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This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Erin chat about exciting changes to our Shelf Subscriptions! Shelf Subscriptions are The Bookshelf's book-a-month club for adults and kids. Listen to find out what makes Shelf Subscriptions special, and how we're refreshing the program in 2025. Learn more about Shelf Subscription changes and read Annie's letter here. To purchase your Shelf Subscription, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville or visit our website: Annie Shelf Subscription Olivia Shelf Subscription Revolving Shelf Subscription Susie's favorites Nancy's favorites Shop Dad Chris' favorites 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. Thank you to this week's sponsor, Thomasville, Georgia. There is something truly special about the holiday season in Downtown Thomasville. The twinkling lights, beautifully decorated store windows, and holiday events all add to the festive feeling of the season. Let us be your shopping and dining destination this holiday season, so spend Christmas in Thomasville with us. Activities are held every weekend leading up to Christmas, including this year's 38th Annual Victorian Christmas on December 12 and 13. Learn more by visiting thomasvillega.com or call 229-228-7977. 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 reading Playworld by Adam Ross. Erin is reading Pictures of You by Emma Grey. 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...Jennifer Bannerton, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Susan Hulings, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, you'll hear from Annie and Erin and our Shelf Subscribers about Shelf Subscriptions! Shelf Subscriptions are The Bookshelf's book-a-month club for adults and kids. Listen to find out what makes Shelf Subscriptions special. Try our new Shelf Subscription Quiz! All Shelf Subscriptions are 10% off, from August 1st through August 27th!  Shelf Subscriptions purchased in August will receive a free gift in their September box, to celebrate the 8th anniversary of the Shelf Subscription program at The Bookshelf. To purchase your Shelf Subscription, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville or visit our website: Annie Shelf Subscription Olivia Shelf Subscription Susie/Nancy Shelf Subscription Shop Dad Shelf Subscription Surprise Me Shelf Subscription Children's Shelf Subscriptions Past Shelf Subscription Picks 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 reading All This & More by Peng Shepherd.  Erin is reading The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella. 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...Jennifer Bannerton, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Susan Hulings, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, you'll hear from Annie, Erin, Keila, Shop Mom, Nancy, Shop Dad, and our Shelf Subscribers about Shelf Subscriptions! Shelf Subscriptions are The Bookshelf's book-a-month club for adults and kids. Listen to find out what makes Shelf Subscriptions special. To purchase your Shelf Subscription, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville or visit our website: Adult Shelf Subscriptions Children's Shelf Subscriptions Past Shelf Subscription Picks Thank you to this week's sponsor, the 103rd Annual Rose Show and Festival here in Thomasville, Georgia. Held in historic Downtown Thomasville, the Rose Show & Festival is sponsored by the City of Thomasville and has been a southwest Georgia tradition since 1922. Enjoy rose and flower shows, live music, an artisan market, an antique car show, a parade and fantastic shopping and dining in Downtown Thomasville. This year's 103rd annual event is April 26-27. Plan your visit at thomasvillega.com. 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 below. 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 reading Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan. 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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O'Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, you'll hear from Annie, Erin, Olivia, Shop Mom, Nancy, and Shop Dad as they celebrate 7 years of Shelf Subscriptions! Erin is here to give you a behind-the-scenes look at the history of Shelf Subscriptions and what makes them special. We want to say a heartfelt thank you to our loyal, lovely Shelf Subscribers! Click here to purchase a Shelf Subscription! Click here to purchase the Bookshelf bandana! Purchase One Book Thomas County's community read here: You're Not Listening by Kate Murphy Annie's favorite past Shelf Sub picks: Fire Sermon by Jamie Quatro (unavailable to order) Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi Erin's favorite past Shelf Sub picks: Congratulations, The Best is Over by R. Eric Thomas Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson Now is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan 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.  This week, Annie is reading Happiness Falls by Angie Kim. Erin is reading The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters. 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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O'Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

In this episode, it's not about the more you know, but rather, who you know. We discuss the iconic types of famous friends, longstanding BFFs (Before Fame Friends), and the pairings we desperately wish would exchange friendship bracelets and phone numbers.MENTIONSSave the date: Our birthday-U-A (Ask Us Anything live stream) is Tuesday, August 8 9:30 ET and everyone is invited! Learn how to join us at: knoxandjamie.com/birthdayMore seats are now available for our Popcast Live show! See knoxandjamie.com/austin and knoxandjamie.com/atlanta to nab your ticket.Huh?: “To find out more about these fidus achates pursuits…” | MoonlightingFact check: Kim Kardashian was a closet organizer?The types of best friends: Bill & Ted | Timone & Pumba | Nick & Jess | Jonathan & David | Dwight & Angela | Buzz & Woody | “We dug coal together” (I am not 100% sure this is what Knox said. It may have been “we dug holes together” or “we grew up together” or could have even been “we did coke together”. -Indi | Smoke Show Friends | Nepo BabiesDeeper dives: Mindy Kaling & BJ Novak timeline (

