I'm Leah! The woman behind Leah's Books, a blog where I write book reviews and post other bookish content.
The wonderful Riddhi has nominated me for the Blogger Recognition Award this week! She’s amazing and a great blogger, so if you haven’t checked out her blog, Whispering Stories, you totally should do it now. Thanks Riddhi, I appreciate it. The Rules: Thank the blogger/s who nominated you […]
Spinning Silver Author: Naomi Novik Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: July 10, 2018 Publisher: Del Ray CONTENT WARNING: antisemitism, alcoholism, death of a child, death, child abuse, mention of rape Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father’s inability to collect his debts has left […]
First of all, happy birthday to Jana! This week’s prompt is in honor of her birthday, and we’re talking about bookish wishes by sharing our own Amazon wishlists. This is a popular thing to do on Twitter, but today we’re blog hopping. List the top 10 books you’d […]
Where It All Lands Author: Jennie Wexler Genre: YA Romance Publication Date: July 6, 2021 Publisher: Wednesday Books Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book. I am offering my honest opinion voluntarily. CONTENT WARNING: bullying, antisemitism, infidelity, mention of drug use, profanity, […]
House of Hollow Author: Krystal Sutherland Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: April 6, 2021 Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers CONTENT WARNING: blood, bullying, mental illness, suicide, death, gore, sexual assault, alcoholism, drug use, vomit, violence, death or a child Iris Hollow and her two older […]
Do you DNF? If you’re not familiar with the term, it stands for Do Not Finish, and refers to when you give up on a book for any reason. I struggled with DNFing books for a while, and would force myself to plod through a book that I […]
Here’s how it works: I bet you all saw this one coming! It’s #FaeFriday and we’re still celebrating Pride Month! The prompt this week is: What are some of your favorite LGBTQIA+ characters? Briseis (and her Moms) from This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron Shane and Phillip from […]
The Hunger Author: Alma Katsu Genre: Horror/Historical Fiction Publication Date: March 6, 2018 Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons CONTENT WARNING: death of a child, gore, blood, murder, suicide attempt, racism, homophobia, violence, infidelity, harm to an animal, incest, suicide, sexual assault on a child, cannibalism Evil is invisible, and […]
This Poison Heart Author: Kalynn Bayron Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: June 29, 2021 Publisher: Bloomsbury YA Series: This Poison Heart #1 Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book. I am offering my honest opinion voluntarily. CONTENT WARNING: violence, gore, death Darkness […]
This week we’re talking about books that are on my summer 2021 TBR. And I’ve got a LOT! I’ve been working on reading my NetGalley ARCs, but I also want to start paying more attention to my library books. This is important, because I have renewed them so […]
