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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author W. S. Winslow and her first novel, The Northern Reach

    Interview With an Author: W.S. Winslow

    W. S. Winslow was born and raised in Maine but spent her working life in Boston, New York, and San Francisco. A ninth-generation Mainer, she now lives in a small town Downeast most of the year. She…

  • Author Willy Vlautin and his newest novel, The Night Always Comes

    Interview With an Author: Willy Vlautin

    Willy Vlautin is the author of five novels: The Motel Life, which was made into a film starring Dakota Fanning, Emile Hersh, and Stephen Dorff; Northline, Lean on Pete, which won two Oregon Book…

  • Author Grant Farley and his first novel, Bones of a Saint

    Interview With an Author: Grant Farley

    Grant Farley worked as an English teacher for over twenty-five years and has taught at a Santa Monica alternative school, a barrio junior high, and a Marine Science magnet in San Pedro. All the while…

  • Author Sylvain Neuvel and his latest novel, A History of What Comes Next

    Interview With an Author: Sylvain Neuvel

    Sylvain Neuvel is the author of The Themis Files trilogy and the novella The Test. Soon to be a feature film starring John Boyega and directed by Gavin Hood. He has taught linguistics in India and…

  • Author Olivia Campbell and her first book, Women in White Coats

    Interview With an Author: Olivia Campbell

    Olivia Campbell is a journalist and author specializing in medicine and women; her work has appeared in The Guardian and The Washington Post, New York Magazine, and The Cut, among others. Her first…

  • Author Sarah Lagan and her latest novel, Good Neighbor

    Interview With an Author: Sarah Langan

    Sarah Langan, a Columbia MFA graduate with an MS in environmental toxicology, is a three-time recipient of the Bram Stoker Award. One of her previous novels, The Keeper, was a New York Times Editors’…

  • Author Victoria Gosling and her debut novel, Before the Ruins

    Interview With an Author: Victoria Gosling

    Victoria Gosling grew up in Wiltshire, England, and studied English Literature at Manchester University. She is the founder of The Reader Berlin, hosting salon nights in Berlin and writers’ retreats…

  • Author Anne Youngson and her latest novel, The Narrowboat Summer

    Interview With an Author: Anne Youngson

    Anne Youngson is retired and lives in Oxfordshire. She has two children and three grandchildren to date. Her debut novel, Meet Me at the Museum, was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award. Her…

  • Author Serena Burdick and her latest book, Find Me in Havana

    Interview With an Author: Serena Burdick

    Serena Burdick graduated from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in California before moving to New York City to pursue a degree in English Literature at Brooklyn College. Author of the…

  • Author C.S. Malerich and her latest novella, The Factory Witches of Lowell

    Interview With an Author: C.S. Malerich

    C.S. Malerich is the author of the novel Fire & Locket. In addition to writing, she has taught mythology to undergrads at the University of Maryland and pursued interests in folklore, cultural studies…


Reviews by Daryl M.

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    Brokeula

    • By: Seidlinger, Michael J.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.

    James  Sugre is a vampire. He has lived for centuries, but has made some questionable choices. Bad choices, when it comes to investments. Now, he is broke. He has no money and is deep in debt. He can’t even afford his own reflection (they are available for a fee from Vampire Nation, an international conglomerate that both governs and provides for the world’s vampire population).

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    Mazywood

    • By: Due, Tananarive
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.

    Wishes. We all make them, either silently to ourselves or possibly as a breathless whisper as we drop a coin in a fountain. The reason behind them can range from whimsical to deadly serious. And, in the "real world," they are, to quote Douglas Adams, "mostly harmless." In the world of fiction, however, wishes are entirely different. 

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    Another Fine Mess

    Ang Evans Funeral Parlor ay halos kasinghaba na ng bayan sa Timog-Silangang Texas kung saan ito matatagpuan. Ito ay isang negosyong pang-henerasyon, pinangangasiwaan at ipinapasa sa mga babaeng Evans. Nariyan si Ducy, ang kasalukuyang matriarch ng pamilya, na anak ni Pie, na misteryosong nawala labingwalong taon na ang nakalilipas...
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    Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

    • By: Schwab, Victoria
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Noong 2020, ipinakilala ng VE Schwab sa mga mambabasa si Addie LaRue, isang dalagang gumawa ng kasunduang Faustian upang maiwasan ang isang hindi gustong kasal sa unang bahagi ng ika-18 siglong France. Sa The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, sinusundan ni Schwab si Addie sa paglipas ng mga siglo habang si Addie, sa pamamagitan ng kanyang sariling tuso at lakas ng kalooban, ay humuhubog...
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    Good Dirt

    • By: Wilkerson, Charmaine
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Noong sampung taong gulang si Ebony "Ebby" Freeman, siya lamang ang nakasaksi sa isang bigong pagnanakaw sa bahay na nagresulta sa pagkamatay ng kanyang labinlimang taong gulang na kapatid na si Baz, at sa pagkawasak ng isang napakahalagang pamana ng pamilya. Ang katotohanan na si Ebby ay anak ng isang kilalang pamilyang Itim...
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    But Not Too Bold

    Binago ng buhay ni Dália ang umaga nang matagpuan ng katulong ang makinilyadong sulat na nagsasabing: "UMANGKA NG BAGONG TAGAPAG-INGAT NG MGA SUSI; MAAGAPAN; BAGO MAGBUKAS-BULAN NG LIWANAG" Alam ng lahat sa Capricious House ang ibig sabihin ng sulat at kung sino ang sumulat nito. Ang may-akda nito ay ang Ginang ng Capricious House, si Ginang Anatema, isang napakalaking gagamba/tao...
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    The Murder of Mr. Ma

    • By: Nee, John Shen Yen, Rozan, SJ
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Noong 1924 sa London, si Lao She, isang mahiyain at batang akademiko, ay ipinatawag sa tahanan ng matematikong si Bertrand Russell. Pagdating niya, ipinaliwanag ni Russell na ang isang kaibigan at kasamahan, si Hukom Dee Ren Jie, ay maling inaresto kasama ang isang grupo ng mga Tsinong mapang-asar. Natatakot si Russell na kung ang pagkakakilanlan ni Dee ay...