Episode 603 || Literary Therapy, Vol. 29

This week on From the Front Porch, it’s a Literary Therapy session! Our literary Frasier Crane, Annie, is back to answer more of your reading questions and dilemmas. If you have a question you would like Annie to answer in a future episode, you can leave us a voicemail here. To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 603) or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app. Amy: You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith I Thought It Would Be Better Than This by Jessica N. Turner Splinters by Leslie Jamison Untamed by Glennon Doyle Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Awake by Jen Hatmaker With Teeth by Kristen Arnett To the End edited by Morty Diamond Mary Lynn: Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult (Hollow Bones) True Biz by Sara Novic The Foursome by Christina Baker Kline Enormous Wings by Laurie Frankel The Night We Lost Him by Lara Dave  Alison: Pillars of the Earth series by Ken Follett Circle of Days Armor of Night Pachinko by Min Jin Lee American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee Shogun by James Clavell Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck 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 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. This week, Annie is listening to Lane Being Lane by John Talty. 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...Beth, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, Joseph Shorter IV, Kimberly, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stephanie Dean, Gene Queens and Wendi Jenkins.