I’ll Make a Spectacle of You Thank you to Orbit and Oliver Wehner for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. This heart-pounding Southern-Gothic horror debut takes readers to Bricksbury Mountain College, the oldest and most storied HBCU in the nation. But […]| Leah's Books
Listen and Subscribe: Apple | Spotify Sign up for our emails to never miss an interview, book excerpt, cover reveal, or book review. Laura Venita Green, author of Sister Creatures, joined the podcast to discuss starting to write fiction in her 30s, her exploration of horror/gothic/genre, and how cycling across the country changed the course of her life. You […]| debutiful
Grace Byron is a writer and critic whose work appeared in The New Yorker, New York Magazine, The Nation, and Vogue. Her work has explored topics ranging from what the current administration’s policies mean for trans travelers and their passports, gun ownership in the trans community, and the state of trans healthcare. Her debut novel, Herculine, is about a woman who […]| debutiful
Listen and Subscribe: Apple | Spotify Sign up for our emails to never miss an interview, book excerpt, cover reveal, or book review. On every First Taste Reading Series episode, a writer introduces their book and reads a selection from it. Teresa Dzieglewicz, author of Something Small of How to See a River, reads a selection of poems […]| debutiful
When I tell people that I’ve written a book about my cats, they often ask if it’s a children’s book or a humor book. One person who had read my first book—a cross-genre novella with a healthy dose of literary theory—asked if it featured cartoons. I understand that this is where the mind goes when […]| debutiful
Imani Thompson is a London-based writer of Scottish, Irish, and Jamaican heritage who studied Sociology at Cambridge University and worked as a bookseller at Daunt Books. Now, she’s set to release her debut novel, Honey, on April 21, 2026, from Random House. The novel follows Yrsa, a disillusioned PhD student whose accidental role in a professor’s death […]| debutiful
In her debut novel, Happiness & Love, Zoe Dubno follows a young woman who, after returning to New York for her former best friend’s funeral, is drawn into a downtown dinner party that spirals i…| debutiful
The Vanishing Place Author: Zoë Rankin Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publication Date: September 16, 2025 Publisher: Berkley Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley for providing me with an ARC of this book i…| Leah's Books
Cammy Sitting Shiva Author: Cary Gitter Genre: Contemporary Publication Date: August 26, 2025 Publisher: Alcove Press Thank you to NetGalley and Alcove Press for providing me with an ARC of this bo…| Leah's Books
Phoebe Greenwood is a London-based journalist who was a freelance correspondent in Jerusalem covering the Middle East for the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, and Sunday Times between 2010 and 2013. From…| debutiful
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Xenobe Purvis is a British-based writer who was born in Tokyo. She’s studied at the University of Oxford and Royal Holloway. Purvis was part of the London Library’s Emerging Writers Programme…| debutiful
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The Kiss of the Nightingale Author: Adi Denner Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: October 1, 2024 Publisher: Tundra Books Thank you to NetGalley and Tundra Books for providing me with a copy of th…| Leah's Books
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? Th…| Leah's Books
The Phoenix Keeper Author: S.A. MacLean Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: August 13, 2024 Publisher: Orbit Thank you to Orbit, NetGalley, and Angela Man for providing me with a copy of this ARC in e…| Leah's Books
