Episode 557 || November Reading Recap

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in August. You get 10% off your books when you order your November Reading Recap bundle. Each month, we offer a Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie’s favorite books she read that month. To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 557), or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app: November Reading Recap Bundle This bundle includes Wreck by Catherine Newman (hardcover) The Land of Sweet Forever by Harper Lee (hardcover) Grace and Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman (paperback) (currently backordered) The Midnight Show by Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke Wreck by Catherine Newman How to Survive in the Woods by Kat Rosenfield The Land of Sweet Forever by Harper Lee Grace and Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman 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 Upward Bound by Woody Brown. 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.
0:08.0	How do so many people live to be old?
0:26.6	It seems utterly improbable and impossibly lucky.
0:31.6	Catherine Newman.
0:33.6	Rec.
0:35.6	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown
0:40.3	Thomasville, Georgia, and this week I'm recapping the books I read in November. Before we get started,
0:46.9	a thank you to everyone who's been leaving reviews for From the Front Porch, iTunes, reviews,
0:51.5	and ratings are how new listeners can best find out about From the Front Porch,
0:55.2	and, as a result, find out about our indie bookstore, too. Here's a recent review. A bright spot.
1:02.6	From the Front Porch is the loveliest podcast. Sign me up to listen about books, but Annie's delivery is
1:08.3	more than that. It's like, well, sitting on the front porch with a good
1:11.8	friend sharing your favorite books. Thank you so much. That is exactly the spirit I hope we embody here on
1:18.3	From the Front Porch. If you have not left a review, all you have to do is open up the podcast app on
1:23.1	your phone, look for From the Front Porch, scroll down until you see write us a review and then tell us
1:28.6	what you think. Your reviews help us spread the word about not only our podcast, but about our
1:33.7	small brick and mortar business too. Now, back to the show. Okay, November I have decided is my
1:41.9	worst reading month. I do not know if the story graph data will reflect that,
1:46.2	although I think it will. I went back and looked at last year's November reading recap. I looked at the one
1:50.9	before that. And man, November is just a hard month for me. And I think it is because, I know it is
1:56.9	because this is certainly when things pick up at the bookshelf, not just more customers,
2:03.5	more sales, although that is definitely true. But we are cramming a whole lot of events into this
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