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From the Front Porch

Episode 80 || July Reading Recap

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Annie and Chris recap the books Annie read in July, plus they chat about what to do when you're in a reading rut. Books discussed include:  + Commonwealth by Ann Patchett + The Trespasser by Tana French + You'll Grow Out of It by Jessi Klein + Swing Time by Zadie Smith

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0:00.0

So walk me through this beforehand.

0:02.0

Here they are. Oh, those three. That's it. And I'm reading one right now. Okay. But we're going to talk about why that is. So Lightmon. Uh huh. Cool. But you traveled a lot. Yeah, we're going to talk all about it. Okay. Okay. This is going to be Episode 80. 80. Look at us.

0:21.0

I know.

0:21.7

All right.

0:22.2

Well, shall we begin?

0:26.1

Yeah.

0:26.6

Okay.

0:28.1

Welcome to episode 80 from the front porch.

0:31.0

A collection of conversations on books, small business, and light in the south.

0:34.7

My name is Chris Jensen.

0:35.8

I sell books.

0:36.7

And I am also a grad student sometimes.

0:39.4

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

0:44.0

Thomasville, Georgia. It's July reading recap time. Hooray! This week we are going, I am going to

0:53.1

talk to Annie about the books that she read this month.

0:56.4

And let me tell you, it is a list.

1:00.0

A list that exists.

1:01.8

And that is way briefer than usual.

1:05.2

It is.

1:06.5

There are not as many books on this list as there are on a typical reading recap list.

1:12.7

So let's get to the books and maybe talk about why the list is shorter.

1:17.3

Yeah, I definitely want to talk a little bit about my reading rhythm this month

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