Episode 351 || Holiday Kids‘ Table

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie sits down with her cousin Ashley and her brother Chet to talk about what they’re reading, watching, listening to, and buying this season. Annie’s List / Reading Bright Evening Star by Madeleine L'Engle (not available) Picking Cotton by Erin Torneo, Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, and Ronald Cotton These Precious Days by Ann Patchett Annie’s List Watching Merry Kissmas The Holidate Very Merry Bridesmaid 8-Bit Christmas Love Hard Annie’s List/ Listening to Emily P. Freeman's The Quiet Collection (podcast) Finishing up The Rise & Fall of Mars Hill (podcast) Red (Taylor’s Version) Chet’s List/Reading Robert Bly, Iron John: A Book About Men (not available through The Bookshelf) Austen Hartke, Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians (not available) A.P. U.S. Government and Politics material Chet’s List / Watching Seinfeld Survivor Great British Baking Show Chet’s List / Listening Wolves in the Throne Room, Diadem of 12 Stars Deafheaven, Sunbather Page CXVI, Advent to Christmas Ashley’s List / Reading Hooked by Sutton Foster No Cure for Being Human by Kate Bowler Ashley’s List / Watching One Tree Hill The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Ashley’s List/ Listening to Red (Taylor’s Version) 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 again to this week’s sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com. This week, Annie is reading Golden Boys by Phil Stamper. Ashley is reading Wild Spectacle by Janisse Ray. Chet is reading Iron John by Robert Bly. If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week. Libro.FM: Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports the community. All you need is a smartphone and the free Libro.fm app. Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link: libro.fm/redeem/FRONTPORCH Flodesk: Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’  Flodesk is an email marketing service provider that's built for creators, by creators, and it’s easy to use. We’ve been using it for a couple of years now, and I personally love it. And right now you can get 50% off your Flodesk subscription by going to: flodesk.com/c/THEFRONTPORCH