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Daryl M.

Librarian


Posts by Daryl M.

  • Peter Swanson and his latest book, Eight Perfect Murders

    Entrevista con un autor: Peter Swanson

    Peter Swanson es autor de seis novelas, entre ellas The Kind Worth Killing, ganadora del premio New England Society Book Award y finalista del CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger y Her Every Fear, libro del…

  • Author Sarah Gailey

    Entrevista con una autora: Sarah Gailey

    Sarah Gailey saltó a la fama en 2015 y, desde entonces, se ha convertido en una de las voces más agudas y divertidas de la cultura pop online. Colabora habitualmente en varios sitios web, incluyendo…

  • Luke Geddes and his debut novel, Heart of Junk

    Entrevista con un autor: Luke Geddes

    Luke Geddes es originario de Appleton, Wisconsin, y actualmente reside en Cincinnati, Ohio. Tiene un doctorado en literatura comparada y escritura creativa por la Universidad de Cincinnati. Es autor…

  • Ryan La Sala and his debut novel, Reverie

    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…

  • Chris McCormick and his latest book, The Gimmicks

    Entrevista con un autor: Chris McCormick

    Chris McCormick es autor de una colección de cuentos, Desert Boys, ganadora del Premio Stonewall del Libro en 2017. Nacido en 1987 y criado en el desierto de Mojave, California, se graduó de la…

  • Tochi Onyebuchi and his adult fiction debut novel, Riot Baby

    Entrevista con un autor: Tochi Onyebuchi

    Tochi Onyebuchi es el autor de la novela juvenil "Beasts Made of Night", ganadora del Premio Ilube Nommo a la Mejor Novela de Ficción Especulativa de un Africano, su secuela, "Crown of Thunder", y…

  • Nicholas Meyer and his latest novel, The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols

    Entrevista con un autor: Nicholas Meyer

    Nicholas Meyer es un galardonado autor, guionista y director. Su obra creativa en publicaciones, cine y televisión abarca más de cinco décadas. Su última novela es "La aventura de los protocolos…

  • Clay McLeod Chapman and his latest novel, The Remaking

    Entrevista con un autor: Clay McLeod Chapman

    Clay McLeod Chapman es el creador de la sesión narrativa The Pumpkin Pie Show y autor de Rest Area, Nothing Untoward y la trilogía Tribe. En el mundo del cómic, su obra incluye Lazaretto, Iron Fist…


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...