This week on From the Front Porch, we have a new series: Annie Recommends! In this series, Annie curates a stack of books in a certain genre or criteria for you – just as if you walked into our brick-and-mortar store, The Bookshelf. Sometimes, you just want a good book list. This month, in honor of February and Valentine’s Day, Annie recommends a short list of her favorite romcoms and romances.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (type “Episode 463” into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode), or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app:

Betting on You by Lynn Painter

Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu

A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin

Love Buzz by Neeli Tubati Alexander

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

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 So Fetch: The Making of Mean Girls by Jennifer Keishin Armstong.

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

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