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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author JJA Harwood and her debut novel, The Shadow in the Glass

    Entrevista con un autor: JJA Harwood

    JJA Harwood es autora, editora y bloguera. Creció en Norfolk, estudió Historia en la Universidad de Warwick y finalmente se mudó a Londres, lo cual sigue siendo un poco impactante para alguien…

  • Author Ryan La Sala and his latest novel, Be Dazzled

    Entrevista con un autor: Ryan La Sala

    Ryan La Sala creció en Connecticut, pero solo físicamente. Mentalmente, pasó la mayor parte de su infancia en los mundos de Sailor Moon y Xena: La Princesa Guerrera, lo que quizás explique todos sus…

  • Author Kathryn Harkup and her latest book, Vampirology

    Entrevista con una autora: Dra. Kathryn Harkup

    Kathryn Harkup es química y escritora. Kathryn completó un doctorado sobre sus sustancias químicas favoritas, las fosfinas, y continuó su investigación postdoctoral antes de darse cuenta de que hablar…

  • Author P. Djeli Clark and his novel, A Master of Djinn

    Entrevista con un autor: P. Djeli Clark

    Nacido en Nueva York y criado principalmente en Houston, P. Djeli Clark pasó sus primeros años de vida en Trinidad y Tobago, la patria de sus padres. Finalista de los Premios Hugo y Sturgeon, es autor…

  • Author Emiko Jean and her latest novel, Tokyo Ever After

    Entrevista con una autora: Emiko Jean

    Emiko Jean es la autora de Empress of All Seasons y We'll Never Be Apart. Vive en Washington con su esposo y dos gemelos rebeldes. Su última novela es Tokyo Ever After y recientemente habló sobre ella…

  • Author Susan Penner and her first novel, The Lost Apothecary

    Entrevista con una autora: Sarah Penner

    Sarah Penner trabaja a tiempo completo en finanzas y es miembro de la Sociedad de Novela Histórica y de la Asociación de Escritoras de Ficción. Vive con su esposo en St. Petersburg, Florida, con su…

  • Author Pip Williams and her first novel, The Dictionary of Lost Words

    Entrevista con un autor: Pip Williams

    Pip Williams nació en Londres, creció en Sídney y ahora reside en las colinas de Adelaida, Australia. Es autora de "Un verano italiano", una autobiografía sobre los viajes de su familia en busca de la…

  • Author Joshilyn Jackson and her latest novel, Mother May I

    Entrevista con un autor: Joshilyn Jackson

    Joshilyn Jackson es autora de nueve novelas superventas del New York Times, entre ellas "Dioses en Alabama" y "Casi Hermanas". Sus libros se han traducido a una docena de idiomas. Ex actriz, Jackson…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for Our Hideous Progeny

    Our Hideous Progeny

    • By: Mcgill, C. E.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley tells the tale of how Victor Frankenstein challenges the “natural order” and explores the secrets of life itself by creating a being made from the pieces of other men. But what if Victor had chosen another direction for his research? What if, instead of choosing to...
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    Going Zero

    • By: McCarten, Anthony
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    We all know that we are constantly being observed and monitored in today’s world. There are security and surveillance cameras on many homes, businesses, and on the traffic lights at intersections. ATMs and now self-check out machines in retail establishments also include cameras. Purchases, whether online or in a brick...
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    The Lies of the Ajungo

    • By: Utomi, Moses Ose
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    “There is no water in the City of Lies.”Tutu has lived all of his short life in the City of Lies with his mother. Located in the Forever Desert, the City of Lies used to have water. . .but the inhabitants were vanquished by the fierce Ajungo Empire which required...
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    Hell Bent

    • By: Bardugo, Leigh
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    At the end of Ninth House, Galaxy “Alex” Stern solved the mystery of who killed Tara Hutchins and why, uncovering a conspiracy that involved some of the highest offices of Yale University and several of their “secret societies.” At the end of the novel, Darlington, Alex’s advisor in Lethe, the “ninth...
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    The Motion Picture Teller

    • By: Cotterill, Colin
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Supot Yongjaiyut knows he is not living his best life. The year is 1996 and Supot lives in Bangkok. During the day, he works for the Royal Thai Mail Service, a job he loathes and for which he knows he has no aptitude. When he’s not at work, he spends...
  • Cover image for Weyward: A Novel

    Weyward: A Novel

    • By: Hart, Emilia
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    “The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.”  From: On Lies, Secrets, and Silence by Adrienne RichAltha is a 21-year-old woman who, in 1619, is accused of, and tried for, witchcraft in her small English village. She is a...
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    Stone Blind

    • By: Haynes, Natalie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    "I only see them for an instant. Then they're gone. But it's enough. Enough to know that the hero isn't the one who's kind or brave or loyal. Sometimes -- not always, but sometimes -- he is monstrous. And the monster? Who is she? She is what happens when someone...
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    The Getaway

    • By: Giles, Lamar
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Karloff Country is a marvel. Modeled on Walt Disney World in Florida, Karloff Country is a slightly smaller theme park/resort complex with a similar number of theme parks as Walt Disney World, but also includes: planned communities for all of its employees, a power plant, vertical farms to provide the...
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    Paperback Jack

    • By: Estleman, Loren D.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The year is 1946. WWII has ended and Jacob Heppleman is one of the many veterans returning home from the European conflict. For Jacob, home is New York City. Before the war, he wrote detective, western, and war stories for the pulp magazines. He even published a novel that was...