SamanthaDunn 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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Wrote some books, work as @SoCalNewsGroup senior editor & creator of BOOKISH virtual show. I teach writing too. Here, have my opinions, they’re free.
Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing
Margaret AtwoodSamanthaDunn"'Is it necessary to suffer in order to be a writer?' aspiring writers are in the habit of asking. Don't worry about suffering...The suffering will occur whether you like it or not." --Margaret Atwood in Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing.
Paperback, 2003
$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cowboys Are My Weakness: Stories
Pam HoustonSamanthaDunn@lesbrains Stories for Nighttime and Some for Day by @benloory; Cowboys Are My Weakness by @pam_houston; Self-help, Lorrie Moore; Blackberries, Blackberries by @CrystalWilki; oh so many. Novella hmm. Does We the Animals by Justin Torres qualify at 128 pages?
Paperback, 2019
$15.99Member price:$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
1984: 75th Anniversary
George OrwellSamanthaDunn@SparkSpit 1984, George Orwell. Blew my 16-year-old mind.
Paperback, Mass Market, 1950
$12.00Member price:$6.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Knocking Myself Up: A Memoir of My (In)Fertility
Michelle TeaSamanthaDunn"You're setting out to conjure a life, and in the process, deeply unsettle your own." @TeaMichelle in her new book, "Knocking Myself Up." Join us Oct. 21 @ 5 pm PST on BOOKISH when we talk to the fabulous memoirist herself. Bring your questions! Register: https://t.co/6FxQsfz2Xr https://t.co/gokv7tRybZ
Paperback, 2023
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Love: Gepunktetes A5 Notizbuch oder Heft für Schüler, Studenten und Erwachsene
Pm BooksSamanthaDunnThis is today folks! Anthony Doerr will make you fall in love with books all over again. 5 pm PST Plus: Appearances by the fabulous @TeaMichelle & @martinjdugard with our amazing host @SandraTsingLoh. #bookish https://t.co/LhMAcNDXHQ
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Khabaar: An Immigrant Journey of Food, Memory, and Family
Madhushree GhoshSamanthaDunn@WriteMadhushree @cteicher Let me say Khabaar: An Immigrant Journey of Food, Memory and Family by @WriteMadhushree.
Paperback, 2022
$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Feels Like Home: A Song for the Sonoran Borderlands
Linda RonstadtSamanthaDunnSaw Linda Ronstadt trending. Figured the profile of her by my colleague @PeterLarsenBSF about her new book "Feels Like Home" must've gone viral... https://t.co/9YosrPsH3E
Hardcover, 2022
$35.00Member price:$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Secret History
Donna TarttSamanthaDunnI blame @LiliAnolik for the fact that I just read Donna Tartt's The Secret History. That is all.
Paperback, 2004
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West
Cormac McCarthySamanthaDunn@DaniTrussoni Judge Holden of Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian. Iridescent in his evilness.
Paperback, 1992
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Easy Street: A Story of Redemption from Myself
Maggie RoweSamanthaDunnCome hang out with me and @CounterpointLLC author Maggie Rowe on Thursday at 6 pm PST as we talk about her fantastic memoir, Easy Street. All in support of the @ocpublib. To register and get the link, just email: ocpl.programs@occr.ocgov.com https://t.co/pNOT3Hl6xy
Paperback, 2022
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book