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From the Front Porch

Episode 76 || June Reading Recap

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2016

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Looking for your next summer read? Look no further. Annie and Chris chat about the books Annie read in June, including:  + The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis (rel. August 23) + Love Warrior by Glennon Melton Doyle (rel. September 6)  + It's Okay to Laugh (Crying Is Cool, Too) by Nora McIrney Purmort + Light to Paris by Eleanor Brown + All Stories Are Love Stories by Elizabeth Percer + How to Ruin Everything by George Watsky  + Before We Visit the Goddess by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni + Leave Me by Gayle Forman (rel. September 6)   Also mentioned:  + The Momastery blog  + Aaron Purmort's obituary + Lin-Manuel Miranda's Twitter account + WTXL card-making segment + Modern Mrs. Darcy Summer Reading Guide

Transcript

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0:00.0

I don't remember how we start on these in ones.

0:05.0

Are we doing an intro now?

0:07.0

I mean, we can.

0:09.0

Or do we just do this and go back in the...

0:13.0

Well, I know that this is going to be our weird blooper again at the beginning,

0:18.0

and so I'm going to stop it right right here and we can just take that.

0:21.6

Welcome to episode 76 of From the Front Porch, a collection of conversations on books, small business, and life in the South.

0:31.6

I'm Chris Jensen, a bookselling at the bookshelf, and some other things that you don't need to know right now.

0:36.6

And I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown

0:41.6

Thomasville, Georgia.

0:43.3

Today we are doing Annie's June Reading Recap.

0:46.3

Hooray!

0:47.3

And we're doing this weirdly on time.

0:49.3

Weirdly, because today is July 1st.

0:51.3

That's right.

0:52.3

So this will come out next week for everybody to hear what I read in the month of June.

0:57.9

It was kind of a meh, reading month.

0:59.9

Yeah, you don't seem super excited about very many of these.

1:03.0

I've got a couple that I think people are going to like, and all the disclaimers about reading being personal.

1:08.5

There are a few that I think people will like to read.

1:11.1

I just found several of them to be just okay this month.

1:14.7

And you've read so many really good things lately.

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