From the Front Porch
Welcome to From the Front Porch, a weekly conversational podcast on books, small business, and life in the South, produced by The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in Thomasville, Georgia.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 561
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
257 || Books and the 2020 Oscars
Annie and fellow book club member and Oscar enthusiast, Callie Sewell, deep dive the 2020 Academy Awards and what it means for our reading lives.
The books discussed during the podcast can be purch…
Episode 256 || January Reading Recap
On this week’s episode of From the Front Porch, Annie recaps all the books she read in January. These can be ordered or pre-ordered through The Bookshelf website:
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We Wish You Luck by Caroline Zan…
255 || We‘re Still Not Over Little Women
Happy New Year! We are so excited to bring you the first episode of 2020! Annie and Hunter Mclendon, a regular From the Front Porch contributor and bookstagrammer at @shelfbyshelf, honor Greta Gerwig…
254 || Favorite Books of 2019
In our final episode of 2019 (and the decade as a whole!), Annie and Bookshelf staffers Olivia and Lucy sit down to talk through their favorite titles of the year. These are the books that meant the …
Episode 253 || Seasonal Reads: Christmas
In our final Seasonal Reads of 2019, Chris and Annie run through some reads (and movies) for the Christmas season and chat about the Christian season of Advent. + A Christmas Carol by Charles Dicke…
Episode 252 || November Reading Recap
A new month means a new look at what books Annie and Chris were able to read in the last one. And folks, it was pretty light. Annie read: + Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodeser-Akner + Born a C…
Episode 251 || Backlist Book Club, Vol. 6: Born a Crime
Hunter joins Annie once again for the fifth installment of Backlist Book Club. On the docket this week: Trevor Noah's Born a Crime. Follow Hunter and his own Backlist Book Club here. Thanks, as alw…
Episode 250 || Mailbag, Vol. 6
On this milestone episode of From the Front Porch, Annie and Chris answer YOUR questions--from what we're getting our parents for Christmas to what to read your kids at bedtime to how we track our re…
Episode 249 || Who Are We Really?
Chris and Annie take a personal deep-dive into a few literary characters they may or may not resemble, and what that ultimately means to them. You can read CJ Hauser's "Just (Un)Like Me" at The Mil…
Episode 248 || Seasonal Reads: Feast
We’re moving some things around in our traditional Thanksgiving-season episode calendar to bring our our food and cookbook episode at the BEGINNING of the month so that you can prepare for the holida…
Episode 247 || October Reading Recap
Happy Halloween! Spooky Season will soon be over, but Chris and Annie are here to walk you through what they read in October. You can find all of the following books for sale (or preorder) in The Bo…
Episode 246 || Seasonal Reads: Spooky Season
It's officially Spooky Season, if you can believe it, and Annie and Chris sound absolutely manic this week as they record their third episode in a row to bring you some of their favorite books of the…
Episode 245 || Backlist Book Club, Vol. 5: East of Eden
Hunter joins Annie once again for the fifth installment of Backlist Book Club. On the docket this week: John Steinbeck's East of Eden. Follow Hunter and his own Backlist Book Club here. Thanks, as …
Episode 244 || ”Faith” Books, Whatever That Means
Since talking about censorship wasn't hard enough, we've taken it upon ourselves--at listener behest--to talk about one of the hardest, most personal things there is: faith. These are some of the boo…
Episode 243 || September Reading Recap
Somebody wake up Green Day because September is over, and we’re back with our customary reading recap. You can find all of the following books for sale (or preorder) in The Bookshelf's online store.…
Episode 242 || Banned Books Week
Challenges and censorship are hard things to discuss! But we're going to try. The American Library Association's discussion of 2018's most challenged books is here. Thanks, as always, to Forlorn S…
Episode 241 || Seasonal Reads: Falling into Fall
In anticipation of next week's seasonal Literary Lunch, we're talking about some of Annie's favorite "fall books" and letting you in on a quick preview of what's new for the season! To join us virtu…
Episode 240 || Book-TV-Movie
The fall season means new TV, and Annie came prepared this week with a series of curated media samplers just for you. Also, Chris and Annie have some cultural amnesia regarding the respective career…
Episode 239 || August Reading Recap
Another calendar page has come and gone. Join us for a good, old-fashioned chat about the books we read in August. Annie read: + The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff + Frankly in Love by…
Episode 238 || We‘re Stressed Out!
Annie and Chris are back together, but y'all, it's a stressful season. And we know we always say that! Join us for a discussion of some of the particular stressors in our lives and how they do or do …