Episode 583 || May 2026 Reading Recap

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in May. You get 10% off your books when you order your May 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 583), or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app: May Reading Recap Bundle - $71 Whistler by Ann Patchett (June 2nd, 2026) Enormous Wings by Laurie Frankel The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand Whistler by Ann Patchett (June 2nd, 2026) Go Gentle by Maria Semple Anywhere Else by Rachel Knox The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O’Connor Enormous Wings by Laurie Frankel Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand 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 listenting to The Other Florida by Gloria Jahoda (unavailable to order). 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.

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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	I like where I sit, even if I can't explain why.
0:28.7	My faith is in this place itself.
0:32.0	It's sacredness, something like a natural divinity.
0:37.1	Rachel Knox, anywhere else.
0:40.2	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown
0:44.9	Thomasville, Georgia, and this week I'm recapping the books I read in May.
0:50.1	If you like my book reviews here on the podcast, you might be interested in joining my private
0:55.1	Instagram account, Annie's five-star books. For $50 for the year, you can become a part of my bookish
1:01.6	community online. Through the private Instagram account, you'll get access to my book reviews,
1:06.9	backlist, and front list titles. I host monthly Instagram story Q&As and share about the books I
1:12.9	start but never finish. If you follow me personally online, then you've seen my reviews for years,
1:18.6	and of course, from the front porch listeners will always have access to these free monthly
1:22.4	reading recap episodes. The private Instagram is simply a place separate from the bookshelf
1:27.3	where I get to
1:28.1	be more detailed with my reviews, and five-star book club members can also choose if they want to
1:32.9	order my five-star reads each month from the store. There's a quarterly newsletter option for the
1:38.3	social media averse too. For more information or to sign up for the 2026 group, it's never too late,
1:45.7	visit anniebjoneswrites.com forward slash five star dash book dash club. There's a link in the show
1:52.3	notes too. Every month here on from the front porch, I like to give short reviews of the books
1:58.3	I read. And so I am back with my May reviews. I had such a great
2:03.9	reading year, Q1, and Q2 hasn't been bad. You can just see that my life gets a little more
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