From the Front Porch

In our final episode of 2019 (and the decade as a whole!), Annie and Bookshelf staffers Olivia and Lucy sit down to talk... Read more

Suuummertiiiiiime, and the front doors are swoooollen. Join Chris and Annie for a preview of the summer's hottest releas... Read more

We consulted with the rest of the Bookshelf staff and rounded up a list of our favorite "classic" books--whatever that m... Read more

July was a very busy month here at The Bookshelf, and while our combined list is somewhat small, it allowed us to have a... Read more

Annie and Chris are traveling through time to bring you a list and discussion of the books they read in June.  You can ... Read more

The changing of the calendar page signals that Annie and Chris are back, as they are every month, to talk about what the... Read more

In our final Seasonal Reads of 2019, Chris and Annie run through some reads (and movies) for the Christmas season and ch... Read more

It's officially Spooky Season, if you can believe it, and Annie and Chris sound absolutely manic this week as they recor... Read more

May came and went like a bullet train, but Annie and Chris are here to talk about what they read this month and/or are s... Read more

On this milestone episode of From the Front Porch, Annie and Chris answer YOUR questions--from what we're getting our pa... Read more

As the heat settles and the mosquitos start biting and we all converge in the back of a pickup truck in an antique store... Read more

Happy Halloween! Spooky Season will soon be over, but Chris and Annie are here to walk you through what they read in Oct... Read more

Sometimes you need to build some momentum between your hefty tomes, and sometimes you're sitting in an airport and just ... Read more

It's wedding season, y'all, and Annie and Chris are here to guide you through the most relevant reads of the season. Yo... Read more

A new month means a new look at what books Annie and Chris were able to read in the last one. And folks, it was pretty l... Read more

Annie and frequent guest contributor Hunter keep the Backlist Book Club feature rolling with a discussion of Donna Tartt... Read more

Last month, Chris and Annie were challenged to think of a book that doesn't exist (yet) that they would love to see writ... Read more

Annie and Chris are back together, but y'all, it's a stressful season. And we know we always say that! Join us for a dis... Read more

Chris and Annie take a personal deep-dive into a few literary characters they may or may not resemble, and what that ult... Read more

In this very special episode, Chris and Annie were finally able to sit down together for their first ever tandem live sh... Read more