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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.

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    A Master of Djinn

    • By: Clark, P. Djèli
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In Cairo in the 1870’s, an inventor and investigator of mysticism named al-Jahiz made a literal breakthrough unlike any other. He pierced the boundaries between our world and other worlds, allowing magic to bleed into ours. In the process, al-Jahiz was lost to another dimension before the rupture between worlds...
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    The Dictionary of Lost Words

    • By: Williams, Pip
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    According to their website, the Oxford English Dictionary “is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.” Serially published in portions, or fascicles, the first fascicle, covering “A to...
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    Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder

    • By: Willberg, T. A.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Imagine the following:  A chilling murder, a secret detective agency with offices located in a myriad of tunnels located beneath London, and a young apprentice determined to find the killer in order to clear one of her closest friends of the murder. In her debut novel, which is the beginning...
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    The Narrowboat Summer

    • By: Youngson, Anne
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Eve has spent the last 30 years working for an engineering/manufacturing company managing various projects and climbing the corporate ladder. Suddenly, she has been “released” from her position. She is a corporate scapegoat for systemic problems within her company and, as the only woman at her management level, the seemingly...
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    Good Neighbors: A Novel

    • By: Langan, Sarah
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The first season of The Twilight Zone in 1960 included an episode written by show creator Rod Serling entitled “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.” Serling presented a block of homes, filled with “typical” American families, on a summer evening. There is a bright flash of light, whose origin...
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    N*gga Theory: Race, Language, Unequal Justice, and the Law

    • By: Armour, Jody David
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Jody Armour is the Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law at the University of Southern California. He studies issues of race and legal decision-making as well as torts and tort reform movements. He also studies and teaches on the intersections of language, the law and ethics. His latest book directly...
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    The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne

    The year is 1704 and Lady Cecily Kay has returned to London from her husband’s posting as a consul in Smyrna. Upon learning of her imminent return to the British Isles, Cecily sent a letter to Sir Barnaby Mayne, a renowned collector in London with one of the most expansive...
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    Hella

    • By: Gerrold, David, 1944-
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    David Gerrold is speculative fiction royalty. His career spans six decades, over which he has won the Hugo and the Nebula awards. He has written more than 50 novels, worked on numerous television series and created cultural touchstones like tribbles (from Star Trek) and the Sleestak (from The Land of...
  • Cover image for The Lost Book of Adana Moreau

    The Lost Book of Adana Moreau

    • By: Zapata, Michael
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A pirate, a refugee, two pre-teen boys in love with speculative fiction stories, and two adult men who are friends and are each searching for what seems to be missing in their lives. Over the course of nearly a century, these disparate individuals will orbit the missing manuscript of a...