From the Front Porch

313 || March Madness 2021


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Annie is joined this week by her husband and March Madness super fan, Jordan Jones to discuss their own bookish brackets.

The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:

  • The Harpy by Megan Hunter

  • The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

  • The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

  • Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

  • All Adults Here by Emma Straub

  • Writers and Lovers by Lily King

  • Normal People by Sally Rooney

  • The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

  • Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland

  • The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

  • Wintering by Katherine May

  • Untamed by Glennon Doyle

  • What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer

  • All Things Reconsidered by Knox McCoy

  • The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi

  • The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

  • Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

  • 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

    A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

    Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

    This week, Annie is reading The Turnout by Megan Abbott.

    If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

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