Bonus Episode || From the Front Porch Live from Reader Retreat!

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’ By the Book questions.

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I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai

Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

A Place for Us by Fatima Fahreen Mirza

The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Swamplandia by Karen Russell

One More Thing by B.J. Novak (unavailable to order)

Holes by Louis Sachar

The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (unavailable to order)

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

What books are on your nightstand?

Annie:

This Day by Wendell Berry

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The World-Ending Fire by Wendell Berry (unavailable to order)

Hunter:

History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund (unavailable to order)

Edinburgh by Alexander Chee

Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon (unavailable to order)

What's the last great book you read?

Annie:

Stealing by Margaret Verble

Hunter:

A Frozen Woman by Annie Ernaux

What's your favorite book no one has heard of?

Annie:

Frances and Bernard by Carlene Bauer

Hunter:

Monkeys by Susan Minot (unavailable to order)

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

Special 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. 

Thank you to this week’s 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.

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We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Donna Hetchler, Kate O’Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.