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From the Front PorchEpisode 530 || Literary Therapy, Vol. 24This week on From the Front Porch, it’s a Literary Therapy session! Our literary Frasier Crane, Annie, is back to answer more of your reading questions and dilemmas. If you have a question you would like Annie to answer in a future episode, you can leave us a voicemail here.
To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 530) or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app:
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Show Don’t Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld
Five Tuesdays in Winter...2025-05-2251 min
Books with BetsyEpisode 42 - Working on Your Brain with Betsy KipnisOn this episode, Betsy Kipnis, a multi-hyphenate who loves a wide variety of authors, and I discuss some shared favorites, great Chicago bookstores, and she has some great stories. She discusses books that are multi-sensory and we get spicy about a beloved author.
Betsy’s Blog - Bookisshh
Barbara Kingsolver’s Recovery Center
Books mentioned in this episode:
What Betsy’s reading:
The Road to the Salt Sea by Samuel Kọláwọlé
Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis
Books Highlighted by...2025-02-2456 min
Book Lounge by LibbyBending Reality with Magical Realism ReadsToday on the pod, Emma and Joe are joined by Marissa to talk about one of Joe and Marissa's favorite genres - magical realism. They chat about the history of the genre, what they love most about it, and the CW hit, Jane the Virgin.Books mentioned in this episode:
Vapor by Amanda Filipacchi
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Marissa’s Titles:
Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina by Zoraida Cordova
Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani
Notes From My Captivity by Kathy Parks
Emma...2023-04-1350 min
Rowdy Book ClubHot and BadgeredOur rowdiest one yet! We certainly brought a weird energy to this one folks. We were recording well past Michael's early bedtime of 8:30pm and it shows. Also we give a shoutout to the three people we are fairly certain listen to this podcast (you know who you are). We talk astrology, how tigers do not have prehensile tails and ursine copulation habits. Also because Michael said the word boner a lot (and definitely for no other reason) we are marking this episode as explicit so you're welcome.Next month's book will be "The...2021-11-301h 03From the Front Porch314 || March Reading RecapThis week Annie recaps and reviews her March reads.
The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:
March Reads:
Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
The New Yorker article: Crying in H Mart
Love Like That by Emma Duffy-Comparone
It’s Kind of a Cheesy Love Story by Lauren Morrill
You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar
Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann2021-04-0152 min
Books Are My PeopleBooks Are My People - Episode 46 with Mindy MejiaOn this episode, author Mindy Mejia, author of Strike Me Down, comes to visit and we talk about The Echo Wife, You Will Know Me and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS, iTunes, or SpotifyFind me on instagram at @jennifercaloyerasemail me at booksaremypeople at gmail dot comBooks Discussed:Land of Shadows – Rachel HowzellEvery Last Fear Alex FinlayBad Habits by Amy GentryThe Echo Wife by Sarah GaileyYou Will Know Me by Megan Abb...2021-03-2226 min
The Premise040 - Olga Grushin - Author of The Charmed WifeOlga Grushin wrote her first story at just seven years old, and it happens to have been a fairy tale. She discusses why she chose to write in English, though Russian is her first language, and how it shapes the way she tells stories while retaining a Russian sensibility. The Charmed Wife is her latest book and she and Jeniffer discuss why she was inspired to reimagine Cinderella as a divorcee. Olga also talks about why she started writing, how she got an agent and a publisher, her genre-bending storytelling and much more. This one will make you rethink...2021-02-2356 min
Uncorking a StoryAuthor Olga GrushinOlga Grushin was born in Moscow and moved to the United States at eighteen. She is the author of three previous novels, Forty Rooms, The Line and The Dream Life of Sukhanov. Her debut, The Dream Life of Sukhanov, won the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, earned her a place on Granta's once-a-decade Best Young American Novelists list, and was one of The New York Times' Notable Books of the Year. Both it and The Line were among The Washington Post's Ten Best Books of the Year, and Forty Rooms was named a Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction of t...2021-01-1958 min
Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Literature, Fairy Tales & FolkloreThe Charmed Wife by Olga GrushinPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430549to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Charmed Wife
Author: Olga Grushin
Narrator: Karissa Vacker
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 31 minutes
Release date: January 12, 2021
Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore
Publisher's Summary:
'Genre-bending and darkly comic, Grushin's fourth novel is a weird and wonderful triumph.' –O, the Oprah Magazine Cinderella wants her Prince Charming dead in this sophisticated fairy-tale for the twenty-first century. Cinderella married the man of her dreams--the perfect ending she deserved after diligently following all the fairy-tale rules. Yet now, thirteen and a half years later, things have gone badly wrong and her lif...2021-01-129h 31
Get Lost in the World of Stories With Free AudiobookCharmed Wife Audiobook by Olga GrushinListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 430549
Title: Charmed Wife
Author: Olga Grushin
Narrator: Karissa Vacker
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9:31:49
Language: English
Release date: 01-12-21
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Fairy Tales & Folklore
Summary:
'Genre-bending and darkly comic, Grushin's fourth novel is a weird and wonderful triumph.' –O, the Oprah Magazine
Cinderella wants her Prince Charming dead in this sophisticated fairy-tale for the twenty-first century.
