Episode 367 || April New Release Rundown

In today’s episode of From the Front Porch, Annie and Olivia are discussing their favorite newly released titles of the month and highlighting books you’ll want to add to your TBR list!

The books mentioned in today’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf.

Annie’s List:

• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

• Sign for Home by Blair Fell

• Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

• Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott

• Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron

• Hope and Glory by Jendella Benson

• Search by Michelle Huneven

Olivia’s List:

• Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

• Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum

• Karthik Delivers by Sheela Chari

• When the Sky Falls by Phil Earle

• Donut: the Unicorn Who Wanted to Fly by Laura Gehl and illustrated by Andrea Zuill

• Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

• The Boy with Flowers in His Hair by Jarvis

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. 

Thank you again to this week’s sponsor, The 101st annual Rose Show and Festival, here in Thomasville, Georgia. If you want to come for the weekend and experience the flowers, fun, food, and shopping in beautiful Thomasville GA, plan your visit at thomasvillega.com.

This week Annie is reading Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li. Olivia is reading Metropolis by B.A. Shapiro.

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