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: reader profiles on Instagram and connecting authors and readers Current Reads: we are revisiting some authors that we've read before, sometimes successfully, sometimes not. Deep Dive: the items we have on our bookish bucket lists. What do we want to “achieve”? Book Presses: an oldie but goodie mystery and a graphic novel As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you'd prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your dishwasher detergent!) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . :30 - Currently Reading Patreon 1:55 - Bookish Moment of the Week 8:50 - Bear Necessity by James Gould-Bourn 11:11 - Current Reads 11:36 - The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (Meredith) 13:38 - Roar by Cecelia Ahern  15:01 - The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri  15:50 - Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala (Kaytee) 15:57 - Season 3: Episode 44 17:19 - Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano 19:38 - Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian (Meredith) 21:10 - The Shelf Subscription from Bookshelf Thomasville  22:34 - The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith 24:12 - Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult (Kaytee) 27:34 - Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult 28:23 - The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman (Meredith) 28:41 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 33:39 - The Flight of the Puffin by Ann Braden (Kaytee) 34:13 - Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly 37:02 - Deep Dive: Our Bookish Bucket Lists 38:31 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 39:51 - Parnassus Books 40:03 - An Unlikely Story bookshop 40:10 - Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney 40:22 - Powell's Books 40:28 - Strand Bookstore 40:42 - Fabled Bookshop 41:07 - BookPeople 45:50 - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel 46:19 - The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili 46:37 - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 46:38 - Roots by Alex Haley 46:50 - Les Miserables by Victor Hugo 47:38 - The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 49:20 - Blackwell's bookshop 51:01 - Books We'd Like to Press Into Your Hands 51:44 - Original Sin by P.D. James (Meredith) 54:16 - Cover Her Face by P.D. James  54:32 - The Flight of the Puffin by Ann Braden 54:35 - New Kid by Jerry Craft (Kaytee) 55:05 - El Deafo by Cece Bell 55:19 - Class Act by Jerry Craft Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: all the buddy reads. So many buddies. So much reading. Current Reads: wheelhouse books and trying new things Deep Dive: book subscriptions to give and receive Book Presses: a creepily atmospheric apocalypse and a self-serving press As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . Ad - Patreon: 2:01 - patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast Bookish Moments of the Week: 5:33 - A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas 5:39 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 7:45 - An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 8:25 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 8:30 - The Muppet Christmas Carol - the best version Current Reads: 9:38 - The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel 9:57 - The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald 10:16 - Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory (Meredith) 14:23 - The Scorpio Races by Maggie Steifvater (Kaytee) 14:30 - Listener Press episode 17:14 - Malamander by Thomas Taylor (Meredith) 17:38 - The Awesome Book Awards 19:16 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend 22:03 - The Forgotten Girl by India Hill Brown (Kaytee) 24:34 - Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell 24:37 - Drama by Raina Telgemeier 25:23 - Joyful by Ingrid Fetell Lee (Meredith) 25:38 - The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin 28:52 - Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha (Kaytee) 30:43 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam Deep Dive - Book Subscriptions to Give and Get: 32:29 - Shelf Subscription from Bookshelf Thomasville (so many flavors, AND you can Treat Yo’ Shelf) 33:22 - Book of the Month (pick your book each month) Use code CURRENTLYREADING for $5 off your first month 35:13 - Feminist Book Club (themed, can swap out titles) Use code REFNK4C6J6PUR for $10 off your order of $40 or more 36:12 - Literati (for adults or kids) 38:18 - BookRoo (for kids) 39:04 - The Foxed Box (used books) 40:02 - The Reading Bug Box (for kids) 42:14 - Page One Books 43:15 - BlackLIT box (like FabFitFun but bookish and by Black authors) 43:17 - FabFitFun (not bookish, but we both think it’s fun!) 44:16 - The Book Hookup (quarterly, from The Strand Bookstore) 45:23 - Once Upon a Book Club (presents that match sticky notes) Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 47:18 - The Last by Hanna Jameson (Meredith) 49:42 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 50:06 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (Kaytee) Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Meredith and Mindy are discussing: Bookish Moments: a vindicating poll from the Bookish Friends and the newest book from a favorite favorite favorite Current Reads: big feelings about these books today! Deep Dive: the books that 17-year old Mindy and Meredith needed to read Book Presses: a re-readable favorite and a parenting book (that might be) for you As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  *Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . . Bookish Moments: 4:11 - All the Devils are Here by Louise Penny Current Reads: 7:49 - Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon (Mindy) 9:21 - An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten (Meredith) 11:59 - The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan (Mindy) 14:36 - Love Letters by Katie Fforde (Meredith) 18:28 - Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor (Mindy) 21:38 - The Only Child by Mi-ae Seo (Meredith) 21:44 - Shelf Subscription from The Bookshelf Thomasville Deep Dive - Being Book Bossy: 27:19 - The Gift of Fear by Gavin DeBecker 29:24 - The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule 30:02 - All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely 31:53 - The Course of Love by Alain du Botton 32:37 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 33:42 - This is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel 34:26 - The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo 34:50 - The Barefoot Contessa by Ina Garten 35:02 - Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat 36:09 - Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy 37:45 - The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber 38:24 - Tools of Titans by Tim Ferris 39:24 - Beartown by Fredrick Backman 40:50 - Three Pines Series by Louise Penny 41:44 - Compassion & Conviction by The And Campaign, Justin Giboney, Michael Wear, and Chris Butler 42:38 - My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 44:34 - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell (Mindy) (Here’s the Pretty Cover) 47:54 - Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O’Farrell 48:53 - Bringing up Bebe by Pamela Druckerman (Meredith) Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

We’re Ellie and Traci, two bookish friends who read in every spare minute that we have!  In this episode, we will talk about what we think you should literally read this summer.  Join us at instagram @literally_reading.  What we are Literally Reading: 4:15 - The Lost Queen (Ellie) 7:30 - Take Me Apart (Ellie) 9:37 - The Last Mrs. Parish (Traci) What we are Literally Listening To: 12:08 - The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters (Ellie) 15:40 - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill 15:47 - The Garden of Small Beginnings (Traci) Summer Reading: 26:25 - What Alice Forgot (Ellie) 29:15 - Nine Perfect Strangers 29:21 - Truly Madly Guilty 29:25 - Big Little Lies 29:34 - The Husband’s Secret 30:17 - Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions (Traci) 32:05 - Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna 32:11 - Auntie Poldi and the Handsome Antonio  33:49 - Tell Me Three Things 33:57 - What to Say Next (Ellie) 35:30 - Save Me the Plums 35:48 - The Knockoff (Traci) 38:31 - The Devil Wears Prada 39:10 - Need to Know (Ellie) 41:24 - The Woman in Cabin 10 (Traci) 44:23 - Little Fires Everywhere (Ellie) 47:43 - Where’d You Go Bernadette (Traci) Also Mentioned  Shelf Subscription from The Bookshelf Thomasville Using the Amazon affiliate links costs the same for you but we receive a small portion back.  Thank you for supporting our show! Happy Reading!

Today, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: he enthusiasm that only comes from scoring a great book, and a new bookstore and “fan in the wild” moment Current Reads: we’ve got three books a piece, and they are all over the place. Be sure to pop over to Instagram to enter our giveaway! Deep Dive: Our favorite bookish podcasts! Book Presses: a real page turner and apocalypse fiction As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . . Bookish Moments: 3:30 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 4:40 - Title Wave Books, Revised in Albuquerque, NM 5:09 - 50 Shades of Gray by E.L. James 5:11 - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes Current Reads: 6:00 - The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker 8:16 - @bookworm_365 on Instagram 8:49 - Roots by Alex Haley 10:12 - The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 10:14 - Shogun by James Clavell 10:15 - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 10:24 - We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter 10:29 - Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts 12:09 - The Literary Enneagram by Judith Searle 13:20 - The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile 14:06 - Don’t Overthink It by Anne Bogel 15:47 - Instagram Giveaway! 16:11 - Greenglass House by Kate Midford 19:50 - All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely Deep Dive - The Bookish Podcasts in our Queues 22:39 - Novel Pairings @novelpairingspod with @chelseyreads and @fictionmatters 24:08 - He Read She Read @hereadsheread with @chelseyreads and @curtisreads 24:45 - The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare 25:46 - All the Books Podcast with @franzencomesalive 27:37 - What Should I Read Next @whatshouldireadnext with @annebogel 27:42 - One Great Book with @annebogel 28:59 - Episode 11 of WSIRN with Meredith! 29:16 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell 30:00 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck 30:21 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live with @sarahsbookshelves 32:23 - SBSL Episode with @jordys.book.club 32:38 - SBSL Episode with Siobhan Jones of BOTM 33:12 - Episode 16 with Meredith and Kaytee 33:21 - From the Front Porch @bookshelftville with @anniebjones 33:40 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 34:09 - Bonus episodes for Patrons: Kaytee Reads Too Much! 35:07 - Shelf Subscription 35:39 - Diving In @diving_in_podcast with @virginia_reads and @lousie_cooks_and_reads 37:18 - Sorta Awesome @sortaawesomeshow with @sortaawesomemeg 37:27 - 10 Things to Tell You @10thingstotellyou with @laura.tremaine 37:35 - The Popcast @thepopcast with @knoxmccoy and @jamiebgolden Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 39:13 - What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan 41:08 - Kaytee's (written) author interview with Gilly Macmillan 41:39 - Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton 41:45 - Episode 1 of Currently Reading! 43:10 - The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey 43:12 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 43:32 - Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong

