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Review: The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows

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It’s summer time in small town America.

In the panhandle of West Virginia, Layla is cut off by her wealthy family in the middle of the Great Depression.

She is forced to find a job with the Writers Project writing the history of Macedonia, a small town in West Virginia.

While working, she will board with the Romeyn family and where we will meet two other main characters:  Jottie and Willa.

Layla’s assignment is to write the official history of the town, she learns there are plenty of secrets in the town, not to mention plenty of colorful characters. She begins investigating the town and her inquiries force the Romeyn family, as well as the town, to face some painful memories.

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Giveaway: EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU by Celeste Ng

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“Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet.” So begins this exquisite novel about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. 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.Thanks to the publisher, this week’s bitchin’ giveaway is for: a new paperback copy of EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU by Celeste Ng.

Giveaway runs 7/8/15 to 7/14/15

Winners will be announced 7/15/15.

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Special Feature: EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU by Celeste Ng

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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

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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

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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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