I'm Leah! The woman behind Leah's Books, a blog where I write book reviews and post other bookish content.
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 Author: Lyra Selene Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: January 23, 2025 Publisher: Orbit Series: Fair Folk #2 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 […]
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: Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your […]
The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem Author: Sarit Yishai-Levi Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: April 5, 2016 Publisher: Thomas Dunne The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem is a dazzling novel of mothers and daughters, stories told and untold, and the binds that tie four generations of women. Gabriela’s mother Luna is […]
Hi all and welcome back to Top Ten Tuesday. The weather is officially nice outside, and people aren’t all bundled up. I especially like this time of year when fresh cut grass can be smelled through a window. Passover began on Saturday night, and since Mom has been […]
Blood on Her Tongue Author: Johanna van Veen Genre: Horror Publication Date: March 25, 2025 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for providing me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. “I’m in your blood, and you are […]
It just feels like there is so much going on in my life. The antibiotics for my mother weren’t working, so the hospital switched her to a more aggressive antibiotic. In the meantime, she hasn’t been here, and for the first time that I can ever recall, we […]
The Raven Scholar Author: Antonia Hodgson Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: April 15, 2025 Publisher: Orbit Series: Eternal Path Trilogy #1 Thank you to Orbit and Oliver Wehner for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. From an electrifying new voice in epic […]
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: Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your […]
I don’t know how it is where you live, but in New York it feels like spring is almost here. We’ve been getting a lot of rain (April showers!) and the trees and bushes and flowers are all starting to show signs of life. I’m already in a […]
