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

You can get the books mentioned in this episode on our website (type “Episode 448” into the search bar and tap enter to easily find the books mentioned in this episode):

Cross everyone off your holiday shopping list at The Bookshelf’s super-popular virtual holiday literary previews, plus our Holiday Market for bookish gift items! Tickets are $15. Each event takes place online via Zoom. If you can’t join us live, you’ll have access to a recording after the event. Get your tickets to the virtual events here:

Adult Holiday Literary First Look ticket – Annie will walk you through the best books to give to everyone on your list: from your hard-to-buy-for dad, to your best friend who’s read everything, to your mother-in-law.

Kid's Holiday Literary First Look ticket – Olivia will walk you through the best books to give the young readers in your life, from board book readers to middle grade readers. Plus, you’ll get an exclusive sneak-peek at our Countdown to Christmas kids picture book bundles!

Holiday Market ticket – Annie will walk you through the delightful, bookish gift items The Bookshelf has in store this season. Plus, you’ll get an exclusive sneak-peek at our Bookshelf Advent Calendar for adults!

Annie's October Reading Recap Bundle - $47

Empire Falls by Richard Russo (paperback)

My Roommate is a Vampire by Jenna Levine (paperback)

Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke (paperback)

The Last Love Note by Emma Grey (releases 11/28/23)

Heirloom Rooms by Erin Napier

Empire Falls by Richard Russo

My Roommate Is a Vampire by Jenna Levine

Leaving by Roxana Robinson (releases 2/13/24)

Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke

Thank you to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Fall is a wonderful time to see Thomasville, Georgia!  If it’s time to hit the road for a quick getaway, we’re exactly what you’re looking for! You can rekindle your spark, explore historical sites, indulge in dining out, shop at amazing independent stores, and finally relax and unwind. There’s no better getaway than Thomasville!  Whether you live close by or are passing through, we hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia – it’s worth the trip! Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com.

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 A Very Inconvenient Scandal by Jacquelyn Mitchard.

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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.