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Oct 2024
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Episode 501 || October Reading Recap

The Bookshelf Thomasville
About this episode

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 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 501” to find the books mentioned in this episode), or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app:

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby van Pelt
The Barn by Wright Thompson
The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak
Casket Case by Lauren Evans
Big Fan by Alexandra Romanoff
Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten
From Here to the Great Unknown by Lisa-Marie Presley and Riley Keough

October Reading Recap Bundle - $88

The Barn by Wright Thompson

The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak

Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten

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 below.

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 From Here to the Great Unknown by Lisa-Marie Presley and Riley Keough.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

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

Our Executive Producers are...Jennifer Bannerton, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Susan Hulings, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, and Amanda Whigham.

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