From the Front Porch

Episode 544 || August 2025 Reading Recap


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This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in August. You get 10% off your books when you order your August Reading Recap. Each month, we offer a Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie’s favorite books she read that month.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 544), or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app:

The Names by Florence Knapp 

The Most by Jessica Anthony 

The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham (releases 9/16)

A Rebellion of Care by David Gates

Three Days in June by Anne Tyler

Buckeye by Patrick Ryan (releases 9/2)

One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune

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Annie's August Reading Recap Bundle - $59

The Most by Jessica Anthony

A Rebellion of Care by David Gates

Three Days in June by Anne Tyler

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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 listening to Dominion by Addie E. Citchens.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

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