Books
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Announcement: Giveaway Winner Cascade by Maryanne O’Hara
And the winner of Cascade by Maryanne O’Hara is….. Carl S (subscribes to blog) The winner will be notified via email. Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to HFVBT and Viking/Penguin for making this giveaway possible!
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Announcement: Winner Shadow of Night (All Souls Trilogy #2) by Deborah Harkness
And the winner of Shadow of Night (All Souls Trilogy #2) by Deborah Harkness is….. Liz L (follows on Twitter) The winner will be notified via email. Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to Viking/Penguin for making this giveaway possible! If you didn’t win a copy you can still participate in the BookTalk Nation chat with Deborah Harkess happening June 4 at 2 EST! Cheers!
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Review: The Honey Thief by Najaf Mazari
Every culture has folklore and stories that have been told for generations. Most of these folktales focus on society, history, love, family, and culture. Some are presented as parables while others a told with a mixture of fact and fiction. I haven’t read too much folklore, mostly because I am familiar with a lot of the western civilization tales and I really had no interest in any other regions. When the opportunity to review The Honey Thief came along I debated about reviewing it and ultimately decided to give it a read. I have studied Middle Eastern religions and some of the politics but I am far from an expert…
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Interview: The Maggie Hope Mystery Series by Susan Elia MacNeal
If you haven’t discovered the Maggie Hope Mystery series yet, you need to! If you are a fan of Jacqueline Winspear or Laurie R. King then you will LOVE Maggie Hope. This series has gotten a lot of attention since the second book, Princess Elizabeth’s Spy, was a New York Times bestseller and chosen by Oprah.com as “Mystery of the Week” and one of “7 Compulsively Readable Mysteries (for the Crazy-Smart Reader).” Set in London during the Blitz of WWII, Maggie takes a job for the PM, Winston Churchill, that will change her life. She is a math wiz who is able to crack Nazi codes for the British government which leads to an opportunity…
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Giveaway: Cascade by Maryanne O’Hara
In addition to the wonderful guest post that Maryanne O’Hara wrote for my audience, I am thrilled to offer a copy of this glowing tale of life, love, and following your dreams! If you have not done so already be sure to read my review of the novel and check out the guest post. This is a tale you don’t want to miss. A timeless story of one fearless woman who followed her heart….right or wrong. One lucky winner will receive a paperback copy of Cascade by Maryanne O’Hara! Giveaway runs 5/28/13 to 6/4/13 Winners will be announced 6/5/13. (how to enter) On this blog you must leave a comment to be…
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Guest Post: Cascade by Maryanne O’Hara
In addition to reviewing this outstanding novel, the author also agreed to stop by for a guest post about the research she did for Cascade. Without further ado please welcome Maryanne O’Hara to The Lit Bitch! 3 things I learned about the 1930s as I researched Cascade 1: Like many people who did not actually live through the Great Depression, I had a whole bunch of stereotypical images in my mind: that everyone tucked cardboard into their shoes, then stood on streetcorners trying to sell pencils and apples. Of course, some areas of the country were hit harder than others, but my book is set in Massachusetts and New York…
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Review: Cascade by Maryanne O’Hara
Make way for the modern woman. Small town America saw substantial changes during the Great Depression. People were not just out of jobs and desperate for money, another notable shift was the role of women in the workplace and family. The golden age of traditional, Middle American values were on the way out which left many feeling nostalgic for a simpler time. Asa Spaulding felt this shift in society acutely in Maryanne O’Hara’s novel, Cascade. In the small, rural Massachusetts town of Cascade, Asa runs a small pharmacy, owns a nice house in town, is well known among the locals as a stand up man, and he has married a…
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Giveaway: Shadow of Night (All Souls Trilogy #2) by Deborah Harkness
In celebration of the upcoming paperback release of the second book in All Soul’s Trilogy, I am thrilled to offer a copy of the book and some bitchin’ alchemy buttons to go with thanks to Viking/Penguin books! One lucky winner will receive a paperback copy of Shadow of Night (All Soul’s Trilogy #2) by Deborah Harkness and these buttons! SHADOW OF NIGHT picks up exactly where A Discovery of Witches left off: Diana Bishop and Matthew Clairmont, a witch historian and vampire geneticist respectively, have timewalked to Elizabethan England on their hunt for a magical alchemical manuscript, Ashmole 782—its sudden appearance and sudden disappearance have upended the delicately ordered world of magical creatures (witches, vampires, and…
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Interview: All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness
The second installment of Deborah Harkness’s runaway bestselling series, the All Souls Trilogy, Shadow of Night, is being released in paperback on May 28th! If you haven’t discovered this enchanting series, you need to! The first book is A Discovery of Witches followed by Shadow of Night. If you are a fan of the supernatural, magic, history, and romance then you can’t pass up this trilogy! Not only have nearly 1.5 million of these two books combined sold in the U.S., but a film is in development from Warner Bros! Here’s a little sneak peak at what’s in store in the second book: Shadow of Night picks up exactly where A Discovery…
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Announcement: BookTalk Nation Features Shadow of Night (All Souls Trilogy) by Deborah Harkness
The latest book in the All Soul’s Trilogy, Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness, is out in paperback on May 28th! In celebration of the release, Harkness and her editor Carole DeSanti, the author of The Unruly Passions of Eugénie R, are participating in a virtual book event on BookTalk Nation on June 4th at 2pm EST. Fans can join by phone and buy personalized copies of the book by ordering online here. Make sure to reserve a space as I’m sure spots will fill up quickly! Since I know a lot of my readers are HUGE fans of this series, I am thrilled to be participating in the release of this novel! Coming…