This week on From the Front Porch, it's an episode of Off the Shelf with Annie & Ashley! Annie is joined by friend, cousin, and former colleague, Ashley Sherlock, to chat about what they’re reading – but also what they’re watching, listening to, and buying.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search “Episode 495” to find the books mentioned in this episode), or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app:

Annie is reading:

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (out 9/24)

The X-Files: Perihelion by Claudia Gray

The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave

Ashley is reading:

The Match by Sarah Adams

I’ll Have What He’s Having by Adib Khorram

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

Annie is watching:

Mean Girls

X-Files

Emily in Paris

The Perfect Couple

Gilmore Girls

Trap

Ashley is watching:

Emily in Paris

Gilmore Girls

Palm Springs

Plus One

Once Upon a Mattress

Six

Annie is listening to:

Max Richter

Working, “How to Be Both Critic and Creator”

Key Life, “Has Magic Ever Been Ruined In Your Journey”

Ashley is listening to:

“Without You” by Lana Del Ray

Annie is buying:

“Life Is Pain” sweatshirt

Fall essential oils

Trader Joe’s pumpkin haul

Ashley is buying:

Bear Snacks

Fall sweater from Cider

Shark bracelet from Fahlo

Perfect bars

Shelby Van Pelt, author of Remarkably Bright Creatures, is coming to Thomasville, GA! The Bookshelf has joined the Thomas County Library to celebrate their One Book Thomas County program. For 10 years, the Thomas County Library has hosted South Georgia’s first (and only!) One Book program, where our entire community reads the same book together and celebrates that book with literary events. 

The 2024 One Book Thomas County pick is Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. Our celebration of this beloved book will culminate in a visit from Shelby Van Pelt at the Thomasville Center for the Arts on Thursday, October 3. Tickets are just $10 and can be found in-store at The Bookshelf or online at onebookthomascounty.org.

Visit onebookthomascounty.org for more details about this year’s event. We hope to see you there!

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 The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave.  Ashley is listening to Honeybee by Dawn O'Porter (unavailable to order).

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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.