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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Lamar Giles and his latest book, The Gateaway

    Entrevista con un autor: Lamar Giles

    Lamar Giles escribe para adolescentes y adultos en diversos géneros, y su obra aparece en numerosas listas de los mejores cada año. Es miembro fundador de We Need Diverse Books y reside en Virginia…

  • Author Lee Geum-yi and her first novel, The Picture Bride, to be translated into English

    Entrevista con un autor: Lee Geum-yi

    Lee Geum-yi nació en 1962 en casa de su abuela, en el pequeño pueblo montañoso de Chungcheongbuk-do, Corea. Desde muy joven, se sintió cautivada por el encanto de la narración, tras haber pasado su…

  • Author Alan Moore and his latest book, Illuminations: Stories

    Entrevista con un autor: Alan Moore

    Alan Moore es un escritor inglés, ampliamente considerado como el mejor y más influyente escritor de la historia del cómic. Entre sus obras fundamentales se incluyen "Desde el Infierno" y "La Liga de…

  • Author Margarita Montimore and her latest book, Acts of Violet

    Entrevista con una autora: Margarita Montimore

    Margarita Montimore es la autora de Asleep From Day y Oona Out of Order, un bestseller de USA Today y una selección del Club de Lectura Good Morning America. Tras obtener una licenciatura en Bellas…

  • Author James T. Bartlett and his book, the Alaskan Blonde

    Entrevista con un autor: James T. Bartlett

    Originario de Londres, James T. Bartlett ha escrito para Los Angeles Times, BBC, ALTA California, Hemispheres, Westways, Atlas Obscura, Crime Reads, Real Crimes y otros medios, y es autor de las guías…

  • Author Sunyi Dean and her debut novel, The Book Eaters

    Entrevista con un autor: Sunyi Dean

    Sunyi Dean es una escritora de ciencia ficción y fantasía autista, madre de dos hijos. Nacida en Estados Unidos y criada en Hong Kong, ahora vive en Yorkshire. Cuando no lee, corre, se cae al suelo…

  • Astrophysicist and author Neil deGrasse Tyson and latest book, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

    Entrevista con un autor: Neil deGrasse Tyson

    Neil deGrasse Tyson es astrofísico y autor del bestseller número 1, Astrofísica para gente con prisa, entre otros libros. Es director del Planetario Hayden del Museo Americano de Historia Natural…

  • Author Conner Habib and his debut novel, Hawk Mountain

    Entrevista con un autor: Conner Habib

    Conner Habib presenta el podcast Against Everyone With Conner Habib, que aborda temas como el punk rock, la filosofía, la pornografía y el ocultismo. Sus escritos han aparecido en CR Fashion Book…

  • Novels Boyfriend Material and Husband Material by Alexis Hall

    Entrevista con un autor: Alexis Hall

    Alexis Hall escribe libros en el sureste de Inglaterra, donde vive a base de té y pasteles Jaffa. Su último libro, "Husband Material", es la secuela de "Boyfriend Material" (2020), y recientemente…

  • Author Gigi Pandian and her latest book, Under Lock & Skeleton Key

    Entrevista con un autor: Gigi Pandian

    Gigi Pandian es la autora más vendida del USA Today y ganadora de múltiples premios por las novelas de misterio de Jaya Jones: la búsqueda del tesoro, las novelas de misterio de Accidental Alchemist y…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for I'll stop the world : a novel

    I'll stop the world : a novel

    • By: Thoman, Lauren
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Time travel is a staple of fiction. For well over a century writers have imagined different ways to propel their protagonists backwards and forwards through time. Sometimes they are merely observers, allowing the author to speculate on past motivations or future developments. But just as often, the protagonist is sent...
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    Camp Damascus

    • By: Tingle, Chuck
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Rose Darling is a high school senior who has lived her entire life in the small town of Neverton, Montana. She’s also grown up attending Kingdom of the Pine church with her parents. Kingdom of the Pine is a smaller church, compared to some others, but it has an international...
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    The Legend of Charlie Fish

    • By: Rountree, Josh
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Floyd Betts is a bit of a loner. He lives a solitary existence in Galveston, Texas. He works construction on local building projects and rents a room at Abigail Elder’s boarding house. It’s a quiet life, and Floyd likes it. But all of that is about to change.When Floyd returns...
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    The London Séance Society

    • By: Penner, Sarah
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Lenna Wickes, and her younger sister Evie, are very different people. Lenna is interested in the world and how it works. She has an interest in science, even though she knows that a young lady in Victorian London is not supposed to be interested in such things. Evie, on the...
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    The celebrants : a novel

    • By: Rowley, Steven, 1971-
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Two weeks before their college graduation, a group of friends, who have become family during their college experience, must attend the funeral of one of their own. Alec has died of an apparent drug overdose and it shakes them all, Craig, Jordan, Jordy, Marielle, and Naomi, to their cores. Alec’s...
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    Final Cut

    • By: McCown, Marjorie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Joey Jessup is very good at her job. And it is a job that she really enjoys. Joey is a key costumer and over her career she has worked on almost every type of film, with a number of A-list actors and directors, along with some of the most talented...
  • Cover image for The Wishing Game

    The Wishing Game

    • By: Shaffer, Meg
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    How many of us have books, or series of books, that provided an escape for us as children and, because of that, we continue to love them as adults? How many of us longed to receive an owl-delivered letter from Hogwarts; find a secret entrance at the back of the...
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    Our Hideous Progeny

    • By: Mcgill, C. E.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley tells the tale of how Victor Frankenstein challenges the “natural order” and explores the secrets of life itself by creating a being made from the pieces of other men. But what if Victor had chosen another direction for his research? What if, instead of choosing to...
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    Going Zero

    • By: McCarten, Anthony
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    We all know that we are constantly being observed and monitored in today’s world. There are security and surveillance cameras on many homes, businesses, and on the traffic lights at intersections. ATMs and now self-check out machines in retail establishments also include cameras. Purchases, whether online or in a brick...
  • Cover image for The Lies of the Ajungo

    The Lies of the Ajungo

    • By: Utomi, Moses Ose
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    “There is no water in the City of Lies.”Tutu has lived all of his short life in the City of Lies with his mother. Located in the Forever Desert, the City of Lies used to have water. . .but the inhabitants were vanquished by the fierce Ajungo Empire which required...