Episode 554 || November 2025 New Release Rundown

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, it’s another New Release Rundown! Annie, Erin, and Olivia share the November 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 554) or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app: How About Now by Kate Baer Like Family by Erin O. White Lightbreakers by Aja Gabel With Friends Like These by Alissa Lee The Sunshine Man by Emma Stonex 59 Minutes by Holly Seddon Helm by Sarah Hall The Tortoise’s Tale by Kendra Coulter Family of Spies by Christine Kuehn 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 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 Journey Towards Morning by Victoria Safford. Olivia is reading The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown. Erin is reading The Tortoise’s Tale by Kendra Coulter. 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. Had a journal ever in all modern history been filled?
0:29.3	Erin O. White, like family.
0:33.1	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown
0:37.5	Thomasville, Georgia.
0:39.0	Today I'm joined once again by the bookshelf's operations manager.
0:43.6	Welcome back from attorney leave, Olivia.
0:46.2	And are you ready for this?
0:47.9	Bookshelf floor manager, Aaron, to give you a rundown of our favorite new books releasing
0:53.5	in November. So much fun stuff
0:56.6	just in a little intro. If you are a new or newish listener, you might not realize or remember
1:02.2	that from the front porch is a production of the bookshelf, a small independently owned bookstore
1:07.0	in rural South Georgia. By listening to our show and recommending it to your friends, you're helping keep our indie
1:13.2	bookstore in business.
1:14.5	And if you like what you hear, one way you can financially support us is through Patreon.
1:20.1	This year, we've been conquering the classic novel, Don Quixote.
1:24.3	We have just finished up.
1:26.0	We are wrapping up now.
1:42.5	Getting ready to announce our really exciting plan for 2026. For $5 a month, you can access our monthly Conquer of Classic Recaps, including back episodes like when we did Lonesome Dove or Middle March or Count of Monte Cristo.
1:52.3	Plus, you can get our porch visits, monthly 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.
1:59.3	To learn more about our Patreon tiers and benefits, visit patreon.com forward slash from the front porch.
2:02.8	You can also gift Patreon memberships, which is something I want to mention as we approach the last month of the year, and that you can be done on
2:07.5	patreon.com forward slash from the front porch forward slash gift. Now, back to the show. Hi guys. Hello.
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