Author: The Lit Bitch

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Review: Circe by Madeline Miller, Perdita Weeks (Narrator)

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As I have recently shared with you all, I only just got into audiobooks. I read—or rather listened—-to a few that I really liked and saw instantly that I could benefit from an Audible subscription.

One of the first books recommended to me was Circe. My sister highly recommended it and so did just about everyone on my Instagram poll.

I was eager to read this one because frankly it’s been everywhere and I have been dying to read it. Everyone said Perdita Weeks was a wonderful narrator so I was excited to use my very first Audible credit on this book! Continue reading “Review: Circe by Madeline Miller, Perdita Weeks (Narrator)” →

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Review: The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer

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I mostly picked up this book because I liked the cover and thought it was going to be another WWII book that I might like.

As many of you know, I love war novels so I thought this was going to be one that would appeal to me for that reason alone. Plus I kept seeing it popping up on a number of other social media pages that I follow and I thought, ‘why not’ when it came up for review.

But in my mind, I wasn’t really sure that it was going to stand out at all. WWII is such a flooded genre and it’s sometimes hard to find a WWII novel that ‘stands out’, so basically I gave this book 50/50 odds that it was going to be a standout read for me. Continue reading “Review: The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer” →

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Review: Who Slays the Wicked (Sebastian St. Cyr #14) by C.S. Harris

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This is another series that I came into way late in the game. I read the first book in the series and then skipped a head to books 12 and 13. And of course now, here we are at book 14.

I love Sebastian, AKA Viscount Devlin, though so I couldn’t pass up this book when it came up for review. I will get into how jumping around in the series effected my reading experience later on in my review, but for now I want to talk a little bit about why this series appealed to me.

When I was pitched the 12th book, I hadn’t heard of this series before so I figured I better go back and read the first book before I even start the 12th book. I immediately fell in love with the Viscount Devlin and felt that this series was a little gritty compared to some of the other amateur detective novels I had read up until that point.

I will say though, that I don’t know what happened with the cover art here. The last few books have moved away from the more colorful style and changed to more black and white. I am not sure that I care for the black and white covers as much as the more colorful options. The colorful ones stand out to me! Continue reading “Review: Who Slays the Wicked (Sebastian St. Cyr #14) by C.S. Harris” →

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Review: The Editor by Steven Rowley

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Besides the fact that this book has an absolutely stunning cover, the premise caught my eye and I was intrigued enough to read it.

Jackie O is my favorite first lady. I don’t know a whole lot about her life and history, but I think she is one of the classiest first ladies we have had, she was a Catholic like me, and last but not least, I adore her style.

I had no idea that she was an editor at one point in her life, so seeing that in the pitch for this book pretty much sealed the deal for me. The other thing that I thought was really cool about this book pitch was that it included a letter from the author talking about the book. I was really moved by some of the things that he said were important to him in this book—-families, family relationships, mother-son relationships. Having a boy myself, I was even more excited to read this book after reading his letter! Continue reading “Review: The Editor by Steven Rowley” →

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Excerpt: Before She Was Found by Heather Gudenkauf

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A gripping thriller about three young girlfriends, a dark obsession and a chilling crime that shakes up a quiet Iowa town

For twelve-year-old Cora Landry and her friends Violet and Jordyn, it was supposed to be an ordinary sleepover—movies and Ouija and talking about boys. But when they decide to sneak out to go to the abandoned rail yard on the outskirts of town, little do they know that their innocent games will have dangerous consequences.

Later that night, Cora Landry is discovered on the tracks, bloody and clinging to life, her friends nowhere to be found. Soon their small rural town is thrust into a maelstrom. Who would want to hurt a young girl like Cora—and why? In an investigation that leaves no stone unturned, everyone is a suspect and no one can be trusted—not even those closest to Cora.

Before She Was Found is a timely and gripping thriller about friendship and betrayal, about the power of social pressure and the price of needing to fit in. It is about the great lengths a parent will go to protect their child and keep them safe—even if that means burying the truth, no matter the cost. Continue reading “Excerpt: Before She Was Found by Heather Gudenkauf” →