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Special Feature: THE DISTANCE by Helen Giltrow
A dark, ultra-contemporary, and relentlessly paced debut thriller about a London society woman trying to put her secret criminal past behind her, and the hit man who comes to her with an impossible job she can’t refuse. Charlotte Alton is an elegant socialite. But behind the locked doors of her sleek, high-security apartment in London’s Docklands, she becomes Karla. Karla’s business is information. Specifically, making it disappear. She’s the unseen figure who, for a commanding price, will cover a criminal’s tracks. A perfectionist, she’s only made one slip in her career—several years ago she revealed her face to a man named Simon Johanssen, an ex-special forces sniper turned killer-for-hire. After…
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Hot New Release This Week: THE DRESSMAKER by Rosalie Ham
A darkly satirical novel of love, revenge, and 1950s haute couture—soon to be a major motion picture starring Kate Winslet and Liam Hemsworth This novel is the perfect fit for the dog days of summer: Ham sets her tale of haute couture and revenge in small-town Australia, where the nosy neighbors think they know all your business and don’t like any of it one bit. Sometimes if you can’t beat the heat you have to embrace it, and this novel will have you steamed up alongside dressmaker Tilly Dunnage and the curious cast of characters that populate the town of Dungatar. After twenty years spent mastering the art of dressmaking at…
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Review: The Ambassador’s Wife by Jennifer Steil
This book made me want to quit my job and apply at the U.S. Embassy immediately! I really enjoyed reading this one! It was a nice break from some of the books I’ve been reading lately. I thought this book was going to be much different than it was….for one I thought it was going to be set in like the 1940’s or something but it’s not….it’s actually a modern novel. I don’t read a lot of contemporary fiction but I do make exceptions when the book or premise sounds unique and different and this fit the bill. Artist Miranda is living in Mazrooq where she instructs Muslim women on painting….the…
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Interview/Special Feature: DEAR DAUGHTER by Elizabeth Little
LA IT girl Janie Jenkins has it all. The looks, the brains, the connections. The criminal record. Ten years ago, in a trial that transfixed America, Janie was convicted of murdering her mother. Now she’s been released on a technicality she’s determined to unravel the mystery of her mother’s last words, words that send her to a tiny town in the very back of beyond. But with the whole of America’s media on her tail, convinced she’s literally got away with murder, she has to do everything she can to throw her pursuers off the scent. She knows she really didn’t like her mother. Could she have killed her? To…
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Announcement: Winner EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU by Celeste Ng
And the winner of the giveaway for EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU by Celeste Ng is….. Suzy The winner will be notified via email. Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to the publisher for making this giveaway possible!
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Giveaway: EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU by Celeste Ng
“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. (how to enter) On this blog you must leave a comment to be entered in the giveaway. Your comment MUST include your email so I can contact you….if you…
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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…
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Special Feature: Thank You, Goodnight by Andy Abramowitz
Nick Hornby meets Almost Famous in this side-splittingly funny coming-of-middle-age debut novel about the lead singer of a one-hit wonder 90s band who tries for one more swing at the fences. THANK YOU, GOODNIGHT by ANDY ABRAMOWITZ is a bitingly funny debut novel about Teddy Tremble, the lead singer of a one-hit wonder ’90s band who just might be ready for an encore (on-sale June 2, 2015; Touchstone). Like Teddy, Andy Abramowitz is a Philadelphia lawyer with a (slightly less epic) lead singer past. This American Booksellers Association “Indie Next Pick” is the perfect read not only for lapsed musicians, but for anyone who has a go-to guilty pleasure song…
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Review: Enchanted August by Brenda Bowen
Bring on the summer reading! For me, this was the perfect book to kick off summer reading with! Four ladies renting a cottage by the sea for the month of August…all hoping to find peace and escape from their daily lives. Lottie and Rose spot an add at their children’s preschool for a beach cottage rental off the coast of Maine. Neither of them can really afford a beach holiday but if they can find a couple other women to split the rent, then they can enjoy a holiday by the sea. Both of them need this vacation, Lottie’s husband is super over bearing and her sex life is basically…
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Announcement: Winner DRY BONES (Walt Longmire #11) by Craig Johnson
And the winner of the giveaway for DRY BONES (Walt Longmire #11) by Craig Johnson 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 the publisher for making this giveaway possible!