Episode 350 || Literary Therapy, Vol. 12

Published: Dec. 9, 2021, 5 a.m.

b"Welcome to From the Front Porch! Annie is back to answer more of your literary dilemmas in another episode of Literary Therapy.\\nBefore we get started, this is your friendly reminder that From the Front Porch is a production of The Bookshelf, an indie bookstore in Thomasville, Georgia. We\\u2019re in the throes of our second holiday shopping season held during a pandemic, and remarkably, our spirits are high. As you support indies like ours this holiday season, please remember to shop early, to be open to our suggestions when your first book preference might already be back-ordered, and to trust our deadlines.\\nThe books mentioned in this week\\u2019s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf\\n\\nThe Ensemble by Aja Gable (not available)\\n\\n\\nMy Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite\\n\\n\\nA Place for Us by Fatima Fahreen Mirza (back-ordered)\\n\\n\\nBecoming by Michelle Obama\\n\\n\\nI Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott\\n\\n\\nThe Dutch House by Ann Patchett\\n\\n\\nSuch a Fun Age by Kiley Reid\\n\\n\\nTranscendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi\\n\\n\\nVanishing Half by Brit Bennett\\n\\n\\nI Have Been Assigned the Single Bird by Susan Cerulean\\n\\n\\nMatrix by Lauren Groff\\n\\n\\nCrying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner\\n\\n\\nOlympus, Texas by Stacey Swann\\n\\n\\nUnread Shelf Website\\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 These Precious Days by Ann Patchett.\\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 a couple of years now, and I personally love it.\\xa0And right now you can get 50% off your\\xa0Flodesk\\xa0subscription by going to:\\nflodesk.com/c/THEFRONTPORCH"