Meredith and Kaytee are back with the episode you’ve been waiting for. Our favorite books of 2019! Rather than spending time on all our regular segments, we are diving right into the good stuff. No Bookish Moments, no Current Reads, no Deep Dive, no Pressed books, just a reflection on our 2019 reading year and then the top 10 lists you’ve been waiting for! We are each sharing 10 books we LOVED this year (plus a couple bonus picks that we slide in under the radar). We do a lot of gushing, we have a lot of words, and we think this episode contains the real gems for us and readers like us. If you have books you think we’ll love based on these lists, put them in the comments! If you agree or disagree with a pick, put that in the comments as well! We love hearing from you! As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . . Let’s Talk About Stats, Baby: 3:22 - Kaytee on Goodreads 3:23 - Kaytee’s spreadsheet (with excessive stats) comes from the BookRiot spreadsheet with some special modifications. You can grab a copy directly from BookRiot though! Patrons get my copy with all the bonus challenges and stats already included. 3:26 - 2020 Reading Journal Top 10 Lists: (Titles in Italics and parentheses are books we mentioned that are not part of the official top 10 list) 13:40 - Sweep by Jonathan Auxier 14:11 - (Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier) 15:02 - Winterhouse by Ben Guterson 15:41 - (Secrets of Winterhouse by Ben Guterson - book 2) 15:46 - (The Winterhouse Mysteries by Ben Guterson - book 3) 16:14 - Burnout by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski 16:28 - (Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski) 17:08 - A Better Man by Louise Penny 18:50 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow 19:56 - The Whisper Man by Alex North 20:00 - (Book of the Month subscription) 20:59 - The Passengers by John Marrs 21:11 - (The One by John Marrs) 22:02 - The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye 22:11 - Episode when listeners press books into OUR hands 23:23 - Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts 25:08 - The Current by Tim Johnston 25:15 - (Shelf Subscription from Bookshelf Thomasville) 27:31 - White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo 29:28 - The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff 31:28 - (Sarah’s Bookshelves Life interview with Garrett) 32:00 - We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter 33:20 - American Royals by Katherine McGee 35:13 - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal 37:06 - (Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry) 37:40 - (The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides) 37:44 - The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth 39:41 - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 39:57 - (Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead) 40:54 - The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich 42:39 - The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall 44:47 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

Meredith and Kaytee are back in your earbuds this week for another new episode of Currently Reading and we have lots of fun stuff to share with you! First, a quick announcement about our Patron-only book club: we will be discussing The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain, and the author will be joining us to chat about her book on November 17th! So, if you’ve been on the fence about reading or joining our Patreon, now may be the time to do it! Second, we have a Currently Reading Listener Survey for you this week. Please click through to the survey and tell us your thoughts about all things Currently Reading! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: a local author event and pre-reading a book for a friend. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. We’re each sharing two reads this week since Belly Up episodes end up running long. Strong opinions abound in our novels this week! We’ll move on to a short Slow But Steady update from each of us, including a “completed!” update. For our deep dive this week, we are discussing the Currently Reading 2019 Challenge category 11: Books Pressed by an IRL or Online Book Club. We already shared a lot of Book Club thoughts in episode 4 of season 2, so this ends up being an ode to finding your bookish tribe. Finally, this week, we are Bellying Up to the Book Bar with DeeAnn Haworth. This was a bit of a challenge for one of us, but we’re excited to talk about some new to you and to us titles! As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . . 1:15 - The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain 1:40 - Patreon 1:53 - Currently Reading Listener Survey 2:51 - Garcia Street Books in Santa Fe, NM 3:23 - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal 3:33 - Minisode with J. Ryan Stradal 5:22 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 5:45 - The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley 7:14 - The Dearly Beloved by Cara Walls 7:20 - Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner 7:40 - Knox McCoy on The Popcast 7:43 - Shelf Subscription on Bookshelf Thomasville 14:06 - An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green 19:50 - The Swallows by Lisa Lutz 20:05 - Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey 20:07 - The Whisper Network by Chandler Baker 25:29 - Currently Reading on Patreon 25:46 - The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain 31:59 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry 33:15 - The Road Back to You by Suzanne Stabile and Ian Morgan Cron 33:56 - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 34:50 - Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell 36:30 - Currently Reading 2019 Reading Challenge 36:47 - Episode 4 of Season 2 38:00 - Meredith on Episode 85 (I said 89, but that was a mistake!) of Sorta Awesome Podcast 42:13 - bookish.com 43:43 - Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch series 43:46 - JA Jance’s Joanna Brady and JP Beaumont series 43:54 - Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall 43:57 - Saving Ceecee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman 44:00 - Richard Paul Evans’ The Walk series and The Broken Road series 44:05 - An Eldery Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten 44:10 - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 44:12 - Elevation by Stephen King 44:15 - Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy 44:19 - When by Victoria Laurie 45:55 - Sue Grafton’s Alphabet Series 46:42 - Mickey Haller/Lincoln Lawyer series by Michael Connelly 46:56 - When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman 47:22 - Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta series 47:59 - In Her Bones by Kate Moretti 48:37 - Joshilyn Jackson’s The Almost Sisters and A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty 48:50 - Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney 49:21 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman 49:46 - Rabbit, the Autobiography of Ms. Pat by Patricia Williams 50:20 - Aunti Poldi series by Mario Giordano 50:45 - Celine by Peter Heller 50:49 - The River by Peter Heller 51:39 - Setting Free the Kites by Alex George 51:42 - Harry’s Trees by Jon Cohen 51:56 - Little Lovely Things by Maureen Joyce Connelly 52:40 - The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth 53:12 - Thinner by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman 54:16 - The Grown-Up by Gillian Flynn 54:45 - McNally’s Secret by Lawrence Sanders 56:20 - Listener Survey - one more time!

