BROADCASTS.com

b"Happy Indie Bookstore Day! To thank you for listening and supporting The Bookshelf, we have a special treat for you: a recording of our live show from our February Reader Retreat! In this episode, Annie and Hunter chat about the books they wish their favorite authors would write. Ashley joins them to ask them the New York Times\\u2019 By the Book questions.\\nTo purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website:\\nI Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai\\nGreat Believers by Rebecca Makkai\\nRomantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld\\nA Place for Us by Fatima Fahreen Mirza\\nThe Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney\\nCrazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan\\nThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt\\nThe Secret History by Donna Tartt\\nHomegoing by Yaa Gyasi\\nTranscendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi\\nTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston\\nSwamplandia by Karen Russell\\nOne More Thing by B.J. Novak (unavailable to order)\\nHoles by Louis Sachar\\nThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (unavailable to order)\\nFates and Furies by Lauren Groff\\nWhat books are on your nightstand?\\nAnnie:\\nThis Day by Wendell Berry\\nLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott\\nThe World-Ending Fire by Wendell Berry (unavailable to order)\\nHunter:\\nHistory of Wolves by Emily Fridlund (unavailable to order)\\nEdinburgh by Alexander Chee\\nWonder Boys by Michael Chabon (unavailable to order)\\nWhat's the last great book you read?\\nAnnie:\\nStealing by Margaret Verble\\nHunter:\\nA Frozen Woman by Annie Ernaux\\nWhat's your favorite book no one has heard of?\\nAnnie:\\nFrances and Bernard by Carlene Bauer\\nHunter:\\nMonkeys by Susan Minot (unavailable to order)\\nFrom 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\\nSpecial 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.\\xa0\\nThank you to this week\\u2019s sponsor, the 102nd Annual Rose Show and Festival in Thomasville, Georgia. Come visit us for the weekend of April 28th-29th and experience the flowers, fun, food, and shopping in Beautiful Thomasville. Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com.\\nIf you liked what you heard in today\\u2019s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. 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 and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.\\nWe\\u2019re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.\\nOur Executive Producers are...Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Donna Hetchler, Kate O\\u2019Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins."