The Leaning Pile of Books
The Leaning Pile of Books is a feature in which I highlight books I got over the last week that sound interesting—old or new, bought or received in the mail for review consideration. Since I hope you will find new books you’re interested in reading in these posts, I try to be as informative as possible. If I can find them, links to excerpts, author’s websites, and places where you can find more information on the book are included, along […]
August 2025 Virtual Book Recommendations Event Video
If you missed the second quarterly Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Recommendations event with the Ashland Public Library last night, you can catch the video on Youtube here. This included discussion of the following books: Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor; illustrated by Jim di Bartolo The Reformatory by Tananarive Due The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow Death of the […]
The Leaning Pile of Books
The Leaning Pile of Books is a feature in which I highlight books I got over the last week that sound interesting—old or new, bought or received in the mail for review consideration. Since I hope you will find new books you’re interested in reading in these posts, I try to be as informative as possible. If I can find them, links to excerpts, author’s websites, and places where you can find more information on the book are included, along […]
August Virtual Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Recommendations Event
One week from today, I’ll be doing a second quarterly virtual book recommendation event with the Ashland Public Library in Massachusetts. I’ll be sharing some fantasy and science fiction book recommendations on Zoom on from 6:30 to 7:00 PM EDT on Thursday, August 21, and if you want to join us next week, you can register here. If you missed the first one, you can watch it on Youtube here. The books highlighted were as follows: The Changeling Sea by […]
Review of The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig
As a Bookshop affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. The Knight and the Moth is the first book in The Stonewater Kingdom, a new gothic/romantic fantasy series by New York Times bestselling author Rachel Gillig. This was one of my most anticipated books of 2025 because One Dark Window, the author’s debut novel and the first book in The Shepherd King duology, was a fun, difficult-to-put-down story—and, as such, was one of my favorite books of 2022. Unfortunately, I was […]
