89. Behind the scenes of the shop around the corner with Annie B. Jones

Here at Novel Pairings, if there’s one thing we love almost as much as reading it’s supporting independent bookstores. Today, we’re re-airing an interview with one of our favorite indie bookstore insiders, Annie B. Jones, owner of The Bookshelf in Thomasville, Georgia. Annie shares a little about her own reading life and tastes, and offers some sweet and moving book pairings for one of her favorite classics: Little Women.  Remember, you can support The Bookshelf or your favorite local indie bookstore and the Novel Pairings podcast by signing up or gifting a Libro.fm membership. Use our code NOVELPAIRINGS when you join, and help boost business at your favorite bookstore through another difficult holiday season. For more bonus episodes, nerdy classes, and extra book talk,  join our Classics Club: patreon.com/novelpairings.com. Connect with us  on Instagram or Twitter. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get updates and behind-the-scenes info. Get two audiobooks for the price of one from Libro.fm. Use our Libro.fm affiliate code NOVELPAIRINGS and support independent bookstores. Books mentioned: Our book list includes a mix of affiliate links and links to The Bookshelf inventory. If you want to own one of the books we talked about today, we hope you consider supporting The Bookshelf with your purchase.    East of Eden by John Steinbeck Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Little Women by Louisa May Alcott An Old Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott The Baby-Sitters Club Box A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza The Mothers by Brit Bennett Franny & Zoey by J.D. Salinger From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konig Bloomability by Sharon Creech Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters by Amy Boyd Rioux Jo & Laurie by Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la Cruz What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer Musical Chairs by Amy Poeppel House Lessons by Erica Bauermeister Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid Ex Libris by Michiko Kakutani  HRH by Elizabeth Holmes Passing by Nella Larsen Emma by Jane Austen Also mentioned: “The Baby-Sitters Club Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Literary Fiction”