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About Samantha Pak

Samantha is a voracious reader and pens NWAW's must reads monthly book recommendations.

Book recommendations: Love and romance

February 7, 2020 By Samantha Pak

Lucky is the biggest K-pop star at the moment. Finishing up her Asia tour with a final performance in Hong Kong, she is about to take the western world by storm with her upcoming performance on the “Later Tonight Show” in her hometown of Los Angeles. But first things first: a burger.

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 6 | FEBRUARY 8 - FEBRUARY 14

Top 10 book recommendations

December 27, 2019 By Samantha Pak

Another year is coming to a close and that means another year of a whole lot of books. Here are 10 of my top reads—in no particular order—for 2019.

Filed Under: On the Shelf, Feature stories Tagged With: 2019, 2020, DECEMBER 28, JANUARY 3, VOL 39 NO 1

Book recommendations: Complications of young love

November 22, 2019 By Samantha Pak

At 17, Ali Chu has grown up as the only Asian person in her Indiana school. And to fit in, she knows she must be as bland as white toast to survive—meaning eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and ignoring the racism from her classmates and teachers.

Filed Under: On the Shelf, Feature stories Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 48 | NOVEMBER 23 - NOVEMBER 29

Book recommendations: Working for the family business

November 1, 2019 By Samantha Pak

Lana Lee is back on the case and this time, things are off to an explosive start.
On the first evening of Cleveland’s Asian Night Market, Wonton on Wheels, a food truck run by her parents’ old friends, blows up at the end of the night, leaving one man dead.

Filed Under: On the Shelf, Feature stories Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 45 | NOVEMBER 2 - NOVEMBER 8

Book recommendations — Retellings and reimaginings of classic tales and stories

August 16, 2019 By Samantha Pak

Aru Shah is back for another adventure in this second installment of Chokshi’s Pandava series.

Filed Under: On the Shelf, Feature stories Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 34 | AUGUST 17 - AUGUST 23

Book recommendations: Goals and purposes that take us around the world

July 26, 2019 By Samantha Pak

Khai Diep doesn’t really have emotions. While he might feel little things like irritation or contentment, he doesn’t do the big ones like grief. Or love. But his family knows better.

Filed Under: On the Shelf, Feature stories Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 31 | JULY 27 - AUGUST 2

Book recommendations: LGBTQ stories by LGBTQ authors

June 28, 2019 By Samantha Pak

Following the death of his sister Swati, Harit’s mother can no longer function. So to help the two of them cope, he has taken to dressing up in a sari to pass himself off as his sister.

Filed Under: On the Shelf, Feature stories Tagged With: 2019, Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir, Not Your Villain, VOL 38 NO 27 | JUNE 29 - JULY 5

Book recommendations: Discovering your true self

May 24, 2019 By Samantha Pak

Lana Lee is back and in this third installment of Chien’s Noodle Shop Mystery series, it is all about the noodles.

Filed Under: On the Shelf, Feature stories Tagged With: 2019, I Love You So Mochi, Murder Lo Mein, The Speaker, VOL 38 NO 22 | MAY 25 - MAY 31

NWAW’s book recs: Sisters doin’ it for themselves

April 26, 2019 By Samantha Pak

In Andover, superpowers are commonplace. And as the daughter of the city’s two dedicated superheroes, Smasher and Shockwave, it’s easy to assume Jessica Tran would also have superpowers.

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2019, 96 WORDS FOR LOVE, CAN'T ESCAPE LOVE, NOT YOUR SIDEKICK, VOL 38 NO 18 | APRIL 27 - MAY 3

Book recommendations

February 22, 2019 By Samantha Pak

After dedicating years as a speechwriter for a Philippine senator, Ben Cacho suddenly finds himself in the midst of a political scandal, thrown under the bus and out of a job.

Filed Under: On the Shelf, Feature stories Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 9 | FEBRUARY 23 - MARCH 1

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