Meredith and Kaytee are back in your earbuds this week to chat about all sorts of bookish goodness! Continuing Important announcement: we have a great discount code to share with you from The Bookshelf Thomasville! For a few final days (through June 30th), you can get anything on their website for 10% off using the code CURRENTLYREADING (wow!!!) This would be a great time to pick up a Shelf Subscription for yourself or others! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: a book devouring, and validating your summer reading choices Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. We’re all over the place in genre, age range, and opinions this week, so get out those library cards! For our deep dive this week, we are teasing our new segment for Season 2! Belly Up to the Book Bar will b in our regular rotation next season, and we cannot wait to share it with you, listeners! Thanks to Megan Goodell for being our guinea pig “test customer”. As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. This week’s pick include some historical fiction about the Spanish flu and a murder mystery from a master. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  .  .  .  .  .  2:28 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 3:10 - Minisode with Brigid Kemmerer 6:31 - The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth 9:36 - The Girl in Red by Christina Henry 9:54 - Currently Reading 2019 Reading Challenge 9:59 - Six Stories by Matt Weselowski 12:06 - Waiting for Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey 12:20 - Episode 16 of Sarah’s Bookshelves Live 12:22 - Episode 189 of Sorta Awesome 15:12 - The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dion 16:53 - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 18:05 - Goodreads Summer Reading Challenge 18:09 - Five Feet Apart by Rachel Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry, and Tobias Iaconis 20:39 - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 22:53 - Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink 24:39 - What Should I Read Next episode 186 about bookish serendipity 25:32 - The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry 25:39 - The Giver by Lois Lowry 28:07 - A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket 29:58 - The Penderwicks by Jennie Birdsall Belly Up to the Book Bar! - Megan Goodell 33:51 - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton 34:25 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes 35:36 - Prey by Michael Crichton 36:04 - The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton 36:20 - The Red Tent by Anita Diamant 36:27 - Circe by Madeline Miller 37:02 - The Physician by Noah Gordon 37:28 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 37:35 - Beartown by Fredrick Backman 37:36 - Us Against You by Fredrick Backman 38:26 - Class Mom by Laurie Gelman 38:49 - The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule 38:59 - The Yoga Store Murder by Dan Morse 39:10 - I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara 39:43 - The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon 39:49 - All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage 39:55 - Haunted Ground by Erin Hart 40:10 - Cinder by Marissa Meyer 40:19 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 40:27 - Christina Henry fairytale retellings - Lost Boy, Alice, Red Queen, Girl in Red 40:43 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 40:53 - A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab 41:17 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty 41:25 - Castle of Water by Dane Huckelbridge 41:46 - The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty 41:56 - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty If you want to Belly Up to the Book Bar, send us an email: currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com 44:04 - As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner 46:31 - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 46:40 - The Word Is Murder by Anthony Horowitz 48:58 - The House of Silk (Sherlock Holmes) by Anthony Horowitz *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

Meredith and Kaytee had to call in the big guns this week, so they invited Amanda Espinosa to join them for this special episode of Currently Reading! Continuing Important announcement: we have a great discount code to share with you from The Bookshelf Thomasville! Now through June 30th, you can get anything on their website for 10% off using the code CURRENTLYREADING (wow!!!) This would be a great time to pick up a Shelf Subscription for yourself or others! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each host: a perfectly bookish gift for a Labyrinth fan, a fun reading tracking idea, and a local bookstore visit. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. We are each sharing two recent reads, and there are some really big opinions in this episode, so get ready! For our deep dive this week, Amanda has done some amazing prep work to fill up your Currently Reading Challenge worksheet in the Science Fiction and Fantasy slot. She’s created a number of book flights for each genre, and, in an unusual twist, there are even MORE titles in show notes than there are in the episode! As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. A magical realist novel, a humorous collection of stories centered on childhood, and a fantasy novel that will totally transport you and you might wish was real (with a TRIPLE COSIGN!) As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  .  .  .  .  .  2:24 - Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: The Novelization by A.C.H. Smith 2:38 - Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: Coronation Vol. 1 by Simon Spurrier 3:24 - What Should I Read Next episode 187: Traveling the World Without Leaving Your Hometown 5:12 - Collected Works Bookstore in Santa Fe, NM 6:51 - The Gown by Jennifer Robson 8:09 - Episode 32 with Mindy Brouse 9:11 - The Murmur of Bees by Sophia Segovia 11:00 - Books by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 12:51 - Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett Krosoczka 14:30 - El Deafo by Cece Bell 15:44 - The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker 17:36 - Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy 18:28 - Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips 19:05- Sarah’s Bookshelves Live 20:58 - The Girl in Red by Christina Henry 24:41 - Currently Reading 2019 Reading Challenge! 24:55 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch 24:56 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King 24:58 - The Lunar Chronicles Series by Marissa Meyer 24:59 - Court of Thorns and Roses Series by Sarah J. Maas 25:00 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 25:02 - A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab 27:11 - Flight 1: Sci-Fi in Space 27:17 - (1) The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury 28:11 - (2) Redshirts by Jon Scalzi 28:52 - (3) Leviathan Wakes by James SA Corey 30:04 - (4) Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card 30:12 - (5) The Martian by Andy Weir 30:47 - Flight 2: Sci-Fi on Earth 30:56 - (1) Fall; or, Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson 31:32 - Reamde by Neal Stephenson 31:47 - (2) Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Nueval 32:23 - (3) Alex + Ada by Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn 33:19 - (4) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick 33:32 - (5) 11/22/63 by Stephen King 33:55 - Flight 3: YA Sci-Fi 34:00 - (1) Red Rising by Pierce Brown 34:37 - (2) The Illuminae Files by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff 35:46 - (3) The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee (4) Skyward by Brandon Sanderson (5) An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green 36:07 - Flight 4: Fantasy 36:11 - (1) Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik 36:16 - Uprooted by Naomi Novik 36:49 - (2) The Princess Bride by William Golding (3) A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab (4) The Lunar Chronicles Series by Marissa Meyer (5) The Magicians by Lev Grossman Flight 5: Epic Fantasy 37:09 - (1) The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson 38:16 - (2) Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin 38:42 - Alcatraz Vs. The Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson (3) The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss 40:40 - Caraval by Stephanie Garber 41:28 - (4) His Majesty’s Dragon by Noami Novik (5) Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson Flight 6: YA Fantasy (1) Caraval by Stephanie Garber (2) Nimona by Noelle Stevenson (3) My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows (4) Wings of Fire by Tui T. Sutherland (5) The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen 42:23 - Sourdough by Robin Sloan 42:25 - Calypso by David Sedaris 43:34 - Naked by David Sedaris 43:35 - Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris 43:49 - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris 44:51 - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 45:38- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 45:43 - Scythe by Neal Schusterman Find Amanda: Twitter: @AmandaEspi and @LoungeCuriosity Instagram: @LoungeCuriosity Website: https://curiositylounge.com/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/AmandaEspi *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

