I'm Leah! The woman behind Leah's Books, a blog where I write book reviews and post other bookish content.
Make Yourself at Home Author: Wendy Clarke Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publication Date: March 4, 2025 Publisher: Bookouture Audio Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture Audio for giving me access to an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. You don’t really know your husband,’ my sister-in-law […]
Each week, I wrack my brain to come up with an interesting topic that will hopefully spark discussion amongst my readers. It doesn’t sound like a difficult job, but after coming up with topics each week can be a challenge. If you have any bookish discussion topic suggestions, […]
The Magic Maker Author: Mickey Dubrow Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: January 14, 2025 Publisher: Brother Mockingbird Thank you to Brother Mockingbird and Mickey Dubrow for sending me a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. In 1917 on New York City’s Lower East Side, Baruch […]
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 […]
Nobody’s Fool Author: Harlan Coben Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publication Date: March 25, 2025 Publisher: Hachette Audio Series: Detective Sami Kierce #2 Thank you to NetGalley and Hachette Audio for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. A year after the devastating events […]
Fool Me Once Author: Harlan Coben Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publication Date: March 22, 2016 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Series: Detective Sami Kierce #1 Former special ops pilot Maya, home from the war, sees an unthinkable image captured by her nanny cam while she is at work: her two-year-old daughter playing […]
Today’s prompt was scheduled as things characters have said. While reading, character statements are wonderful, but I never remember the quotes once I’ve finished reading. I’ve never been drawn to copying down quotes, but maybe I should start? Instead, I want to flip things around and do a […]
Happy March to you all! February flew past, and I’m not going to give another update, since you can see all about my month in my State of the ARC post that you can check out here. But there were some highs and lows, as usual. One thing […]
If you’ve been blogging about books for a while, you’ve probably come across mention of NetGalley. You may even use it, or choose not to. Since this discussion immediately follows my State of the ARC post, I figured it was time to talk about NetGalley. NetGalley was the […]
I finished January with 15 ARCs left to be read. Wow, reflecting back on February makes me realize how fast this month flew by. It doesn’t feel like much happened, but looking back, I realize how much got packed into this month. I was also so surprised to […]
