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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • C.L. Polk and their book Even Though I Knew the End

    Entrevista con un autor: CL Polk

    CL Polk (ellos/ellas) escribió la serie nominada al Hugo, El Ciclo de Kingston, incluyendo la ganadora del Premio WFA, Witchmark. El Pacto de Medianoche fue finalista de Canada Reads, Nebula, Locus…

  • Author Leigh Bardugo and her latest novel, Hell Bent

    Entrevista con un autor: Leigh Bardugo

    Leigh Bardugo es una autora número 1 en ventas del New York Times y creadora del Grishaverso (ahora una serie original de Netflix), que abarca la trilogía Sombra y Hueso, la duología Seis de Cuervos…

  • Author Ryan North and his latest book, How to Take Over the World

    Entrevista con un autor: Ryan North

    Ryan North es un autor superventas del New York Times, cuyos libros incluyen Cómo inventarlo todo, Romeo y/o Julieta y Ser o no ser. Es el creador de Dinosaur Comics y el escritor ganador del Premio…

  • Author Natalie Haynes and her latest novel, Stone Blind

    Entrevista con una autora: Natalie Haynes

    Natalie Haynes es autora de siete libros, entre ellos "Mil Barcos", un éxito de ventas nacional y preseleccionado para el Premio Femenino de Ficción de 2020, y el libro de no ficción "La Jarra de…

  • Author Jacqueline Holland and her first novel, The God of Endings

    Entrevista con una autora: Jacqueline Holland

    Jacqueline Holland tiene una maestría en Bellas Artes de la Universidad de Kansas. Su trabajo ha aparecido en Hotel Amerika y la revista Big Fiction, entre otras. Vive en las Ciudades Gemelas con su…

  • Author Jane Yolen and her latest novel, The Scarlet Circus

    Entrevista con una autora: Jane Yolen

    Jane Yolen es autora de más de cuatrocientos libros, entre ficción infantil, poesía, cuentos, novelas gráficas, no ficción, fantasía y ciencia ficción. Entre sus publicaciones se incluyen Owl Moon…

  • Author Matt Ruff and his latest book, The Destroyer of Worlds: A Return to Lovecraft Country

    Entrevista con un autor: Matt Ruff

    Matt Ruff es autor de las novelas 88 Nombres, Lovecraft Country, Bad Monkeys, El Espejismo, Pon esta casa en orden, El loco en la colina y Alcantarillado, Gas y Electricidad: La trilogía de las obras…

  • Author Victor LaValle and his latest book, The Ballad of Black Tom

    Entrevista con un autor: Victor LaValle

    Victor LaValle es autor de siete obras de ficción y tres novelas gráficas. Sus libros han ganado el Premio Mundial de Fantasía, el Premio Británico de Fantasía, el Premio Bram Stoker, el Premio Dragón…

  • Author Dahlia Adler and her latest book, At Midnight: 15 Beloved Fairy Tales Reimagined

    Entrevista con una autora: Dahlia Adler

    Dahlia Adler es editora de matemáticas de día, bloguera literaria de noche y escritora en cada momento libre. Es editora de las antologías His Hideous Heart y That Way Madness Lies, y autora, más…

  • Author James Ramos and his latest book, The Wrong Kind of Weird

    Entrevista con un autor: James Ramos

    James Ramos (él/ellos) es un nativo de Minnesota no binario, sin complejos, que ahora considera a Arizona su hogar. Criado con una dieta constante de ciencia ficción, cómics y literatura clásica…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea

    The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea

    • By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A young noblewoman is betrothed by her parents into an unwanted, arranged marriage. A young pirate struggles to survive and protect his brother from the dangers inherent in the life they have been forced to live. A mermaid is captured and threatened with death because her blood, when drunk, allows...
  • Cover image for Conventionally Yours

    Conventionally Yours

    • By: Annabeth Albert
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A common theme in novels, motion pictures and television is the fine line between love and hate. One only has to look at William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew (or it’s modern reincarnation 1999’s Ten Things I Hate About You) for an example of supposed loathing turning to love...
  • Cover image for Under the Rainbow

    Under the Rainbow

    • By: Celia Laskey
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In a recent survey, the small town of Big Burr, Kansas has earned the title of “most homophobic town in the U.S.”  The non-profit that conducted the survey, Acceptance Across America (AAA), determines that the appropriate response to their findings is to send a task force to Big Burr. They...
  • Cover image for Upright Women Wanted

    Upright Women Wanted

    • By: Gailey, Sarah
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Esther just watched her best friend die. Beatriz was found to be in possession of “inappropriate” materials, and for that she was hanged in the town square. Esther’s father spoke from the podium about the dangers of “deviance” all the while keeping his eyes locked on Esther.  Beatriz’s death was a...
  • Cover image for Oona Out of Order

    Oona Out of Order

    • By: Montimore, Margarita
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Imagine it is New Year’s Eve, 1982. Oona is 18 years old and will be 19 at midnight as the year changes to 1983. She has her whole life ahead of her, including the type of life altering “big decisions” that face everyone at that age. But, when Oona opens...
  • Cover image for Heart of Junk

    Heart of Junk

    • By: Geddes, Luke
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Hmm, what could the following all have in common: an aging antique mall in Wichita, Kansas, where well established and novice sellers are struggling to keep the doors open in the age of online shopping; a child beauty pageant queen who has mysteriously vanished; and the hosts of a phenomenally...
  • Cover image for Eight Perfect Murders: A Novel

    Eight Perfect Murders: A Novel

    • By: Swanson, Peter
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The owner of a Boston bookshop specializing in mysteries posts a list of books on the store’s blog. It is entitled “Eight Perfect Murders” and it lists the novels he feels have described unsolvable murders. These are murders in which the killers cannot be connected with their crimes. Years later...
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    Ormeshadow

    • By: Sharma, Priya
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    It is often stated that “The meek will inherit the earth.” While that is a nice sentiment, it is not affirmed by history. More often than not, those who hold their tongues and think before speaking, as well as those who avoid confrontation and violence to resolve conflict are the...
  • Cover image for Riot Baby

    Riot Baby

    • By: Onyebuchi, Tochi
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Ella has what she refers to as her Thing. It allows her to see things that have not yet happened. As a young girl growing up in Compton, California, this is more of a curse than a blessing. Ella is rarely happy by the future she sees. And, as she...
  • Cover image for Made things

    Made things

    • By: Tchaikovsky, Adrian, 1972-
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Coppelia is not quite a thief and not quite a con-artist. What she is, or could be if she were living a different life, is an artist. A builder who could create function and beauty from raw materials, but only in a different life. A life where her parents hadn’t...