May 2025 – Leah's Books
10 posts published by Leah's Books during May 2025| Leah's Books
Now that July is almost over, I’m ready to say goodbye to summer. I haven’t gotten to do a lot of summer activities, but the few I did make it to were fun, and I have something going on for the wee…| Leah's Books
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Alive and Beating Author: Rebecca Wolf Genre: Literary Fiction Publication Date: March 11, 2025 Publisher: Arbitrary Press Thank you to Rebecca Wolf for sending me a copy of this book in exchange f…| Leah's Books
Hello, everyone! This week’s prompt is books set in/take place during X. Since I make efforts to read diversely, I often read books set in places and times that I don’t know much about in order to …| Leah's Books
Hi! I took the last few Tuesdays off, and have been prioritizing my health and really focusing on relaxation. This week’s topic came from Joanne @ Portobello Book Blog, and its about books with hon…| Leah's Books
The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club Author: Gloria Chao Genre: Cozy Mystery Publication Date: June 24, 2025 Publisher: MIRA Series: Hu Done It #1 Thank you to NetGalley and MIRA for providing me with an …| Leah's Books
Six Wild Crowns Author: Holly Race Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: June 10, 2025 Publisher: Orbit Series: Queens of Elben #1 Thank you to Orbit and Oliver Wehner for sending me a copy of thi…| Leah's Books
I’m glad that May was an easier month for me, because it gave me some power to get through the stressful month of June. I spent a lot of time preparing for and having procedures, getting bloodwork,…| Leah's Books
Onyx Storm Author: Rebecca Yarros Genre: Romantasy Publication Date: January 21, 2025 Publisher: Recorded Books Series: The Empyrean #3 ★★★★ After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Vi…| Leah's Books
I finished June with 13 ARCs left to be read. If you follow my blog, you might have noticed that I didn’t do a lot of posting this month. I was caught up with dealing with health issues again…| Leah's Books
No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding Author: Catherine Mack Genre: Cozy Mystery Publication Date: May 13, 2025 Publisher: Minotaur Books Series: The Vacation Mysteries #2 Thank you to N…| 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
Version 1.0.0 Sons and Daughters Author: Chaim Grade Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: March 25, 2025 Publisher: Random House Audio ★★★★★ From “one of the greatest—if not the greatest—con…| Leah's Books
On Settler Colonialism: Ideology, Violence, and Justice Author: Adam Kirsch Genre: Politics (Nonfiction) Publication Date: August 20, 2024 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing ★★★★ A prominent public i…| Leah's Books
Another busy week, taking mom and I to some appointments, and running some errands. We head an internet and cable outage at my house for almost all of Saturday, and Sunday I’m hoping that we can ju…| 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 Master Jeweler Author: Weina Dai Randel Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: June 24, 2025 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Thank you to NetGalley and Brilliance Audio for providing me with a…| Leah's Books
Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me Author: Django Wexler Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: May 27, 2025 Publisher: Orbit Series: Dark Lord Davi #2 Thank you to Orbit and Oliver Wehner…| Leah's Books
It’s Tuesday again, and I’m going to be aiming to get my blog hopping done earlier in the week. Last week I had an endoscopy/colonoscopy on Wednesday, and I just basically laid low all week long. I…| Leah's Books
The Wife’s Silence Author: Amanda McKinney Genre: Thriller Publication Date: May 23, 2025 Publisher: Storm Publishing Thank you to NetGalley and Storm Publishing for providing me an ARC of this aud…| Leah's Books
A Charming Touch of Tarot Author: Melissa Holtz Genre: Cozy Mystery Publication Date: May 13, 2025 Publisher: Berkley Series: The Gin & Tarot Club #2 Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley for prov…| Leah's Books
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Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com Finally I get to post a weekly update that is positive! It feels like I’ve been waiting a long time, but things are getting better. I still need the heating …| 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
My Name is Emilia del Valle Author: Isabel Allende Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: May 6, 2025 Publisher: Ballantine Books Thank you to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for providing me w…| Leah's Books
It’s been another whammy of a week. I had been feeling better from the ulcerative colitis, and the several days of rest really seemed to help. The new strain of marijuana really helps with my…| 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
April was a very hectic month for me. I started out the month on the couch during the days, so that I could be close to my mother. Since I live with her, I am often the one who does a lot of helpin…| Leah's Books
Well, it has been a doozy of a week over here. I spent several days in bed, feeling really under the weather. We went to the gastro and she ordered some tests and a scan to find out what is going o…| 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
Houses of Detention Author: Jean Ende Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: April 1, 2025 Publisher: Apprentice House Thank you to Ari @ Mindbuck Media for sending me a copy of this book in e…| Leah's Books
I finished March with 14 ARCs left to be read. I can only speak for myself, but April was a hot mess of a month over here. For the first half of the month, my mother was dealing with medical …| Leah's Books
Hello from the house of (literal) pain. I’m trying really hard to be upbeat. After spending the last two weeks in a subclinical flare of ulcerative colitis, things got a little worse and I spent a …| Leah's Books
I finished February with 17 ARCs left to be read. For such a short month, February felt like it was about eleventy billion days long. March was probably one of my most stressful months in a l…| Leah's Books
The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem Author: Sarit Yishai-Levi Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: April 5, 2016 Publisher: Thomas Dunne ★★★★★ The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem is a dazzlin…| Leah's Books
