Special Feature: EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU by Celeste Ng

Here at The Lit Bitch we are celebrating the paperback release of Celeste Ng’s best selling novel EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU!

Celeste Ng is a rising star in the literary world. Her debut novel, EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, published last year to widespread acclaim among critics and readers, was named a New York Times Book Review Notable Book and Amazon’s #1 Best Book of 2014, and is an Alex Award winner.

Now available in paperback from Penguin, EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU has been an instant bestseller, appearing on the New York Times bestseller list for five weeks and counting.

The extraordinary reception to the book has underscored Ng’s beautiful writing and her precise, haunting story of the Lees, a mixed-race family living in 1970s Ohio and the tragedy that may be their undoing or their salvation. When Lydia, the favorite middle child, is found drowned in the local lake, the delicate balancing act that has been keeping the Lee family together tumbles into chaos, forcing them to confront the long-kept secrets that have been slowly pulling them apart.

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Review: The Oracle (The Sarah Weston Chronicles #3) by D. J. Niko

Sarah Weston’s latest adventures and archaeological pursuits have taken her to Greece where she is working with her American colleague (and sometimes romantic interest) Daniel Madigan, cataloging artifacts from a near by dig.

In Delphi, there is a cult of neo-pagans who have painstakingly recreated ancient rituals to glorify the god Apollo and deliver oracles to seekers from around the world.

When some antiquities are stolen from a museum in Thebes, Sarah Daniel are drawn into a dark plot….someone is using the Delphian oracle as a smoke screen for an information exchange, which could result in devastating consequences.

Sarah and Daniel are in a race against time and their own personal demons to uncover clues left behind by the ancients. Their mission is to locate the original stone marked with a lost Pythagorean formula. But will they be able to set aside there personal issues and work together before it’s too late?

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Review: Wayward (Wayward Pines #2) by Blake Crouch

After burning through the first book of the Wayward Pines series, I immediately picked up the second book and started reading.

The first book ended with some stunning revelations about what exactly the town of Wayward Pines, Idaho really was.

Ethan Burke was finally coming to terms with his position in Wayward Pines and finally beginning to understand what exactly was at stake should he continue to fight conformity.

But then suddenly there is a murder in Wayward Pines…..the first one….well the first one that wasn’t orchestrated or planned anyway.

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Review: Pines (Wayward Pines #1) by Blake Crouch

Not many network TV shows catch my eye, I’m typically an HBO girl when it comes to ‘my shows’ but something about Wayward Pines on Fox caught my eye and after the first episode I was hooked.

What kind of weirdness is this?

It wasn’t until the third episode that I noticed it was based on a book series, so like a good bookaholic I raced out and bought the first book to start reading immediately!

Secret Service agent, Ethan Burke, was sent to Wayward Pines to find two missing agents but Ethan and his partner were hit by a truck.

When Ethan wakes up in Wayward Pines hospital it’s pretty clear that something is a off. The town just doesn’t seem right.

He has no ID, no money, and no badge. He keeps trying to call his family and his office but no one will return his calls. Everyone in Wayward Pines seems nice enough but, there is something off…..hell even the beer tastes funny.

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Review: Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome #1) by Kate Quinn

Thea has known nothing but pain for most of her life. Sold as a slave from Judea, the young Jewish girl now lives in Rome and works in the house of a cruel mistress, Lepida.

Lepida’s father is in charge of coordinating the gladiator games in Rome and often Lepida and Thea follow him to watch the carnage of the fighting pits.

While watching a fight, the crowd is captivated by a fighter known only as the Barbarian. Women throw themselves at him and yet he refuses them. When Lepida sends Thea with a note to the Barbarian, Thea and the fearsome fighter begin a tedious friendship which gradually turns to love.

When Lepida finds out, she is blind with jealousy…..what could Thea have that she doesn’t? So she sells Thea as a prostitute. What Lepida can’t know is that Thea will eventually capture the attention of the most powerful man in Rome…..the Emperor.

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