Today’s guest Holli Petersen has created a very special family book club that might inspire you to pick up the phone and call a bookish loved one as soon as the episode is over. She also totally hated one of Anne's favorite titles for the first 100 pages, before a turn of events melted her heart… Anne has mentioned this title DOZENS of times on the show, any ... Show More
Sep 22
Ep. 543: Behind the scenes of Fall Book Preview 2026
Today, Anne is talking all things fall books with our executive producer, Will Bogel. They'll discuss the 2026 Fall Book Preview, which came out last Thursday, September 17th. In their conversation, Will and Anne will bring you behind the scenes as they talk about where the idea ... Show More
44m 59s
Jan 2025
Episode 511 || Annie Recommends: Book Club Selections
<p>This week on From the Front Porch, it’s an episode of Annie Recommends! In this series, Annie curates a stack of books in a certain genre or theme for you – just as if you walked into our brick-and-mortar store, The Bookshelf. Sometimes, you just want a good book list. This mo ... Show More
36m 56s
Jun 2020
275 || Playlist Meets Booklist: Summer
<p> Annie is joined by Robbie Hopkins, a former teacher/librarian, now homeschool dad. Robbie is a music and literary aficionado, and shares his summer playlist based on some of Annie’s anticipated summer reads. </p>
<p>You can listen to the playlist on Spotify <a href='https:// ... Show More
38m 38s
Jun 2021
#213 - Create a Summer Reading Club
Obviously, summer reading is a big thing for a lot of people, and if you’re new around here, reading is one of my favorite things on the planet. Today though, I want to talk about something more specific. I want us to create a summer reading club. A reading club is a group of rea ... Show More
20m 58s
<p class="" data-pm-slice="0 0 []">On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:</p> <ul data-rte-list="default"> <li> <p class=""><strong>Bookish Moments</strong>: summer reading guides and plane reading</p> </li> <li> <p class=""><strong>Curre ... Show More
<p class="" data-pm-slice="1 1 []">On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:</p> <ul data-rte-list="default"> <li> <p class=""><strong>Bookish Moments</strong>: creating bookish community in a new place and being bossed to read books NOW</p> </li> ... Show More
<p class="" data-pm-slice="0 0 []">On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:</p> <ul data-rte-list="default"> <li> <p class=""><strong>Bookish Moments</strong>: a summer reading conundrum, and a box full of galleys</p> </li> <li> <p class="" ... Show More
