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Giveaway: EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU by Celeste Ng

July 8, 2015July 1, 2015by The Lit Bitch5 Comments

“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

July 8, 2015July 1, 2015by The Lit BitchLeave a Comment

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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Special Feature: Thank You, Goodnight by Andy Abramowitz

June 2, 2015May 26, 2015by The Lit Bitch1 Comment

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 and all those who know that, even if you don’t achieve your dream of dreams, you can still lead a life to be proud of.

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Review: Enchanted August by Brenda Bowen

June 1, 2015May 26, 2015by The Lit Bitch1 Comment

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 non existent, and Rose whose life basically stopped when she had twins both need some time away…..they decide to book the cottage and figure out the financial details later.

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