Hi all and welcome back to Top Ten Tuesday. The weather is officially nice outside, and people aren’t all bundled up. I especially like this time of year when fresh cut grass can be smelled through…| Leah's Books
Blood on Her Tongue Author: Johanna van Veen Genre: Horror Publication Date: March 25, 2025 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for providing me an ARC of th…| Leah's Books
Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com It just feels like there is so much going on in my life. The antibiotics for my mother weren’t working, so the hospital switched her to a more aggressive ant…| 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
This past week had a lot of ups and downs, and the weekend has been gray and rainy, which always makes my joints hurt more. The high point of my night is going to be when I finish scheduling this p…| 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
Saltwater Author: Katy Hays Genre: Mystery Publication Date: March 25, 2025 Publisher: Ballantine Books Thank you to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exch…| 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
It’s been a rough week. In addition to being injured and dependent on my elderly mother for transportation and dealing with the pain of this stupid Achilles strain, which I don’t recommend at all. …| Leah's Books
This has been a rough week and an even rougher weekend, as I’m still trying to adjust to being unable to do anything close to what I was able to before. Over the weekend, my mother got sick, and ha…| Leah's Books
Each week, I wrack my brain to come up with an interesting topic that will hopefully spark discussion amongst my readers. It doesn’t sound like a difficult job, but after coming up with topics each…| Leah's Books
Nobody’s Fool Author: Harlan Coben Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publication Date: March 25, 2025 Publisher: Hachette Audio Series: Detective Sami Kierce #2 Thank you to NetGalley and Hachette Audio for …| Leah's Books
Fool Me Once Author: Harlan Coben Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publication Date: March 22, 2016 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Series: Detective Sami Kierce #1 ★★★ Former special ops pilot Maya, home from …| Leah's Books
If you’ve been blogging about books for a while, you’ve probably come across mention of NetGalley. You may even use it, or choose not to. Since this discussion immediately follows my State of the A…| Leah's Books
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Happy Tuesday y’all! I hope February is treating you well so far. We’ve gotten a little light snow over the weekend, and I had a great time celebrating my birthday with family. Which is also why I’…| Leah's Books
Hello February! January has become a month full of joy mixed with a drop of sadness for my family since my father passed six years ago. We have always had a lot of January birthdays in the family, …| Leah's Books
I finished December with 18 ARCs left to be read. January was a great month. There are multiple birthdays amongst my extended family, and within my immediate family, my brother, sister-in-law…| Leah's Books
Wow, this week’s prompt is a really great one, and it’s all about my top ten new-to-me authors I discovered in 2024. While I love reading books by the authors I love, I’ve also encountered some rea…| Leah's Books
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I finished June with 29 ARCs left to be read. July was a really tough month for me. The heat has been brutal for me, with my heat intolerance and my POTS (postural orthostatic hypertension sy…| Leah's Books
The Undermining of Twyla and Frank Author: Megan Bannen Genre: Fantasy Romance Publication Date: July 2, 2024 Publisher: Orbit Series: The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy #2 Thank you to NetGalley, O…| Leah's Books
There have been so many amazing books that were released in the first half of 2024, and it looks like the second half of 2024 has some pretty exciting books in store for readers. Which is really go…| Leah's Books
The Witch and the Vampire Author: Francesca Flores Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: March 21, 2023 Publisher: Wednesday Books Thank you to Goodreads and Wednesday Books for sending me an ARC of …| Leah's Books
Booked for Murder Author: PJ Nelson Genre: Cozy Mystery Publication Date: December 10, 2024 Publisher: Dreamscape Media Series: Old Juniper Bookstore Mysteries #1 Thank you to NetGalley and Dreamsc…| Leah's Books
Hi from sunny Florida, and happy Tuesday to you all. I’m still on vacation, but looking forward to spending Thanksgiving with my nephews and their families. Also, I’m aware that the origins of the …| Leah's Books
I Made It Out of Clay Author: Beth Kander Genre: Romance Publication Date: December 10, 2024 Publisher: Harlequin Audio Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Audio for providing me with an ARC of th…| Leah's Books
Sorcery and Small Magics Author: Maiga Doocy Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: October 17, 2024 Publisher: Orbit Series: The Wildersongs Trilogy #1 Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me a…| Leah's Books
Hex and Hexability Author: Kate Johnson Genre: Romance (Paranormal) Publication Date: September 12, 2024 Publisher: One More Chapter Series: Best Hex Ever Collection #3 Thank you to NetGalley and O…| Leah's Books
Happy December! November was a really fun month for me—I was so excited to finally take a vacation and refresh my spirit. I hadn’t realized exactly how burnt out I was becoming until I had a break …| Leah's Books
Strange Folk Author: Alli Dyer Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: August 6, 2024 Publisher: Atria Books Thank you to NetGalley, Atria Books, and Zakiya Jamal for providing me with an ARC of this book…| Leah's Books
The Fall of Waterstone Author: Lilith Saintcrow Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: June 11, 2024 Publisher: Orbit Series: Black Land’s Bane #2 Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me a copy …| Leah's Books
Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books Author: Kirsten Miller Genre: Contemporary Fiction Publication Date: June 18, 2024 Publisher: William Morrow Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow for…| Leah's Books
The Black Hunger Author: Nicholas Pullen Genre: Gothic Horror Publication Date: October 8, 2024 Publisher: Redhook Thank you to Redhook, Orbit, and Angela Man for sending me a copy of this book in …| Leah's Books
Nosh: Plant-Forward Recipes Celebrating Modern Jewish Cuisine Author: Micah Siva Genre: Cookbook Publication Date: March 5, 2024 Publisher: The Collective Book Studio Thank you to NetGalley and The…| Leah's Books
