If you like From the Front Porch you’ll love Annie B. Jones’s new novel. It’s about staying out when others may not be and being content in your life.

"Ordinary Time" is an enjoyable collection of essays having to do with subjects such as everyday life, small towns, and faith. Annie B. Jones' tone is friendly and and her writing is easy to read. I do enjoy books about the lives of real people in real time, living what some might consider to be ordinary lives. There is nothing ordinary about Jones' writing. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. Pub Date: Apr 22, 2025. #OrdinaryTime

Thank you, Annie, for sharing so much of yourself in this gorgeous book. I am so grateful to have received a DRC from the publisher through NetGalley. This touched my heart in so, so many ways and I can’t wait to have a physical copy when it releases so that I can read it again and make notes. The writing is superb, I love the essay format so much. What you have shared is raw, and real and so honest. You are a beautiful storyteller and I imagine this is only the beginning of your writing career. I love your podcast and hope to visit your bookstore someday! You have created magic in the Indie Bookstore space and following your journey has been a delight!

I really enjoyed this book and Annie's writing. I liked her small town perspective and her love of books. She is very honest and open and shows how life isn't always what we expect it to be. But that sometimes we are given what we need.
I liked reading about her struggles and how she overcomes them.
A lovely read for book clubs.

Thanks NetGalley for this ARC

I enjoyed the author's writing and her take on life, and especially her parts about her faith. I found some of the essays to be repetitive.

This is a story about small towns, big relationships and being true to yourself no matter what. Annie Jones describes small-town life from the perspective of someone who moved to one later in life and had to put in a lot of effort to be accepted by the locals. I totally empathize. Honestly, if Annie and I had ended up in the same small town I think we would've become fast friends just for our shared love of books, Ted Lasso and the Beatles alone. This is a very relatable book for anyone who's upended their lives and moved to somewhere new to start over. The entire book feels more like chatting with a friend than it does reading a memoir. I love her sense of humor, her straight-up honesty, and her candor about personal things like religion and pregnancy and grief. I look forward to sharing this book with a few of my own small-town friends.

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review the free ARC of this book.