I'm Leah! The woman behind Leah's Books, a blog where I write book reviews and post other bookish content.
I finished March with 14 ARCs left to be read. I can only speak for myself, but April was a hot mess of a month over here. For the first half of the month, my mother was dealing with medical issues which are thankfully being addressed and treated. […]
Hello from the house of (literal) pain. I’m trying really hard to be upbeat. After spending the last two weeks in a subclinical flare of ulcerative colitis, things got a little worse and I spent a week where I was so sick that I could barely do anything […]
Well, it has been a doozy of a week over here. I spent several days in bed, feeling really under the weather. We went to the gastro and she ordered some tests and a scan to find out what is going on with my ulcerative colitis. It was […]
It has been a super busy week in my world, so packed full of appointments and other non-fun, grown-up activities that seven whole days got away from me without getting much else done. The one highlight of this past week has been attending a baby shower for my […]
Grave Empire Thank you to Orbit and Oliver Wehner for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. BLOOD ONCE TURNED THE WHEELS OF EMPIRE. NOW IT IS MONEY. A new age of exploration and innovation has dawned, and the Empire of the […]
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if, instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The Rules: First Lines: “Avital Cohen wasn’t wearing underwear. Standing behind the […]
Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend, and if you celebrated holidays, I hope they were nice and low-stress. We had a nice, laid back end to Passover, and started the week off nicely. Maybe it’s because we didn’t have to do all the cooking we […]
On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization In his travels through Israel and Gaza, #1 International Bestselling author Douglas Murray has seen the best and the worst humanity has to offer, and he has no trouble choosing a side. Murray is not Jewish and […]
Mom came back home last Sunday afternoon, and it is wonderful to have her back home. The best part is that she got scared and is resting and elevating her legs. Mom may not to have gotten a traditional family seder, but yesterday I made chicken soup and […]
A Crown So Silver Thank you to Orbit and Oliver Wehner for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. The second installment of Lyra Selene’s international bestselling series, A Crown So Silver, is set during a deadly trial on a mysterious snowy […]
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