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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Liz Michalski and her latest novel, Darling Girl

    Interview With an Author: Liz Michalski

    A former reporter and editor, Liz Michalski now crafts articles on human interest, living, and health as a freelance writer. She lives with her family in Massachusetts, where she loves reading fairy…

  • Author B.L. Blanchard and her debut novel, The Peacekeeper

    Interview With an Author: B.L. Blanchard

    B.L. Blanchard is a graduate of the UC Davis creative writing honors program and was a writing fellow at Boston University School of Law. She is a lawyer and enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie…

  • Author Jennifer McMahon and her latest novel, The Children on the Hill

    Interview With an Author: Jennifer McMahon

    Jennifer McMahon is the author of ten novels, including the New York Times best-sellers Promise Not to Tell and The Winter People. She lives in Vermont with her partner, Drea, and their daughter…

  • Author Eddie Robson and his latest book, Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

    Interview With an Author: Eddie Robson

    Eddie Robson is a British comedy and science fiction writer best known for his sitcom Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully and his work on a variety of spin-offs from the BBC Television…

  • Author Timothy Hallinan and his latest book, Rock of Ages

    Interview With an Author: Timothy Hallinan

    Timothy Hallinan has been nominated for the Edgar, Nero, Shamus, Macavity, and Silver Dagger awards. He is the author of twenty-two widely praised books, including the Poke Rafferty Bangkok thrillers…

  • Author Julian David Stone and his latest novel, It’s Alive

    Interview With an Author: Julian David Stone

    Julian David Stone grew up in the San Francisco Bay area, eventually relocating to Los Angeles to study filmmaking and then enter the entertainment business. His previous work includes screenplays for…

  • Author Paul Cornell and his latest novel, Rosebud

    Interview With an Author: Paul Cornell

    Paul Cornell has written episodes of Elementary, Doctor Who, Primeval, Robin Hood and many other TV series, including his own children’s show, Wavelength. He’s worked for every major comics company…

  • Author Timothy Janovsky and his latest novel, Never Been Kissed

    Interview With an Author: Timothy Janovsky

    Timothy Janovsky is a queer, multidisciplinary storyteller from New Jersey. He holds a degree in theatre and dance from Muhlenberg College. His work as a humor writer has been featured on Points in…

  • Author Shelby Van Pelt  and her first novel, Remarkably Bright Creatures

    Interview With an Author: Shelby Van Pelt

    Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Shelby Van Pelt lives in the suburbs of Chicago with her family. Remarkably Bright Creatures is her first novel and she recently talked about it with Daryl…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for The Lost Story

    The Lost Story

    • By: Shaffer, Meg
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    15年前、ジェレミーとラルフは、学年末の遠足でウェストバージニア州のレッドクロウ州立森林公園へ行った際に姿を消した。ついさっきまでそこにいたのに、次の瞬間にはいなくなっていたのだ。森林は何度も捜索されたが、少年たちの痕跡は一切見つからなかった。そして…
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    Arthur and Teddy are Coming Out

    アーサー・エドワーズは、イングランド北部の小さな町ノースブリッジで生涯を過ごしてきた。彼はそこで育ち、ノースブリッジで妻のマデリンと出会い結婚した。ノースブリッジは、彼とマデリンが二人の子供、エリザベスとパトリックを育てた場所でもある。ほとんどの小さな町と同様に、ノースブリッジは…
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    Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch

    • By: Hughes, Emily C.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    ホラー。好きな人もいれば、そうでない人もいる。そして一般的に言って、人々はこのジャンルに対して強い感情を抱いており、どちらかの陣営に分かれる傾向がある。皮肉なことに、ホラーというジャンルそのものを「恐れている」人もいる。そう、彼らはこのジャンルを恐れているのだ…。
  • Cover image for Star Struck

    Star Struck

    • By: McCown, Marjorie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    マージョリー・マコーンの『ファイナル・カット』の終盤で、読者はジョーイ・ジェサップが、大作スーパーヒーロー映画の撮影現場で助監督のコートニー・ライルを殺害した犯人の正体を突き止めた場面を目にする。彼女は、犯人が仕掛けた銃撃事件で命を狙われたものの、生き延びた。
  • Cover image for The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

    The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

    • By: Clark, P. Djèlí
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    イヴーンはプロの殺し屋だ。この言葉で特に強調すべきは「プロ」という部分だ。彼女は蘇生した殺し屋で、記憶を消され、二度目の「人生」を可能にした暗殺者の長に仕えている。彼女は有能で、慎重で、躊躇なく(殺し屋という言葉は…)
  • Cover image for A Short Walk Through a Wide World

    A Short Walk Through a Wide World

    • By: Westerbeke, Douglas
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Three sisters gather at what they have decided is a wishing well near their home in Paris. The year is 1885. There are so many terrible things happening in the world that they decide they each will make a wish and sacrifice something important to them by casting it into...
  • Cover image for The Twilight Garden

    The Twilight Garden

    • By: Adams, Sara Nisha
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    There are two residences on Eastbourne Road in Stoke Newington on the outskirts of London. Winston has lived in #79, with his boyfriend Lewis, for several years. Bernice, recently divorced, has just purchased #77 as a new home for herself and her young son, Sebastian. The two houses share a...
  • Cover image for How to Solve Your Own Murder

    How to Solve Your Own Murder

    • By: Perrin, Kristen
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Annie’s Great Aunt Frances has always been a presence in Annie’s life. A rather nebulous, undefined presence, but a presence none the less. Great Aunt Frances owns the house in Chelsea where Annie has grown up with her mother. Communication from Great Aunt Frances has always been sporadic at best...
  • Cover image for The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

    The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

    • By: Khan, Shubnum
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Fifteen-year-old Sana has just moved to Durban, a city on the eastern coast of South Africa, with her father. Her mother, a victim of cancer, died a few years earlier and her father believes the move to the once grand, now dilapidated, estate that is an odd type of apartment...
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    Women of Good Fortune

    Sophie Wan opens her debut novel with this bit of information:“Sheng nu – ‘leftover women’ – unmarried women over the age of twenty-seven. Later adopted by the internet community to refer to often well-educated women who had passed the appropriate age for marriage.”Wan then goes on to introduce readers to...