272 || Casting Call

Published: May 21, 2020, 9 a.m.

b"NOTE: There\\u2019s a small audio glitch in today\\u2019s episode, and you may hear it pop up when Annie's speaks. It\\u2019s not you; it\\u2019s us, and it should be resolved next week. Annie is joined today by friend and fellow book club member Julie Anna Helms. You may know Julie Anna from her popular bookstagram account, @julieannareads, where she specializes in \\u201cWho Would You Cast?,\\u201d an Instagram story series where she partners with her followers to brainstorm casting her favorite books. This week, Julie Anna joins Annie on the front porch to cast one of Annie\\u2019s favorite books of the year, The Southern Book Club\\u2019s Guide to Slaying Vampires.\\xa0 You can purchase The Southern Book Club\\u2019s Guide to Slaying Vampires here. From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf\\u2019s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today\\u2019s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.\\xa0 Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.\\xa0 This week, I\\u2019m reading Old Lovegood Girls by Gail Godwin; and Julie Anna just finished reading The Grace Year by Kim Liggett. If you liked what you heard on today\\u2019s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you\\u2019re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff\\u2019s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free shipping on all your online orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. We\\u2019re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week."