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Daryl M.

Librarian


Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Leila Siddiqui and her latest novel, The Glowing Hours

    Interview With an Author: Leila Siddiqui

    Leila Siddiqui was born in Chicago, raised in Texas, and now lives in New York with her husband. She is also a digital marketing strategist in publishing. When she's not writing, she spends her time…

  • Hell’s Heart book cover by Alexis Hall

    Interview With an Author: Alexis Hall

    Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in their purse, and nothing particular to interest them on shore, Alexis Hall thought they would sail about a little and see the…

  • Author Tesia Tsai  and her debut novel, Deathly Fates

    Interview With an Author: Tesia Tsai

    Tesia Tsai was born in Los Angeles to immigrant parents from Taiwan. She currently teaches at Brigham Young University and lives in Utah with her husband, two cats, and a dog. When not writing or…

  • Author Rebekah Faubion and her latest novel, Lost Girls of Hollow Lake

    Interview With an Author: Rebekah Faubion

    Rebekah Faubion is a queer author and screenwriter living in Los Angeles. She is the author of rom-coms The Lovers and The Sun and the Moon. She enjoys reading tarot, bingeing horror novels way past…

  • Author Lily Brooks-Dalton and her latest novel, Ruins

    Interview With an Author: Lily Brooks-Dalton

    Lily Brooks-Dalton is the author of the national bestseller The Light Pirate, which was the runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, a #1 Indie Next title, and a New York Times Editors' Pick…

  • Author Anthony Horowitz and his debut novel, Cameron Sullivan

    Interview With an Author: Cameron Sullivan

    Cameron Sullivan was born in Perth, Western Australia. He grew up with the dark fantasy and horror icons of the 80s and went on to study classics and creative writing at the University of Western…

  • Author Johnny Compton and his latest book, Dead First

    Interview With an Author: Johnny Compton

    Johnny Compton is a Stoker Award-nominated author whose short stories have appeared in Pseudopod, Strange Horizons, The No Sleep Podcast, and several other publications. His fascination with…

  • Author Sarah Domet and her latest novel, Everything Lost Returns

    Interview With an Author: Sarah Domet

    Sarah Domet is the author of the novel The Guineveres and the craft book 90 Days to Your Novel. She is a professor and the coordinator of the MFA program in creative writing at the University of North…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for The Lost Story

    The Lost Story

    • By: Shaffer, Meg
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Labinlimang taon na ang nakalilipas, nawala sina Jeremy at Ralph habang nasa isang field trip sa Red Crow State Forest sa West Virginia para sa pagtatapos ng pasukan. Sandaling naroon sila, at pagkatapos ay nawala na sila. Paulit-ulit na hinalughog ang kagubatan, ngunit walang nakitang bakas ng mga batang lalaki. At...
  • Cover image for Arthur and Teddy are Coming Out

    Arthur and Teddy are Coming Out

    Buong buhay ni Arthur Edwards ay nanirahan sa maliit na bayan ng Northbridge sa hilagang Inglatera. Lumaki siya roon. At nakilala at pinakasalan niya ang kanyang asawang si Madeleine, sa Northbridge. Sa Northbridge nila pinalaki ni Madeleine ang kanilang dalawang anak, sina Elizabeth at Patrick. Tulad ng karamihan sa maliliit na bayan, anuman ang...
  • Cover image for Star Struck

    Star Struck

    • By: McCown, Marjorie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Nang iwan ng mga mambabasa si Joey Jessup sa pagtatapos ng Final Cut ni Marjorie McCown, natuklasan niya ang pagkakakilanlan ng mamamatay-tao na pumatay sa Assistant Director na si Courtney Lisle sa set ng isang malaking-budget na superhero movie. Nakaligtas siya sa isang tangkang pagpatay sa sarili niyang buhay nang ang mamamatay-tao ay nagtakda...
  • Cover image for The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

    The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

    • By: Clark, P. Djèlí
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Si Eveen ay isang propesyonal na mamamatay-tao. Ang diin sa pahayag na iyan ay dapat ilagay sa "propesyonal." Siya ay isang muling nabuhay na mamamatay-tao, binura ang kanyang mga alaala at naglilingkod sa Matron ng mga Assassins na nagbigay-daan sa kanyang pangalawang pagkakataon sa "buhay". Siya ay mahusay, maingat, at handang magpadala ng mga mensahe (ang terminong...
  • 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...
  • Cover image for Women of Good Fortune

    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...