Cinderella married the man of her dreams--the perfect ending she deserved after diligently following all the fairy-tale rules. Yet now, thirteen and a half years later, thi...2021-01-129h 31Book Lounge by LibbyJanuary 2021 new book releases!Ep. #509 - We're saying goodbye to 2020 in the best way we know how... by looking forward to the first month of 2021 and a whole bundle of new book releases to talk about!Books mentioned in this episodeThe Push By Ashley AudrainOne of the Good Ones by Maika and Maritza MouliteConcrete Rose By Angie ThomasThe Wife Upstairs By Rachel HawkinsChlorine Sky by Mahogany L. BrowneThe Charmed Wife By Olga GrushinUnplugged by Gordon Korman2020-12-2833 minBook Lounge by LibbyHappy new Year! Now let's get to those January new book releases...Ep. #509 - We're saying goodbye to 2020 in the best way we know how... by looking forward to the first month of 2021 and a whole bundle of new book releases to talk about!
Books mentioned in this episode
The Push By Ashley Audrain
One of the Good Ones by Maika and Maritza Moulite
Concrete Rose By Angie Thomas
The Wife Upstairs By Rachel Hawkins
Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne
The Charmed Wife By Olga Grushin
Unplugged by Gordon Korman
Burnt Sugar By Avni Doshi
Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor
The Ex Talk By Rachel Lynn Solomon
We Could Be Heroes...2020-12-2836 minFrom the Front PorchEpisode 131 || Shelf Subscription Sneak PeekDon’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: + Lin...2017-08-1028 minFrom the Front PorchEpisode 99 || Best Books of 2016It's time to reflect back on 2016, which means... It's time to recap Annie's favorite books of the year.
+ The Mothers by Brit Bennett
+ Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
+ Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty by Ramona Ausubel
+ Commonwealth by Ann Patchet
+ Forty Rooms by Olga Grushin
+ This Is Where You Belong by Melody Warnick
+ When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
+ My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
+ Another Day in the Death of America by Gary Yeung
+ You'll Grow O...2016-12-2932 min
Free Audiobook: Where Stories Come to LifeForty Rooms Audiobook by Olga GrushinListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 255782
Title: Forty Rooms
Author: Olga Grushin
Narrator: Christa Lewis
Format: Unabridged
Length: 09:14:32
Language: English
Release date: 02-16-16
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women
Summary:
Totally original in conception and magnificently executed, Forty Rooms is mysterious, withholding, and ultimately emotionally devastating. Olga Grushin is dealing with issues of womens identityof womens choicesthat no modern novel has explored so deeply.
Forty rooms is a conceit: it proposes that a modern woman will inhabit forty rooms in her lifetime. They form her biography, from childhood to...2016-02-169h 14
Podcast BukuInside The New York Times Book Review: Love and DeathThis week, Andrew Solomon discusses five new books about death and dying; Alexandra Alter has news from the literary world; Alexandra Fuller talks about Olga Grushin’s “Forty Rooms”; readers recommend books for Valentine’s Day; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.2016-02-1247 min
The Book ReviewInside The New York Times Book Review: Love and DeathThis week, Andrew Solomon discusses five new books about death and dying; Alexandra Alter has news from the literary world; Alexandra Fuller talks about Olga Grushin’s “Forty Rooms”; readers recommend books for Valentine’s Day; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.
Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.2016-02-1247 min
20 Years After the Soviet CollapseSoviet Lines, a Way of Life in Grushin NovelThe collapse of the Soviet Union 20 years ago eliminated one of the most defining and despised features of Soviet life: standing in line – lines for bread, butter, and other basic necessities. According to one estimate, citizens in the USSR spent up to a third of every day standing in lines. Olga Grushin has written an entire novel, now out in paperback, about a line.2012-06-0704 min