I'm Leah! The woman behind Leah's Books, a blog where I write book reviews and post other bookish content.
This week’s prompt is “book quotes that fix a theme,” but I never track book quotes. Instead, I’m going to highlight some OwnVoices Jewish books in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month. This has been a really hard month for Jewish people, and there’s been an incredibly large […]
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur Author: Alka Joshi Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: June 22, 2021 Publisher: Harlequin Audio Series: The Henna Artist #2 Thank you to libro.fm for providing me with a copy of this audiobook. I am offering my honest opinion voluntarily. CONTENT WARNING: death, homophobia […]
The Goldfinch Author: Donna Tartt Genre: Literary Fiction Publication Date: October 22, 2013 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company CONTENT WARNING: death of a parent, gore, blood, anxiety, mention of sexual abuse, child abuse and neglect, grief, alcoholism, drug use, violence, death, mental illness, bullying, addiction, infidelity, gun violence […]
Unravel the Dusk Author: Elizabeth Lim Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: July 7, 2020 Publisher: Knopf Series: The Blood of Stars #2 CONTENT WARNING: gore, death, violence Maia Tamarin’s journey to sew the dresses of the sun, the moon and the stars has taken a grievous toll. She […]
Here’s how it works: It’s #FaeFriday and the weekend before Kristy’s bestie’s birthday! That is why the prompt this week is: what are some of your favorite friendships that you have read? I love a book that has great friendships in it, and these four really hit the […]
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before Author: Jenny Han Genre: YA Romance Publication Date: April 15, 2014 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Series: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before #1 CONTENT WARNING: death of a parent Lara Jean keeps her love letters in […]
The Lost Honor Author: Cait Marie Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: May 18, 2021 Publisher: Self-published Series: The Nihryst #0.3 CONTENT WARNING: death, violence Orphan. Soldier. Feared pirate? When tragedy strikes and Reynold finds himself alone at a young age, he doesn’t give up. He works his way […]
This week’s topic is book titles that are complete sentences. I figured that this was going to be a challenge, and I was right, but also pleasantly surprised that there were more titles that worked as full sentences that I had expected! So here’s what I came up […]
The Anatomy of Desire Author: L.R. Dorn Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publication Date: May 11, 2021 Publisher: Harper Audio Thank you to libro.fm for providing me with a copy of this audiobook. I am offering my honest opinion voluntarily. CONTENT WARNING: murder, homophobia, death, addiction, rape A modern tale of […]
Boy Meets Boy Author: David Levithan Genre: YA Romance Publication Date: May 10, 2005 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf CONTENT WARNING: homophobia, religion bigotry, mention of death This is the story of Paul, a sophomore at a high school like no other: The cheerleaders ride Harleys, the homecoming queen […]
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