Kaytee has a special guest co-host joining her this week, and I can’t wait to share her with you. You’ve heard me mention “my Heather” many times on the podcast, and today she’s recording with me to bring you a very special episode. Continuing Important announcement: we have a great discount code to share with you from The Bookshelf Thomasville! Now through June 30th, you can get anything on their website for 10% off using the code CURRENTLYREADING (wow!!!) This would be a great time to pick up a Shelf Subscription for yourself or others! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: a trip to a favorite indie bookstore and library cards for very excited kiddos. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. Heather prepared like a boss and brings you a perfect audiobook listen no matter who you are road tripping with this summer. Kaytee has some non-fiction and a (perhaps overly?) hyped sequel to discuss. For our deep dive this week, I’m talking to Heather about her reading life, including some of the things that you listeners have been wondering about our (M&K’s reading life) in relation to motherhood, and finding time to read with kids around. As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. We’ve got a children’s classic that should be read by readers of every age and a memoir that will make you cry and laugh so hard you may pee yourself. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  .  .  .  .  .  2:05 - Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver, CO 4:40 - The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling by Mary Rose Wood 7:28 - The Bride Test by Helen Hoang 7:33 - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang 10:44 - Everybody Always by Bob Goff 12:38 - Love Does by Bob Goff 13:17 - Just Open the Door by Jen Schmidt 13:30 - May 21st Episode of Sorta Awesome with Heather Chollar talking about Introverted Hospitality 13:53 - The Turquoise Table by Kristin Schmidt 13:55 - The Art of Neighboring by Dave Runyon and Jay Pathak 16:24 - Circe by Madeline Miller 16:32 - Meredith discusses in Episode 10 at 44:08 19:06 - @howjessreads on Instagram 19:13 - Get Well Soon by Jennifer Wright 20:18 - Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks 22:24 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 25:04 - Heather’s display bookshelf 29:27 - Gift From the Sea by Ann Morrow Lindburgh 31:00 - The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster 32:05 - Audiobook narration of The Phantom Tollbooth by Raine Wilson 34:02 - Carry On, Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton 34:14 - Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton 34:55 - momastery.com 36:53 - @heatherchollar on Instagram *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

Meredith and Kaytee are excited to be chatting this week about all things bookish and books! Important announcement this week: we have a great discount code to share with you from The Bookshelf Thomasville! Now through June 30th, you can get anything on their website for 10% off using the code CURRENTLYREADING (wow!!!) This would be a great time to pick up a Shelf Subscription for yourself or others! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: an fun online printable for summer reading and a new Etsy store find. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. We’ve got some great mysteries for you Penny pushers, and some other fun fiction for you and your kids. For our deep dive this week, we are chatting about our reading mentors: the women (and a few men) who shaped our reading lives and what they taught us about books and reading. As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. This weeks’s “presses” are a classic perfect for spring/summer reading and a non-fiction pick that every woman should read. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  .  .  .  .  .  2:30 - @everydayreading on Instagram 2:56 - Summer Reading Chart from Everyday Reading 4:04 - Summer Reading Guide from Everyday Reading 4:29 - Keen Bee Studio on Etsy 5:31 - The Cactus by Sarah Haywood 5:37 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 8:16 - No Man’s Nightingale by Ruth Rundell 8:37 - Three Pines Series by Louise Penny 8:44 - Books by Agatha Christie 8:51 - From Doon With Death by Ruth Rundell 12:46 - Wishes and Wellingtons by Julie Berry 14:16 - Aladdin from The Arabian Nights (classic collection) - this is the best-reviewed version I found! 15:39 - The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny 19:41 - Six Stories by Matt Weselowski 19:48 - The Currently Reading 2019 Reading Challenge 25:49 - The Alphabet Series by Sue Grafton 25:58 - E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton 41:04 - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 43:40 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 44:18 - Minisode with Brigid Kemmerer 44:25 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 44:48 - The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker 45:13 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

Kaytee and Meredith are back on track with another episode, recorded just a day after the last one. You’ll never guess it though! Important announcement this week: we have a great discount code to share with you from The Bookshelf Thomasville! Now through June 30th, you can get anything on their website for 10% off using the code CURRENTLYREADING (wow!!!) This would be a great time to pick up a Shelf Subscription for yourself or others! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: a re-read experience of a favorite novel and bookish unpacking wins. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. Quite a few non-fiction titles again this week, as well as some readalikes and great books for your kiddos. For our deep dive this week, we are getting a little deeper into the deepness and sharing about times that a book saved our lives. These stories are a bit vulnerable, a bit emotional, and a lot bookish. As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. This week we’ve got two historical fiction novels: one centering on the plague and one in the back of beyond of Australia. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  .  .  .  .  .  2:45 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell 6:07 - The Yoga Store Murder by Dan Morse 9:24 - I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott 10:06 - Tell Me More by Kelly Corrigan 10:13 - Of Mess And Moxie by Jen Hatmaker 10:18 - Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton 11:42 - The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley 14:56 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 15:28 - Emma by Jane Austen 15:59 - Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay 16:34 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 20:02 - Stick Dog by Tom Watson 20:05 - Stick Cat by Tom Watson 22:04 - Max and the Midknights by Lincoln Peirce 22:10 - Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce 22:58 - Maid by Stephanie Land 29:13 - Master of the Game by Sidney Sheldon 29:15 - Bloodline by Sidney Sheldon 29:17 - The Other Side of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon 33:10 - Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling 37:12 - Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks 39:12 - Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet 39:41 - The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!* 

Meredith and Kaytee are happily chatting this week about the books we’ve been reading and the bookish gifts we have been buying or want to buy! Important announcement this week: we have a great discount code to share with you from The Bookshelf Thomasville! Now through June 30th, you can get anything on their website for 10% off using the code CURRENTLYREADING (wow!!!) This would be a great time to pick up a Shelf Subscription for yourself or others! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: a “there’s a book for every reader” realization and a well-curated bookish shopping trip. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. There are some seriously strong opinions about the books we’ve been reading lately. Lots of punching, for some reason! For our deep dive this week, we are shopping for the book lovers in our lives and have each decided to tackle different types of readers. We are hopeful that this will help you in your own gift-giving endeavors! As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. This week we are talking about a YA novel full of sweetness and fun emails, and a regency mystery series that ended too soon. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  .  .  .  .  .  3:12 - Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman 3:25 - Orange is the New Black Cookbook by Jenji Kohan 4:22 - Breakfast Sandwich Maker Cookbook by Jennifer Williams 6:53 - Things My Son Needs to Know About the World by Fredrik Backman 7:05 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 7:08 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman 7:09 - Us Against You by Fredrik Backman 9:09 - Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank 11:17 - The Path Between Us by Suzanne Stabile 11:24 - The Enneagram Journey podcast with Suzanne Stabile 11:29 - The Road Back to You by Suzanne Stabile and Ian Morgan Cron 13:27 - The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick 15:51 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 15:58 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 15:59 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 16:07 - The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick 18:05 - Good and Mad by Rebecca Traister 21:06 - Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts 21:43 - The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum   25:58 - The Coffee- or Tea-Lover 26:17 - Old Barrell Tea Company 26:25 - Atlas Coffee Club 26:26 - Book Lovers Coffee 26:34 - inginuiTEA loose leaf tea maker 26:36 - French press coffee maker 27:08 - a great bookish mug 27:22 - Bird Box by Josh Malerman 27:25 - I Let You Go by Claire Mackintosh   28:05 - The Cozy/Hygge Bookworm 28:50 - Aunt Dimity Series 28:53 - Agatha Raisin Series 28:55 - Goldy Bear series 28:59 - Ellery Adams books 29:10 - Agatha Christie books 29:18 - a great throw 29:19 - a lovely candle   29:33 - The Foodie 29:46 - a cookbook holder (for books OR cookbooks!) 30:26 - my favorite earbuds -OR- Apple AirPods 30:47 - Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan 31:08 - Every Day is Saturday by Sarah Copeland   32:15 - A Dad 32:26 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes 32:32 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch 32:44 - Dollar Shave Club starter kit 32:57 - his favorite beverage   33:23 - The Adventurer 33:33 - a Kindle paperwhite 33:57 - a great totebag (one from Out of Print and the new one from Book of the Month) 34:20 - again with the earbuds or AirPods 34:32 - Audible subscription 34:33 - Libro.fm subscription 35:01 - At Home in the World by Tsh Oxenreider 35:09 - I’m A Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson 35:11 - Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson   35:35 - The Lovestruck Teenage Girl 35:42 - To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han 35:48 - bath bombs from Lush Cosmetics 36:14 - The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han 36:34 - a notebook from Erin Condren   37:10 - The Book Devourer 37:40 - shirts, blankets or scarves from Out of Print or Litographs.com 38:09 - a gift card to Thriftbooks.com or your local indie or amazon.com 38:19 - a subscription to Book of the Month 38:25 - a shelf subscription to Bookshelf Thomasville (use code CURRENTLYREADING for 10% off!) 38:35 - Bibliophile by Jane Mount   39:07 - The Hamilton Fan 39:19 - Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda 39:29 - Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow 39:42 - My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray 39:45 - The Hamilton Affair by Elizabeth Cobbs 39:57 - the Hamilton Broadway store 41:06 - A Million Books I Haven’t Read t-shirt   41:51 - Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum 43:16 - What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum 44:21 - Cut to the Quick by Kate Ross (the Julian Kestrel series) *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

