This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is joined by Hunter McLendon (@shelfbyshelf) to chat about their 2023 reading resolutions!

We’re thrilled that you can now shop for the books mentioned in this episode on our brand-new website:

Annie's reading resolutions last year:

Recitatif by Toni Morrison

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Sula by Toni Morrison

Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Annie's resolutions this year:

Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry

Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

Standing by Words by Wendell Berry (unavailable to order)

Bleak House by Charles Dickens

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 Podcast 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 Games and Rituals by Katherine Heiny. Hunter is reading The Farewell Tour by Stephanie Clifford.

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

Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Kate O’Connell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, and Laurie Johnson.