the very different Don Quixote.
2:02.6	We are going to be so pleased and proud of ourselves to conquer that classic. And we are
2:07.3	getting ready to officially announce our plan for 2026. Hunter and I are pumped. For $5 a month,
2:13.8	you can access our monthly Conquer A Classic Re-Classic Recaps, including old episodes
2:17.8	if you're choosing to read previous books we've discussed, as well as our monthly live
2:22.6	Q&A porch visits, where we talk about everything from pop culture to nail polish, to what
2:28.0	books you should take on your next vacation.
2:30.6	To learn more about our various Patreon tiers and benefits, you can visit patreon.com forward slash from the front porch.
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