Meredith and Kaytee are happy to be recording again, and can’t believe we are already up to Episode 37! We have a few important announcements right at the top of the show, one of which requires your help, listeners! Send us your Ask Us Anything questions via email, Direct Message, or as a comment on show notes, and we’ll feature them in a future episode! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: each of them this week centers on reading with the kiddos. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. We have an eclectic mix of titles from middle grade to adult, fiction and non-, humor and serious. A bit of everything! For our deep dive this week, we are chatting about the fifth category in our 2019 Reading Challenge: a book pressed into your hands by a librarian, bookseller, or podcaster. And we’ve got a trove of resources for you if you’re stuck on this one! As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. This week has us pressing favorites that we’ve loved for a long time but were out of sight/out of mind until someone brought them back to our attention. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  .  .  .  .  .  3:18 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 4:20 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling 7:00 - A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum 7:37 - The Little Prince by Antoine Saint-Exupéry 9:17 - Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 10:43 - Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of The View by Ramin Setoodeh 12:55 - Most Talkative by Andy Cohen 13:09 - From Scratch: Inside the Food Network by Allen Salkin 14:20 - First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones 16:42 - Scythe by Neal Schusterman 16:43 - Ghost Whisperer (TV series) 17:13 - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty 19:44 - Truly, Madly, Guilty by Liane Moriarty 20:50 - Dare to Lead by Brené Brown 21:41 - Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown 21:42 - Daring Greatly by Brené Brown 23:55 - The Elephant in the Room: One Fat Man’s Quest to Get Smaller in a Growing America by Tommy Tomlinson 27:00 - The Currently Reading 2019 Reading Challenge 27:27 - I’ve Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella 28:30 - libraryreads.org 29:30 - Indie Next List from indiebound.org 30:42 - All the Books podcast 31:08 - Liberty Hardy @franzencomesalive 31:27 - Anne Bogel on What Should I Read Next 31:37 - Anne Bogel on One Great Book (and Patron feed) 31:59 - Annie Jones on From the Front Porch podcast 32:23 - Book Drop subscription box 32:26 - Shelf Subscription from Bookshelf Thomasville 32:31 - Reading Bug Box 33:04 - Sorta Awesome podcast 33:14 - Jamie Golden (and Knox) on The Popcast or at @jamiebgolden 33:08 - Laura Tremaine @laura.tremaine on Instagram 33:45 - Gretchen Rubin on the Happier podcast and her FB page 34:17 - Read Aloud Revival with Sarah McKenzie 34:27 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live podcast 34:38 - The Librarian is In by the NY Public Library 34:56 - Reading Women podcast 35:05 - @parnassusbooks on Instagram 35:06 - @powellsbooks on Instagram 35:56 - @bookshelftville on Instagram 36:20 - Book of the Month subscription 37:05 - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness 37:21 - Time’s Convert by Deborah Harkness 37:31 - Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness 37:32 - The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness 39:29 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty 40:39 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

We’ve got another “first” for the podcast this week! We are talking to our first return guest! You met Mary Heim in Episode 24 when she recorded with Meredith. Now, she’s back to chat with both of us and we’re so excited. Again. ;-) You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: an upcoming bookish holiday (now just past), finishing the second book in a series, and an audiobook binge. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. We’ve got two current reads from each host and Meredith and Mary seem to almost coordinate their picks (we never discuss beforehand, so this is all coincidental), while Kaytee takes each round off to left field. For our deep dive this week, we surprise Mary with a virtual bookish baby shower. This deep dive focuses in on the board books and other titles for ages 0-2 and is the first in a series. We’ll do subsequent chats about favorite books for 2-4 year olds and 5-8 year olds as well. So many great titles in this section! As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. This week Meredith and Kaytee are pressing more picture books, while Mary chooses a lovely essay collection she goes back to again and again. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  .  .  .  .  .  3:17 - Still Life by Louise Penny 4:29 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 9:42 - Great With Child by Beth Ann Fennelly 9:48 - Heating and Cooling by Beth Ann Fennelly 13:08 - I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott 16:09 - Morgan Tallman on Episode 22 of Currently Reading 16:20 - Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank 20:48 - Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey (releases June 4th!) 20:58 - The Magicians by Lev Grossman 21:00 - Tana French books 23:37 - Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson 24:22 - The Club by Takis Wurger 24:32 - Shelf Subscription from The Bookshelf Thomasville 25:34 - The Secret History by Donna Tartt 28:29 - Swearing is Good For You by Emma Byrne 36:25 - Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle 36:51 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle 36:55 - Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown 37:00 - Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell 37:08 - No No Yes Yes by Leslie Patricelli 37:11 - Big Little by Leslie Patricelli 37:37 - Where Is Baby’s Belly Button? by Karen Katz 37:46 - Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill 37:57 - Bright Baby books by Priddy Books 38:12 - Colors, ABC, Numbers by Bright Baby 39:06 - First 100 Words by Bright Baby 39:24 - Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina 39:43 - Wocket in My Pocket by Dr. Suess 39:50 - That’s Not My… series by Usborne 39:56 - That’s Not My Hat by John Klassen 40:44 - My Backpack by SkipHop 41:16 - Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers 41:49 - Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle 42:12 - Lil’ Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 42:12 - Lil’ Oink by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 42:13 - Li'l’ Hoot by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 42:16 - Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 42:39 - The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton 42:46 - The Belly Button Book by Sandra Boynton 42:55 - Moo, Baa, La La La by Sandra Boynton 43:05 - Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton 43:16 - Tuck Me In by Dean Hacohen 43:51 - A Book of Sleep by Il Sung Na 44:10 - Time for Bed by Mem Fox 44:35 - The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood 45:13 - Where Do Diggers Sleep At Night? by Brianna Kaplan Sawyer 45:20 - Where Do Steam Trains Sleep At Night? by Brianna Kaplan Sawyer 45:31 - Dinosaur’s Binkit by Sandra Boynton 45:45 - No Matter What by Debi Gliori 45:49 - I Love You, Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt 46:33 - Goodnight, Darth Vader by Jeffrey Brown 46:35 - Vader’s Little Princess by Jeffrey Brown 47:02 - Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown 49:42 - BabyLit Series by Jennifer Adams and Allison Oliver 51:21 - Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed 51:53 - Wild by Cheryl Strayed 54:49 - A Mouse Told His Mother by Bethany Roberts 56:47 - Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allen Ahlberg *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

