Lynne Perednia Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Bogie & Bacall: The Surprising True Story of Hollywood's Greatest Love Affair
William J. MannA new Bogey and Bacall bio is coming out next month. I'm reading an advance copy and it's fascinating. #tcmparty https://t.co/TbOdyLjlXb
Hardcover, 2023
$40.00Member price:$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ringworld
Larry Niven@Firecaptain16 Yes. Initially, the video reminded me of how dizzy I got trying to read Larry Niven's Ringworld. Then Luke made it fall into place.
Paperback, Mass Market, 1985
$10.00Member price:$5.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Liberation Day: Stories
George SaundersWent right from finishing Hernan Diaz's brilliant Trust to "Love Letter:, one of the stories in George Saunders' latest collection, Liberation Day. Although the novel, about a captain of finance and fabled manipulator of the stock market before the 1929 Crash, and
Paperback, 2023
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fire Season
Leyna KrowEvery word of this resonates. Even if you aren't from Spokane, if you read FIRE SEASON, it will make sense about "a certain kind of woman." https://t.co/NV5JxLVgnw
Paperback, 2023
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
London: A Poem, in Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal. The Second Edition
Samuel Johnson@voter1vote He is tired of London is tired of life, wrote Samuel Johnson. He was right. I've been there twice and it was heavenly both times.
Hardcover, 2018
$26.95Member price:$24.25 + Free shipping10% off
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
R. F. Kuang@TheBookMaven @pazdice OK, you invoked Emily's name so THE SHAMSHINE BLIND goes on my to-find list. Slow reading week so am still with Millet's DINOSAURS and Kuang's BABEL. Want to get back to Cosby's MY DARKEST PRAYER and Kapoor's AGE OF VICE #fridayreads
Paperback, 2023
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Candice Millard@kfairwrites @jeryzner Oh man, time to revisit @candice_millard's THE RIVER OF DOUBT. #WagnerTonight
Paperback, 2006
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Haven
Emma Donoghue@SFLiberal Less was good; looking forward to the new one. Currently reading Cormac McCarthy's The Passenger and Emma Donoghue's Haven after 2 mysteries.
Paperback, 2023
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
Edith Hamilton@Firecaptain16 When I was a kid discovering Edith Hamilton's Mythology, this was the coolest thing to realize.
Paperback, Mass Market, 2011
$10.99Member price:$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Rejoice the Head of Paul McCartney
Adam BraverHonored that author @adambraver read my review of his remarkable novel, REJOICE THE HEAD OF PAUL MCCARTNEY https://t.co/RyNBgjVycL
Paperback, 2022
$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book