This week on From the Front Porch, it’s all about books and basketball! Annie is joined by her husband and friend, Jordan, to set different books head to head and debate their merits in this beloved yearly tradition.
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Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins
Book of Goose by Yiyun Lee
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman
Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
You Are My Sunshine by Sean Dietrich
The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser
New Girl in Little Cove by Damhnait Monaghan
A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher
Liturgies for Hope by Audrey Elledge and Elizabeth Moore
A Curious Faith by Lore Ferguson Wilbert
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
The Appeal by Janice Hallett
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
This week, Annie is reading Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano. Jordan is reading Shakespeare in a Divided America by James Shapiro (currently unavailable to order).
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 to this week’s sponsor, the 102nd Annual Rose Show and Festival in Thomasville, Georgia. Come visit us for the weekend of April 28th-29th and experience the flowers, fun, food, and shopping in Beautiful Thomasville. Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com.
Thank you to this week’s sponsor, the 102nd Annual Rose Show and Festival in Thomasville, Georgia. Come visit us for the weekend of April 28th-29th and experience the flowers, fun, food, and shopping in Beautiful Thomasville. Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com.
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