I'm Leah! The woman behind Leah's Books, a blog where I write book reviews and post other bookish content.
Interview with the Vampire This is the story of Louis, as told in his own words, of his journey through mortal and immortal life. Louis recounts how he became a vampire at the hands of the radiant and sinister Lestat and how he became indoctrinated, unwillingly, into the […]
This week’s prompt is a freebie, so I’m going to talk about some books I’ve read recently that are definitely underrated. Every so often I come across a book that is fantastic, but I’ve never heard about before. It feels like the same book are always hyped on […]
The Bone Shard War Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: violence, blood, murder, grief, suicide, gore, torture, enslavement Lin Sukai has won her first victory as Emperor, but the future of […]
The Wind Knows My Name Thank you to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: antisemitism, death, suicide, violence, depiction of Kristallnacht and a pogrom, mention of rape, discussion of genocide, racist microaggressions, mention […]
I haven’t been blogging for nearly as long as TTT has been going, so this rewind gives me the time to revisit previous topics that I never got the chance to do. This week I’m going to talk about gateway books. Have you ever read the kind of […]
The Witching Hour From the author of the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles comes a huge, hypnotic novel of witchcraft and the occult through four centuries. Demonstrating, once again, her gift for spellbinding storytelling and the creation of legend, Anne Rice makes real for us a great dynasty of witches—a […]
Dark Rise CONTENT WARNING: murder, death of a parent, grief, blood, violence, racism, torture, gore, trauma The ancient world of magic is no more. Its heroes are dead, its halls are ruins, and its great battles between Light and Dark are forgotten. Only the Stewards remember, and they […]
In addition to reading books as often as I can, I’ve also started doing freelance proofreading. I have a Facebook page that you can find here. I do basic line edits, and will find typos, issues with punctuation, and inconsistencies within the text. I work with Young Adult […]
This week’s topic is book to movie or series adaptations, and it’s a tough one for me because I have such a vivid imagination. Somehow, the screen version of the book never quite lives up to what I pictured while reading the book. But every so often, there […]
The Bone Shard Emperor Thank you to Orbit Books and Angela Man for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: grief, violence, blood, murder, gore, death In this stunning sequel to The Bone Shard Daughter, the new Empress finally sits […]
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