Episode 358 || January Reading Recap

In this episode of From the Front Porch, Annie is recapping all of the books she read in January. Shorter versions of these reviews can be found on Annie’s personal Instagram page. The books mentioned in today’s episode are available for purchase at The Bookshelf’s website and there’s a Reading Recap bundle featuring Annie’s three favorite titles from this month’s readings, available at a discounted price.

You can find links to the books mentioned in this episode below:

• When You Get a Chance by Emma Lord

• You Have a Match by Emma Lord

• Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades

• The Mothers by Brit Bennett

• Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

• Dreaming the Beatles by Rob Sheffield (Back-ordered)

• Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez

• Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon

• The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon

• The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser

• Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband by Lizzie Damiola Blackburn

• The Maid by Nita Prose

• Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott

• I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott

• The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford

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.

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