If there's one thing Awesomes Know How to do, it's finding the best books for any reading season. In this episode, Meg is joined by Meredith and Kaytee - Awesome creators and co-hosts of the Currently Reading podcast - and they are here to tell you everything you need to know about what's hot in reading this year, PLUS tons of books to keep you happily entertained while you wait for these new releases! All of that plus triple the awesome in Awesome of the Week!SHOW NOTES:Stranglers podcast; Hamilton Beach Breakfast Sandwich Makerbirch tree decals for kids’ roomEpisode 50 of The Enneagram Journey podcastDaisy Jones and the Six, Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn HugoMaybe In Another LifeSleeping GiantsJuliet’s School of Possibilities, Laura VanderkamOff the ClockI Know How She Does ItInspection, Josh MalermanBird BoxThe Princess and the Fangirl, Ashley Poston GeekerellaFrom Twinkle With LoveCarry OnThe Bride Test, Helen HoangThe Kiss QuotientThe Wedding DateThe Last Time I Saw You, Liv Constantine The Last Mrs. ParrishStepsister, Jennifer DonnellyAll the Ever AftersThe Lunar Chronicles Waiting for Tom Hanks, Kerry Winfrey I’ll Have What She’s HavingUnscriptedThe Royal WeFangirl Things You Save in a Fire, Katherine Center A Better Man, Louise PennyInheritance, Dani ShapiroThe Trial of Lizzie Borden, Cara RobertsonBad Blood, John Carreyrou @daciandthebooks @linesiunderline Shelf Subscription from Bookshelf Thomasville He Read, She Read Sarah’s Bookshelves Live Out of Print By the Book podcastYou can find Meg on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram!Find Meredith and Kaytee on Instagram, and the Currently Reading podcast on Facebook and Instagram!Visit sortaawesomeshow.com for show notes on this and every episode. And don’t forget to find us in the Sorta Awesome Hangout on Facebook or @sortaawesomeshow on Instagram, and @sortaawesomepod on Twitter!

Meredith and Kaytee are back in your earbuds for Episode 11, in which we take a fun little trip down our “book-memory lanes”. You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: A sweet book gift from a friend, and a childhood milestone finally broached. Then we dive into our currently reading lists with three (or more) books from each of us, lots of mysterious picks this week, and one title that we just can’t stop talking about. Next, we take that memory trip and talk about the books that formed us as readers. The memories we have of our childhood reading, the ones that shaped us as teens, and how they turned us into the readers we are today. So many backlist gems in this list! As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to put into every reader’s hands. This week’s picks include a YA pick that’s being made into a Netflix movie and a non-fiction classic that is perfect for everyone on your Christmas list. Time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  .  .  .  .  .  2:37 - I’d Rather Be Reading by Anne Bogel 3:50 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling 4:17 - Harry Potter Illustrated Editions by J.K. Rowling and Jim Kay 7:52 - Louise Penny’s Three Pines Series 8:19 - Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter 11:34 - Just the Right Book Subscription 11:45 - Reading Bug Box Subscription 11:50 - Shelf Subscription from The Bookshelf Thomasville 11:54 - The Book Drop Subscription (Reminder: CURRENTLYREADING will get you 20% off until 12/15) 12:12 - Bluebird Bluebird by Attica Locke 16:07 - The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton 16:16 - @raelasbooks on Instagram 18:22 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 20:20 - House at Riverton by Kate Morton 21:15 - Never Lose a Customer Again by Joey Coleman 21:28 - Raving Fans by Ken Blanchard 22:48 - The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 23:52 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 25:52 - Episode 7 of Currently Reading with Jessica Turner 26:06 - An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green 28:12 - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 30:19 - The Quilter’s Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini 34:24 - The Mitten by Jan Brett 34:26 - Do Not Open by Brinton Turkle 34:47 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 34:48 - A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett 34:58 - Choose Your Own Adventure books by R.A. Montgomery 36:13 - R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps Series 36:15 - Intensity by Dean Koontz 36:29 - Stephen King novels 37:04 - 100 Secret Senses by Amy Tan 37:14 - Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris 38:15 - Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell 39:15 - Nancy Drew books by Carolyn Keene 39:47 - The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis UNSOLICITED STRONG OPINION: Amazon is wrong. Read these in Publication Order, please! 40:56 - The Once and Future King by T.H. White 42:21 - The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson 44:25 - Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy 47:58 - Puddin’ by Julie Murphy 48:20 - Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

Bookish besties reunited for Episode number 10, where we take a foray into the scary books you’ll want on your Halloween and Fall TBR! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: Meredith’s slump is O.V.E.R. and Kaytee broke her resolutions in a big way. Then we dive into our currently reading lists with three books from each of us, some brand new titles, a big series for #pennypusher fans, and some mysterious picks. Our next segment will make you thankful for these show notes! We throw a LOT of titles at you that will perfectly fit into your fall mood-reading lists. Don’t worry, they are all written down for you below. Because we love you. As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to put into every reader’s hands. This week’s picks include a classic Greek myth re-imagined, as well as non-fiction pick for every boy mom reader. Time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  .  .  .  .  .  3:20 - Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend 4:11 - Literate Lizard bookstore in Sedona, AZ 5:10 - thriftbooks.com - 15% off your first order if you use this link! 6:58 - In Her Bones by Kate Moretti 7:13 - Book Drop Subscription - use code CURRENTLYREADING for 20% off a subscription of any length! Good through 12/15 8:25 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman 9:05 - What Should I Read Next podcast on iTunes, Episode 150 is the one referenced in this episode of our show 11:51 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 14:09 - My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren 14:29 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 14:39 - You’ve Got Mail 15:58 - Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand 17:49 - Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache Series 18:05 - Inspector Wexford Series by Ruth Rundell 18:14 - Dorothy Simpson’s Inspector Thanet Series 19:02 - From Doon with Death by Ruth Rundell 22:38 - A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas (2nd Book: A Conspiracy in Belgravia) 22:44 - Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle 25:10 - A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro 25:55 - Hoopla! Kaytee’s beloved library service! 26:23 - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 26:26 - The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz 26:37 - The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz 27:24 - The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton 27:31 - Shelf Subscription from Bookshelf Thomasville 31:11 - Well-Read Black Girl by Glory Edim 31:19 - @wellreadblackgirl on Instagram 34:11 - The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle 34:25 - A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket 34:54 - Coraline by Neil Gaiman (but now I really want the Graphic Novel version!) 35:15 - In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware 35:17 - The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware 35:36 - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield 36:12 - Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier 36:25 - Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter 37:08 - Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase 37:15 - Kate Morton books 37:35 - The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay 39:09 - Every Secret Thing by Susanna Kearsley 41:10 - Aunt Dimity Series by Nancy Atherton 42:20 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 42:42 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch 42:43 - Pines (1st in series) by Blake Crouch, then Wayward, then The Last Town 43:08 - Fox Evil by Minette Walters 44:08 - Circe by Madeline Miller 47:25 - Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys by Stephen James and David Thomas *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

