Episode 400 || FTFP Live from Reader Retreat!

Published: Nov. 24, 2022, 7 a.m.

b"Happy Thanksgiving! We\\u2019re so grateful for you. To thank you for listening, we have a special episode for you this week: a recording of our live show from our August Reader Retreat! In this episode, Annie, Ashley, and Hunter pair books with their favorite celebrity couples and chat about what they were reading, watching, and listening to this past summer.\\nTo purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website:\\nThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid\\nThe View Was Exhausting by Mikaella Clements\\nThe First Wives Club by Olivia Goldsmith\\nThe Bodyguard by Katherine Center\\nFunny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman\\nNora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan\\nMy Eyes are Up Here by Laura Zimmermann (currently unavailable to order)\\nFates and Furies by Lauren Groff\\nMatrix by Lauren Groff\\nOur Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield\\nThe Work Wife by Alison Hart\\nA Burning by Megha Majumdar\\nThe Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi\\nThe Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix\\nHooked by Sutton Foster\\nDinosaurs by Lydia Millet\\nThe Book of Goose by Yiyun Li\\nFlorida Woman by Deb Rogers\\nPaul by Daisy Lefarge\\nBabysitter by Joyce Carol Oates\\nAll That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien\\nThank You For Listening by Julia Whelan\\nHusband Material by Alexis Hall\\nRabbit Run by John Updike (currently unavailable to order)\\nFriends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry\\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. Spend Christmas in Thomasville! There is something truly special about the holiday season in Thomasville. From shopping for those must-have presents for everyone on your list, to the twinkling lights, sparkling window displays, and tempting smells wafting from restaurants all add to the festive feeling of the season. From downtown hotels, to delightful vacation rentals, book your getaway to Thomasville and add a little more sparkle to your holidays! Learn more and plan your trip at www.thomasvillega.com or @thomasvillega on Instagram.\\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.\\nOur Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker."