![Cover of Touchstones: A Collection by Stephanie Burgis](https://i0.wp.com/www.fantasybookcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Touchstones.png?fit=120%2C180&ssl=1)
The Leaning Pile of Books is a feature in which I highlight books I got over the last week that sound like they may be 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 […]
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![Good Neighbors by Stephanie Burgis - Book Cover](https://i0.wp.com/www.fantasybookcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/GoodNeighbors.png?fit=120%2C192&ssl=1)
The Leaning Pile of Books is a feature in which I highlight books I got over the last week that sound like they may be 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 […]
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![Scales and Sensibility by Stephanie Burgis - Cover Image](https://i0.wp.com/www.fantasybookcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ScalesAndSensibility.png?fit=120%2C180&ssl=1)
The Leaning Pile of Books is a feature in which I highlight books I got over the last week that sound like they may be 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 […]
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![Moontangled by Stephanie Burgis - Book Cover](https://i0.wp.com/www.fantasybookcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Moontangled.jpg?fit=120%2C180&ssl=1)
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Stephanie Burgis’ The Harwood Spellbook series thus far follows women scandalously refusing to conform to the traditions of Angland, an alternate version of nineteenth-century England with magic and mythical beings like elves and fey. In this world, the Celtic queen Boudicca successfully defeated the Romans, leading to the establishment of a group of ruling women known as the Boudiccate—and a strict gender divide between political and magical careers. After all, it’s known […]
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![Moontangled by Stephanie Burgis - Book Cover](https://i0.wp.com/www.fantasybookcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Moontangled.jpg?fit=120%2C180&ssl=1)
The Leaning Pile of Books is a feature in which I highlight books I got over the last week—old or new, bought or received in the mail for review consideration (most of which are unsolicited books from publishers). 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 […]
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![The Underwater Ballroom Society edited by Stephanie Burgis and Tiffany Trent](https://i0.wp.com/www.fantasybookcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/TheUnderwaterBallroomSociety.jpg?fit=120%2C180&ssl=1)
Book Description: Would you rather dance beneath the waves or hide your smuggled magic there? Welcome to a world of sparkling adult fantasy and science fiction stories edited by Stephanie Burgis and Tiffany Trent and featuring underwater ballrooms of one sort or another, from a 1920s ballroom to a Martian hotel to a grand rock ‘n roll ball held in the heart of Faery itself. Stories in this anthology: Ysabeau S. Wilce, “The Queen of Life” Y.S. Lee, “Twelve Sisters” […]
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