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Annie is joined by one of her favorite members of her family’s kids’ table, Ashley Sherlock. Ashley’s the former events coordinator at The Bookshelf, a frequent From the Front Porch contributor, and a pop culture enthusiast, so she’s the perfect person to talk to about holiday reading and watching. The books mentioned in today’s episode are available at The Bookshelf: Ten Blind Dates by Ashley Elston The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss Recommended for You by Laura Silverman All About Us by Tom Ellen Let It Snow by John Green, Lauren Myracle, and Maureen Johnson Jo & Laurie by Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la Cruz Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller One Day in December by Josie Silver 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 Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. This week, I’m reading Better Luck Next Time by Julia Claiborne Johnson. Ashley’s reading The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. If you liked what you heard on 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, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.