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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.

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    Hell Bent

    • By: Bardugo, Leigh
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    At the end of Ninth House, Galaxy “Alex” Stern solved the mystery of who killed Tara Hutchins and why, uncovering a conspiracy that involved some of the highest offices of Yale University and several of their “secret societies.” At the end of the novel, Darlington, Alex’s advisor in Lethe, the “ninth...
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    The Motion Picture Teller

    • By: Cotterill, Colin
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Supot Yongjaiyut knows he is not living his best life. The year is 1996 and Supot lives in Bangkok. During the day, he works for the Royal Thai Mail Service, a job he loathes and for which he knows he has no aptitude. When he’s not at work, he spends...
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    Weyward: A Novel

    • By: Hart, Emilia
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    “The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.”  From: On Lies, Secrets, and Silence by Adrienne RichAltha is a 21-year-old woman who, in 1619, is accused of, and tried for, witchcraft in her small English village. She is a...
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    Stone Blind

    • By: Haynes, Natalie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    "I only see them for an instant. Then they're gone. But it's enough. Enough to know that the hero isn't the one who's kind or brave or loyal. Sometimes -- not always, but sometimes -- he is monstrous. And the monster? Who is she? She is what happens when someone...
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    The Getaway

    • By: Giles, Lamar
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Karloff Country is a marvel. Modeled on Walt Disney World in Florida, Karloff Country is a slightly smaller theme park/resort complex with a similar number of theme parks as Walt Disney World, but also includes: planned communities for all of its employees, a power plant, vertical farms to provide the...
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    Paperback Jack

    • By: Estleman, Loren D.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The year is 1946. WWII has ended and Jacob Heppleman is one of the many veterans returning home from the European conflict. For Jacob, home is New York City. Before the war, he wrote detective, western, and war stories for the pulp magazines. He even published a novel that was...
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    Neom

    • By: Tidhar, Lavie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A sprawling metropolis on the edge of the Red Sea that is simultaneously a playground of the wealthy and a struggle for the poor. A woman working multiple jobs to survive because she isn’t rich in a place that isn’t kind to someone without money. A young boy, alone in...
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    Gallant

    • By: Schwab, Victoria
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Olivia Prior has lived at Merilance since she was two years old. While Merilance calls itself a school, the truth is that it is closer to an asylum, a prison. It is a place where girls and young women who are not wanted are sent when they have nowhere else...
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    Wrong Place, Wrong Time

    • By: McAllister, Gillian
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    It is a given that, in most mystery novels, someone dies. The death occurs either before, or shortly after, the novel begins. The bulk of the narrative will explore how or why someone died. In her new novel, Wrong Place, Wrong Time, Gillian McAllister finds a new way to approach...