I'm Leah! The woman behind Leah's Books, a blog where I write book reviews and post other bookish content.
This week’s topic is Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2024, and it’s definitely a bit of a more labor-intensive topic than I was hoping for today. But, instead of changing the topic to an easier one, I decided to put my big girl pants […]
The Heiress Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: alcoholism, death of a parent, parental abandonment, kidnapping, murder, blood, domestic violence, violence, suicide When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore […]
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you’re all charged up for 2024, because I decided to kick this year off with a bang. Today’s topic is separating authors from their art, and I figured it’s a good one, because this has come up a few times recently, and […]
December was a busy month for me, just like I’m sure it was busy for a lot of you. It was also a time to evaluate what worked for me in 2023, what I wanted to carry with me into 2024, and what I wanted to leave in […]
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: Romance novels don’t talk about what happens when […]
The Liar’s Knot Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: massacre, violence TRUST IS THE THREAD THAT BINDS…AND THE ROPE THAT HANGS. In Nadežra, peace is a tenuous thing. Corrupt House Indestor […]
Anything But Yes Thank you to Edelweiss and Monkfish Book Publishing for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: antisemitism, religious intolerance, grief, torture, self-harm, trauma “An intricately detailed novel of resistance and community.” — Kirkus Reviews This beautiful new […]
Welcome to 2024! This week’s prompt is favorite books of 2023 and we aren’t getting a moment to breathe before jumping into best of posts. I’m still working through a few reviews I have to write, but I guess it won’t hurt to put those off until tomorrow, […]
I finished December with 28 ARCs left to be read. After months of feeling like I was off my game, I finally started feeling like I’m getting back on track. I finally got answers for my medical issues and began treatments which feel like they are working! That […]
As the last post of 2023, the topic that came to mind was reading goals. Every year, I’m encouraged to set a reading goal by Goodreads. And every year, I faithfully set my goal. I’ve never really put too much thought into the idea of a reading goal […]
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