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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Rob Costello and his short story collection, The Dancing Bears: Queer Fables for the End Times

    Entrevista con un autor y editor: Rob Costello

    Rob Costello (él) escribe ficción contemporánea y especulativa con una inclinación queer, dirigida a jóvenes y sobre ellos. Es autor de la próxima colección de relatos "Los Osos Bailarines: Fábulas…

  • Author Meg Shaffer and her latest novel, That Night in the Library

    Entrevista con una autora: Eva Jurczyk

    Eva Jurczyk es escritora y bibliotecaria y reside en Toronto. Ha escrito para Jezebel, The Awl, The Rumpus y Publishers Weekly. Eva irrumpió con fuerza en el mundo del misterio en 2022 con su debut,…

  • Author Stuart Turton and his latest novel, The Last Murder at the End of the World

    Entrevista con un autor: Stuart Turton

    Stuart Turton es el autor de los éxitos de ventas "Las 7 ½ muertes de Evelyn Hardcastle" y "El diablo en las aguas oscuras". Sus libros han ganado numerosos premios y se han traducido a treinta y…

  • Author Juli Min and her first novel, Shanghailanders

    Entrevista con un autor: Juli Min

    Juli Min es escritora y editora, radicada en Shanghái. Estudió literatura rusa y comparada en la Universidad de Harvard y tiene una maestría en Bellas Artes en ficción por Warren Wilson. Fue la…

  • Author Sara Nisha Adams and her latest novel, The Twilight Garden

    Entrevista con una autora: Sara Nisha Adams

    Sara Nisha Adams es escritora y editora. Vive en Londres y nació en Hertfordshire, de padres indio-kenianos e ingleses. Su primera novela fue "La lista de lectura". Su última novela es "El jardín del…

  • Author Douglas Westerbeke and his latest book, A Short Walk Through a Wide World

    Entrevista con un autor: Douglas Westerbek

    Douglas Westerbeke es un bibliotecario que reside en Ohio y trabaja en una de las bibliotecas más grandes de Estados Unidos. Durante la última década, formó parte del jurado local del Premio Literario…

  • Author Christina Estes and her debut novel, Off the Air

    Entrevista con una autora: Christina Estes

    Christina Estes es una reportera galardonada que ha dedicado más de 20 años a cubrir temas de delincuencia, políticas públicas y economía en Phoenix, Arizona. Sus reportajes se han escuchado en la…

  • Author Jacqueline Holland and her latest novel, The Mystery Writer

    Entrevista con una autora: Sulari Gentill

    Tras dedicarse a estudiar astrofísica, graduarse en Derecho y abandonar su carrera legal para escribir libros, Sulari Gentill cultiva trufas negras francesas en su granja, en las faldas de las…

  • Author Justinian Huang and his debut novel, The Emperor and the Endless Palace

    Entrevista con un autor: Justiniano Huang

    Hijo de inmigrantes en Monterey Park, California, Justinian Huang estudió inglés en Pomona College y guionismo en la Universidad de Oxford. Actualmente reside en Los Ángeles con Swagger, un perro…


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...
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    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...