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b"December is a great time to look back on your reading year. In this episode of From the Front Porch, Annie, Lucy, and Olivia are talking about their favorite books of 2021.\\nThe books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:\\nAnnie\\u2019s List\\n\\nOlympus, Texas by Stacey Swann\\n\\n\\nMatrix by Lauren Groff\\n\\n\\nOh William! by Elizabeth Strout\\n\\n\\nBrood by Jackie Polzin\\n\\n\\nBeautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney\\n\\n\\nBewilderment by Richard Powers\\n\\n\\nThe Guncle by Steven Rowley\\n\\n\\nEarly Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny\\n\\n\\nMy Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson\\n\\n\\nCrying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner\\n\\nLucy\\u2019s List\\n\\nA Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib\\n\\n\\nCovered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America by Nicole Eustace\\n\\n\\nThe Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness by Gregory Boyle\\n\\n\\nEmpire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe\\n\\n\\nZorrie by Laird Hunt (back-ordered)\\n\\n\\nCloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr\\n\\n\\nThe Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles\\n\\n\\nThe Slaughterman\\u2019s Daughter by Yaniv Iczkovits\\n\\n\\nFour Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019, edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain\\n\\n\\nA Ghost in the Throat by Dioreann N\\xed Ghr\\xedofa (not available)\\n\\nOlivia\\u2019s List\\n\\nUnder the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune\\n\\n\\nLight From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki\\n\\n\\nProject Hail Mary by Andy Weir\\n\\n\\nA Station on the Path to Somewhere Better by Benjamin Wood\\n\\n\\nRazorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby\\n\\n\\nPony by R.J. Palacio\\n\\n\\nBullet Train by Kotaro Isaka\\n\\n\\nThe First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker\\n\\n\\nHell of a Book by Jason Mott\\n\\n\\nThe Bookshop of Dust and Dreams by Mindy Thompson\\n\\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\\nA full transcript of today\\u2019s episode can be found here.\\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 again to this week\\u2019s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com.\\nThis week, Annie is reading Anastasia\\u2019s Chosen Career by Lois Lowry. (not available) Lucy is reading Every Good Boy Does Fine by Jeremy Denk. Olivia is reading The Maid by Nita Prose.\\nIf you liked what you heard in 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 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.\\nLibro.FM:\\nLibro.fm\\xa0lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you\\u2019ll be part of a different story -- one that supports the community. All you need is a smartphone and the free\\xa0Libro.fm\\xa0app.\\nRight now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link:\\nlibro.fm/redeem/FRONTPORCH\\nFlodesk:\\nDo you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, \\u2018how do they make such gorgeous emails?\\u2019\\xa0\\nFlodesk\\xa0is an email marketing service provider that's built for creators, by creators, and it\\u2019s easy to use. We\\u2019ve been using it for"