I'm Leah! The woman behind Leah's Books, a blog where I write book reviews and post other bookish content.
The Once and Future Witches Author: Alix E. Harrow Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: October 13, 2020 Publisher: Orbit TRIGGER WARNING: homophobia, racism, sexism, torture, imprisonment, mention of abuse, kidnapping, mention of harm to an animal “I am terrified and I am terrible. I am fearful and I am […]
This week’s prompt is about characters that I would name a pet after. The topic was submitted by Nushu @ Not A Prima Donna Girl. If I ever got a horse, I’d have to name him Solovey because he was such a great horse! (Taken from The Bear […]
Transcendent Kingdom Author: Yaa Gyasi Genre: Contemporary Fiction Publication Date: September 1, 2020 Publisher: Knopf TRIGGER WARNING: depression, addiction, overdose, racism, animal experiments, parental abandonment, suicide attempt Gifty is a sixth-year PhD candidate in neuroscience at the Stanford University School of Medicine studying reward-seeking behavior in mice and […]
This tag was created by Eryn @ Love Your Shelf. I was tagged by Nehal @ Books and Words. She’s super sweet and really fun, so if you haven’t checked out her blog, you should visit and give her a follow! This sounds like such a fun (and easy) tag […]
The Push Author: Claire McGowan Genre: Thriller, Mystery Publication Date: November 12, 2020 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer TRIGGER WARNING: infertility, ageism, sexism, racism, classism, stillbirth, mention of pedophilia, infidelity, mention of child abuse, adoption, graphic descriptions of birth and possible complications Thank you to NetGalley for providing me […]
This week’s prompt was submitted by Deanna @ A Novel Glimpse and it’s all about book titles that would make great song titles. Okay, so this post is really going to highlight my eclectic musical taste. However, I also feel like some of these choices are going to […]
The Camelot Betrayal Author: Kiersten White Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: November 10, 2020 Publisher: Delacorte Press Series: Camelot Rising #2 TRIGGER WARNING: reference to domestic violence, kidnapping Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book. EVERYTHING IS AS IT SHOULD BE IN […]
A Reaper at the Gates Author: Sabaa Tahir Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: June 12, 2018 Publisher: Razorbill Series: An Ember in the Ashes #3 TRIGGER WARNING: torture, domestic violence, mention of slavery and rape Feel free to check out my reviews of previous books in the series […]
This week’s prompt is about my non-bookish hobbies. I post a lot about the books I read, but I figure that it’s time for you guys to get to know who I am outside of books. So here are my top ten hobbies outside of reading: I absolutely […]
I still want to keep up with the trend of highlighting positive things each month, so here’s my positives for October: I diversified my genres a bit more than usual. I read not just one, but two books that fell under the umbrella of horror (even though they […]
