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Review: “King of the Rising” by Kacen Callender

January 11, 2021December 30, 2020 ~ Alex Brown ~ Leave a comment

Release Date: December 1, 2020
Series: Islands of Blood and Storm #2
Publisher: Orbit
Genre: Fantasy

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Review: “The Once & Future Witches” by Alix E Harrow

December 30, 2020December 21, 2020 ~ Alex Brown ~ Leave a comment

Release Date: October 13, 2020
Publisher: Red Hook
Genre: Historical Fantasy

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Review: “Mexican Gothic” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

December 29, 2020December 16, 2020 ~ Alex Brown ~ Leave a comment

Release Date: June 30, 2020
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Genre: Horror

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Review: “Be Dazzled” by Ryan La Sala

December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 ~ Alex Brown ~ Leave a comment

Release Date: January 5, 2021
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary

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Sing Me a Song: Ruinsong by Julia Ember

December 21, 2020December 20, 2020 ~ Alex Brown ~ Leave a comment

Release Date: November 24, 2020
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult

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Review: “Felix Ever After” by Kacen Callender

December 17, 2020December 16, 2020 ~ Alex Brown ~ Leave a comment

Release Date: May 5, 2020
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary

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Review: “You Should See Me in a Crown” by Leah Johnson

December 16, 2020December 15, 2020 ~ Alex Brown ~ Leave a comment

Release Date: June 2, 2020
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary

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Review: “The Only Good Indians” by Stephen Graham Jones

November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 ~ Alex Brown ~ 3 Comments

Release Date: July 14, 2020
Publisher: Gallery / Saga Press
Genre: Horror

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Review: “Piranesi” by Susanna Clarke

November 17, 2020November 11, 2020 ~ Alex Brown ~ Leave a comment

Release Date: September 15, 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Genre: Fantasy

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Review: “Peace Talks” and “Battle Ground” by Jim Butcher

November 16, 2020November 11, 2020 ~ Alex Brown ~ Leave a comment

Release Date: July 14, 2020 and September 29, 2020
Series: Dresden Files #16 and Dresden Files #17
Publisher: Ace
Genre: Urban Fantasy

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Alexandria Brown is a librarian, local historian, author and writer, and an Ignyte Award winning critic. Much of her writing covers Black history, librarianship, YA, and speculative fiction. Alex is ace/aro and biracial Black.

Her two books of nonfiction, Hidden History of Napa Valley and Lost Restaurants of Napa Valley and Their Recipes, are on sale now.

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