This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in May. You get 10% off your books when you order your May 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 583), or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app:
May Reading Recap Bundle - $71
Whistler by Ann Patchett (June 2nd, 2026)
Go Gentle by Maria Semple
Anywhere Else by Rachel Knox
The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O’Connor
Enormous Wings by Laurie Frankel
Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams
The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune
The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand
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 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 listenting to The Other Florida by Gloria Jahoda (unavailable to order).
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