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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Dan Kois and his latest novel, Hampton Heights

    Entrevista con un autor: Dan Kois

    Dan Kois es escritor, editor y podcaster en Slate, donde su trabajo ha sido nominado a dos Premios Nacionales de Revistas y dos Premios del Sindicato de Escritores. Es autor de la novela "Vintage…

  • Author Peng Shepherd and her latest novel, All This & More

    Entrevista con un autor: Peng Shepherd

    Peng Shepherd nació y creció en Phoenix, Arizona, y ha vivido en Pekín, Kuala Lumpur, Londres, Nueva York y Ciudad de México. Su segunda novela, Los Cartógrafos, se convirtió en un éxito de ventas…

  • Author Hildur Knútsdóttir and her latest novel, The Night Guest

    Entrevista con un autor: Hildur Knútsdóttir

    Hildur Knútsdóttir nació en Reikiavik, Islandia, en 1984. Ha vivido en España, Alemania y Taiwán, y estudió literatura y escritura creativa en la Universidad de Islandia. Escribe ficción para adultos…

  • Author Jonathan Strahan and his latest anthology, New Adventures in Space Opera

    Entrevista con el editor Jonathan Strahan

    Jonathan Strahan es un editor, podcaster, crítico y editor galardonado de Belfast, Irlanda del Norte. Ha editado o coeditado más de setenta antologías y veinte colecciones de relatos. Strahan ha…

  • Author P. Djèlí Clark and his latest novel, The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

    Entrevista con un autor: P. Djèlí Clark

    Nacido en Nueva York y criado principalmente en Houston, P. Djèlí Clark (él) pasó sus primeros años de vida en la tierra natal de sus padres, Trinidad y Tobago. Es autor de la novela "Un Maestro de…

  • Author Chris Nashawaty and his latest book, The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982

    Entrevista con un autor: Chris Nashawaty

    Chris Nashawaty es escritor, editor y excrítico de cine de Entertainment Weekly. Es autor de Caddyshack: The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story y su trabajo ha aparecido en Esquire, Sports…

  • Author Meg Shaffer and her latest novel, The Lost Story

    Entrevista con una autora: Meg Shaffer

    Meg Shaffer es la autora superventas del USA Today de "El Juego de los Deseos", finalista del Libro del Mes para Libro del Año, ganador del premio al Mejor Libro del Año de Reader's Digest y del…

  • Bruce Borgos between his 2 books covers, Shades of Mercy and the Bitter Past

    Entrevista con un autor: Bruce Borgos

    Bruce Borgos vive y escribe desde el desierto de Nevada, donde trabaja arduamente a diario para demostrar que su orientador académico de la secundaria tenía buen instinto cuando le dijo: "Nunca serás…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for The Book of Doors

    The Book of Doors

    • By: Brown, Gareth
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Cassie Andrews is living a quiet life in New York City. She spends her days and evenings working in a bookshop, and when she goes home each night, more often than not, she curls up with a good book. A set of unusual circumstances in the bookstore result in Cassie...
  • Cover image for The Fragile Threads of Power

    The Fragile Threads of Power

    • By: Schwab, Victoria
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    It’s been seven years since the events at the end of V.E. Schwab’s A Conjuring of Light. In Red London, Lila and Kell have been sailing the seas as privateers on her ship, the Grey Barron (They also secretly perform tasks for Red London’s crown.). Rhy Maresh, Kell’s brother, has...
  • Cover image for Being Henry : the Fonz . . . and beyond

    Being Henry : the Fonz . . . and beyond

    • By: Winkler, Henry, 1945-
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Henry Winkler has worked as an actor, director, producer, and is the author of several series of children’s books. Now, with Being Henry, Winkler tells the story of his own life and it is a fascinating read.Winkler writes his memoir with charm and grace. He describes the difficulties that faced...
  • Cover image for Unnatural Ends

    Unnatural Ends

    • By: Huang, Christopher
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Sir Lawrence Linwood, the Lord of Linwood Hollow and a tyrant of a father, is always pushing his adopted children to meet unreasonable demands. Three adult children, Alan, Roger, and Caroline, have escaped their father and their home, but not unscathed. When Sir Lawrence dies, his children return home, as...
  • Cover image for The Shadow Glass

    The Shadow Glass

    • By: Winning, Joshua
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The line between artistic genius and madness is razor fine and artists often madly dance along, and across, that line while they are working to manifest their vision. Jack’s father, Bob Corman, was no exception. Bob put everything he had into The Shadow Glass, an epic fantasy film done entirely...
  • Cover image for Midnight at the Houdini

    Midnight at the Houdini

    • By: Dawson, Delilah S.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, magic is: 1) the use of means (such as charms or spells) believed to have supernatural power over natural forces, and 2) the art of producing illusions by sleight of hand. In her new novel, Midnight at the Houdini, Delilah S. Dawson tells a tale filled...
  • Cover image for Kill Show

    Kill Show

    • By: Sweren-Becker, Daniel
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    What is it about true crime that fascinates us? Why, over a century later, are we still fascinated with the brutal murders of five women in the Whitechapel district of London? What draws people to the life and death of notorious bank robbers Bonnie & Clyde almost a century later...
  • Cover image for The Road to Roswell

    The Road to Roswell

    • By: Willis, Connie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    UFO, the mere mention of this acronym (unidentified flying object) conjures images of flying saucers and beings, ranging from short to tall, who are slender, with large dark eyes and green or gray colored skin. Sometimes they wear shiny silver jumpsuits!Since 1947, when debris from the crash of an unidentified...
  • Cover image for A Season of Monstrous Conceptions

    A Season of Monstrous Conceptions

    • By: Rather, Lina
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Sarah has always known she is different. Her parents never missed an opportunity to remind her. They never faltered in telling her how she was one of the children being born in England who were monstrous, with claws, too many eyes, or mouths, or with fur, tales, or scales, or...
  • Cover image for Mister Magic : a novel

    Mister Magic : a novel

    • By: White, Kiersten
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Val has lived on the ranch for as long as she can remember. In fact, she has no memories of when she wasn’t living here, in rural Idaho, with her father. She teaches riding to the locals, but rarely leaves beyond supply runs to a local town. Her entire life...