Meredith and Kaytee are back in your earbuds for a show that required us to put up our dukes to fight with technology in more ways than one. Give us grace on the audio foibles this week, and blame Skype, m’kay? You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: happy podcast vibes and bookish t-shirts. We dive in to discussing 3 books each. Two we really enjoyed and one… not so much. Watch out for those strong opinions in this segment this week! Then we spend a little time talking about Anne Bogel’s new book, I’d Rather Be Reading, and the pieces that resonated with both of us! You’ll also hear our first non-sponsor sponsor segment. Obviously we’re a bit unclear what “sponsorship” means at this point! We finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to put into every reader’s hands, and this week’s picks will either tear out your heart or scare the pee-waddle out of you (Meredith’s phrasing. LOL). Time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! . . . . . 2:38 - Meredith’s Book Nerd t-shirt from outofprint.com, purveyors of so many fun, bookish tees 4:15 - Little Broken Things by Nicole Baart 4:42 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 7:47 - Mom Advice Book Club on Facebook 8:19 - Silkworm by Robert Galbraith 9:35 - Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith 11:30 - The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Sequel to The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 12:13 - Wonder by R.J. Palacio 13:53 - All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage 16:01 - The Gospel Comes with a House Key by Rosaria Butterfield 18:56 - The Art of Neighboring by Jay Pathak and Dave Runyon 19:01 - Turquoise Table by Kristin Schell 19:06 - Just Open the Door by Jen Schmidt 21:05 - The Gatekeepers: How White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency by Chris Whipple 23:17 - Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson 23:55 - I’d Rather Be Reading by Anne Bogel 27:59 - The Bookshelf, Thomasville, Georgia 28:43 - Shelf Subscription 29:35 - From the Front Porch podcast 29:54 - @bookshelftville bookstagram account 31:29 - Far From the Tree by Robin Benway 33:32 - Bird Box by Josh Malerman   *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!* 

One of the most exciting options the Bookshelf offers is the Shelf Subscription, a book-a-month club featuring newly released hardcovers from your favorite independent booksellers. This week on the podcast, Chris and Annie break down what the Shelf Subscription is, how it works, what you can expect, and how to get started.  Listen closely for code that will net you a 10% discount on your subscription--only available through August 19! For more information or to start your subscription today, click here. Thanks, as always, to Forlorn Strangers for the use of our theme music. Learn and listen more here. Listen to a full back catalogue of our show here, and, if you're interested in some exclusive content like a tour through market with Annie, consider supporting us on Patreon here. 

It’s time to get your library holds all set up for a long summer of reading! Whether you’re looking for a contemporary page-turner, something spine-chilling, a chunky classic, a dose of reality, or if you’re suspending expectations in hope of some bookish serendipity… Anne is here with friend of the show and bookseller Annie Jones to discuss the alllll the hot titles they can’t help but want to shove in their friends hands. Click over to the podcast website for the full list of titles discussed in this episode: http://whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com/132And while you're at it make sure you check out the 2018 Summer Reading Guide: https://modernmrsdarcy.com/summer-reading-guide-2018/Connect with Annie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anniebjones05/The Bookshelf: https://www.bookshelfthomasville.com/Shelf Subscription service: https://www.bookshelfthomasville.com/subscriptions/

We missed Children's Book Week last week because our Reading Recap real estate is very valuable, but we want to take this opportunity to tell you about some of our favorite new books for kids and get side-tracked several times along the way! We also have new Shelf Subscription options available for children, middle readers, and young adults! Learn more and subscribe here. Mentioned this week: + Hedge Hog + Not Quite Narwhal + Part-Time Mermaid + Is It a Mermaid? + Alma + Happy Birthday, Madame Chapeau + Phoebe and Her Unicorn+ Izzy Gizmo + Out of Left Field + Last Kids on Earth+ Be Prepared Thanks, as always, to Forlorn Strangers for the use of our theme music. Learn and listen more here. Listen to a full back catalogue of our show here, and, if you're interested in some exclusive content like What Annie Didn't Finish, consider supporting us on Patreon here.

You've heard us talk about Shelf Subscriptions before, but it occurred to us that many of our listeners may not know exactly what it is we're talking about. This week, Annie and Chris are joined by bookseller Kate Sutton, one of the main cogs in the machine that is fulfilling Shelf Subscription mailing orders. Also, read the reviews on your Airbnb before book. Interested in subscribing? Learn more and set up your pick at our store website. Thanks, as always, to Forlorn Strangers for the use of our theme music. Learn and listen more here. Listen to a full back catalogue of our show here, and, if you're interested in some exclusive content like what Annie didn't finish reading this month, consider supporting us on Patreon here. 

August is over, and we're ready to celebrate. Annie and Chris are back to talk about the books they read in August, despite--or maybe in spite of--how terrible the month of August is. Also, can the old Taylor please come to the phone? Chris read: + nothing + life gets in the way + part of How to Stop Time by Matt Haig Annie read: + Final Girls by Riley Sager + The Glass Eye by Jeannie Vanasco (on sale October 3) + There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins + Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka + The Misfortune of Marion Palm by Emily Culliton + Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong + Of Mess and Moxie by Jen Hatmaker + The Party by Robyn Harding Also mentioned: + Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood + Brain on Fire by Susannah Calahan + Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins + Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty + Everybody Rise by Stephanie Clifford + Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple + Seven by Jen Hatmaker + For the Love by Jen Hatmaker + The Dinner by Herman Koch There are changes on the horizon! Stay tuned!  There's one day left to sign up for September's Shelf Subscription pick, so check out our store website for more details!

Don't get scared of the word “change.” Annie and Chris are joined this week by the rest of the Bookshelf staff. Ashley, Maddie, and Kate are here to talk about Shelf Subscriptions and what you can expect when you choose one of us to pick out a brand new book for you. Also, let's take bets on which Office alum is Mindy Kaling's baby daddy. Annie's picks are for fans of: + The Mothers by Brit Bennett + Forty Rooms by Olga Grushin + Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal Chris's picks are for fans of: + Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders + Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel + A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan Maddie's picks are for fans of: + Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel + The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman + The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemison Kate's picks are for fans of: + The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee + The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell + Pachinko by Min Jin Lee Ashley's picks are for fans of: + Paper Towns by John Green + What We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons + This Is How It Always Is by Lauren Frankel Magali's picks are for fans of: + The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle + The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien + Tlll We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis Learn more about Shelf Subscriptions at our store website. If you would like to advertise your business on From the Front Porch, email Annie at annie [at] bookshelfthomasville [dot] com.