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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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    Out of Character

    • By: Albert, Annabeth
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In last year’s Conventionally Yours, Annabeth Albert took readers on a virtual roadtrip, while the country was in lockdown, so that they could join tabletop gamers Alden, Conrad, and Jasper as they made their way from New England to Las Vegas for Massive Odyssey Con West, the annual national gathering...
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    The Final Girl Support Group

    • By: Hendrix, Grady
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Any fan of horror movies knows what the term “final girl” means. A final girl is the person left standing at the end of a horror movie. During the course of the film, she evades the threat, usually losing several friends and family members in the process, long enough to...
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    Razorblade Tears

    • By: Cosby, S. A.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Two young men, who are deeply in love, married, and fathers to a young girl. Two fathers, who cannot accept their sons as they are nor the life they are creating. Two senseless murders that remove any possibility of reconciliation or the chance to say what should have been said...
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    A Psalm for the Wild-Built

    • By: Chambers, Becky
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Centuries ago, on the moon of Panga, the robot workers, who filled the factories and other industrial pursuits of the human civilization, gained consciousness. Rather than be integrated into Pangan culture, as they were offered, the robots chose to leave, en-masse, into the surrounding wilderness. They were never heard from...
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    The Album of Dr. Moreau

    • By: Gregory, Daryl
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The Island of Dr. Moreau was H.G. Wells’ third novel and was first published in 1896. It recounts the experiences of a shipwreck victim who finds himself on an island populated by animals that have been modified by the titular Dr. Moreau, using scientific means, to become human/animal hybrids who...
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    Mother May I

    • By: Jackson, Joshilyn
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    It happens in an instant. While Bree Cabbat watches her eldest daughter rehearse a school production of Grease, her infant son, Robert, sleeps in the seat next to her in the balcony of the school’s theatre. One moment he is there, the next he is gone. In his place is...
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    A Master of Djinn

    • By: Clark, P. Djèli
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In Cairo in the 1870’s, an inventor and investigator of mysticism named al-Jahiz made a literal breakthrough unlike any other. He pierced the boundaries between our world and other worlds, allowing magic to bleed into ours. In the process, al-Jahiz was lost to another dimension before the rupture between worlds...
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    The Dictionary of Lost Words

    • By: Williams, Pip
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    According to their website, the Oxford English Dictionary “is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.” Serially published in portions, or fascicles, the first fascicle, covering “A to...
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    Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder

    • By: Willberg, T. A.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Imagine the following:  A chilling murder, a secret detective agency with offices located in a myriad of tunnels located beneath London, and a young apprentice determined to find the killer in order to clear one of her closest friends of the murder. In her debut novel, which is the beginning...