Episode 440 || August Reading Recap

Published: Aug. 31, 2023, 6 a.m.

b"This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in August. As always, we\\u2019re offering a Reading Recap Bundle, which features Annie\\u2019s three favorite books she read this past month. You automatically get 10% off your books when you order your Reading Recap Bundle here!\\nYou can get the books mentioned in this episode on our website (type \\u201cEpisode 440\\u201d into the search bar to easily find the books mentioned in this episode):\\nAnnie's August Reading Recap Bundle\\xa0- $66.00\\nWe Are Too Many by Hannah Pittard\\nNo Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister\\nSmall Admissions by Amy Poeppel\\nInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri\\nThe Wedding People by Alison Espach (releases May 2024, not yet available for preorder)\\nSmall Admissions by Amy Poeppel\\xa0\\nThe Only One Left by Riley Sager\\nPoverty, by America by Matthew Desmond\\nWe Are Too Many by Hannah Pittard\\nThe Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff\\nNo Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister\\xa0\\nFor more information on One Book Thomas County, please visit their website here. In September, The Bookshelf is partnering with the Thomas County Library to re-launch our area One Book program. For 10 years, the Thomas County Library has hosted South Georgia\\u2019s first (and only!) One Book program, where our entire community reads the same book together and celebrates that book with a variety of literary events.\\nThis year, we\\u2019re reading You\\u2019re Not Listening: What You\\u2019re Missing and Why It Matters by Kate Murphy, and our celebration of Murphy\\u2019s book will culminate in a visit from the author at the Thomas County Board of Education auditorium on Thursday, September 28 at 7 p.m. Tickets are just $10 and can be found in-store at The Bookshelf or online at www.onebookthomascounty.org.\\nYou have plenty of time to get tickets and to read You\\u2019re Not Listening along with us! Grab your copy at The Bookshelf here, the library, or read along with us from far away by snagging a copy at your own local indie.\\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\\nThis week, Annie is reading You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith.\\nIf you liked what you heard in today\\u2019s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. 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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O\\u2019Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins."