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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author J.M. Miro and and his debut novel, Ordinary Monsters

    Entrevista con un autor: JM Miro

    JM Miro vive y escribe en el noroeste del Pacífico. Su primera novela es Monstruos Ordinarios y recientemente habló sobre ella con Daryl Maxwell para el blog de LAPL. ¿Cuál fue tu inspiración para…

  • Author Luivette Resto and her latest poetry book, Living on Islands Not Found on Maps

    Entrevista con una autora: Luivette Resto

    Luivette Resto estudió en la Universidad de Cornell, donde obtuvo su licenciatura en Literatura Inglesa y una especialización en Historia Latina de Estados Unidos. Posteriormente, estudió con Martín…

  • Author Liz Michalski and her latest novel, Darling Girl

    Entrevista con una autora: Liz Michalski

    Liz Michalski, exreportera y editora, ahora escribe artículos sobre interés humano, vida y salud como escritora independiente. Vive con su familia en Massachusetts, donde le encanta leer cuentos de…

  • Author B.L. Blanchard and her debut novel, The Peacekeeper

    Entrevista con un autor: BL Blanchard

    BL Blanchard se graduó del programa de honores de escritura creativa de UC Davis y fue becaria de escritura en la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Boston. Es abogada y miembro de la tribu…

  • Author Jennifer McMahon and her latest novel, The Children on the Hill

    Entrevista con una autora: Jennifer McMahon

    Jennifer McMahon es autora de diez novelas, entre ellas los best sellers del New York Times "Promesa de no contar" y "La gente del invierno". Vive en Vermont con su pareja, Drea, y su hija, Zella. Su…

  • Author Eddie Robson and his latest book, Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

    Entrevista con un autor: Eddie Robson

    Eddie Robson es un escritor británico de comedia y ciencia ficción, conocido por su comedia "Bienvenidos a Nuestro Pueblo", "Por Favor, Invadan con Cuidado" y su trabajo en diversos spin-offs de la…

  • Author Timothy Hallinan and his latest book, Rock of Ages

    Entrevista con un autor: Timothy Hallinan

    Timothy Hallinan ha sido nominado a los premios Edgar, Nero, Shamus, Macavity y Silver Dagger. Es autor de veintidós libros ampliamente elogiados, incluyendo los thrillers de Poke Rafferty sobre…

  • Author Julian David Stone and his latest novel, It’s Alive

    Entrevista con un autor: Julian David Stone

    Julian David Stone creció en la Bahía de San Francisco y finalmente se mudó a Los Ángeles para estudiar cine y luego dedicarse al mundo del entretenimiento. Su trabajo anterior incluye guiones para…

  • Author Paul Cornell and his latest novel, Rosebud

    Entrevista con un autor: Paul Cornell

    Paul Cornell ha escrito episodios de Elementary, Doctor Who, Primeval, Robin Hood y muchas otras series de televisión, incluyendo su propia serie infantil, Wavelength. Ha trabajado para todas las…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for Star Struck

    Star Struck

    • By: McCown, Marjorie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Cuando los lectores dejaron a Joey Jessup al final de Final Cut de Marjorie McCown, ella había descubierto la identidad del asesino que había matado a la subdirectora Courtney Lisle en el set de una película de superhéroes de gran presupuesto. Había sobrevivido a un intento de asesinato cuando el asesino había...
  • Cover image for The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

    The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

    • By: Clark, P. Djèlí
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Eveen es una asesina profesional. El énfasis en esa afirmación debe recaer en "profesional". Es una asesina reanimada, sin recuerdos y al servicio de la Matrona de Asesinos que hizo posible su segunda oportunidad en la "vida". Es eficiente, discreta y dispuesta a eliminar (el término...
  • Cover image for A Short Walk Through a Wide World

    A Short Walk Through a Wide World

    • By: Westerbeke, Douglas
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Three sisters gather at what they have decided is a wishing well near their home in Paris. The year is 1885. There are so many terrible things happening in the world that they decide they each will make a wish and sacrifice something important to them by casting it into...
  • Cover image for The Twilight Garden

    The Twilight Garden

    • By: Adams, Sara Nisha
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    There are two residences on Eastbourne Road in Stoke Newington on the outskirts of London. Winston has lived in #79, with his boyfriend Lewis, for several years. Bernice, recently divorced, has just purchased #77 as a new home for herself and her young son, Sebastian. The two houses share a...
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    How to Solve Your Own Murder

    • By: Perrin, Kristen
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Annie’s Great Aunt Frances has always been a presence in Annie’s life. A rather nebulous, undefined presence, but a presence none the less. Great Aunt Frances owns the house in Chelsea where Annie has grown up with her mother. Communication from Great Aunt Frances has always been sporadic at best...
  • Cover image for The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

    The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

    • By: Khan, Shubnum
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Fifteen-year-old Sana has just moved to Durban, a city on the eastern coast of South Africa, with her father. Her mother, a victim of cancer, died a few years earlier and her father believes the move to the once grand, now dilapidated, estate that is an odd type of apartment...
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    Women of Good Fortune

    Sophie Wan opens her debut novel with this bit of information:“Sheng nu – ‘leftover women’ – unmarried women over the age of twenty-seven. Later adopted by the internet community to refer to often well-educated women who had passed the appropriate age for marriage.”Wan then goes on to introduce readers to...
  • Cover image for The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

    The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

    • By: Khan, Shubnum
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.

    Fifteen-year-old Sana has just moved to Durban, a city on the eastern coast of South Africa, with her father. Her mother, a victim of cancer, died a few years earlier and her father believes the move to the once grand, now dilapidated, estate that is an odd type of apartment...

  • Cover image for The Fox Wife

    The Fox Wife

    • By: Choo, Yangsze
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A detective is approached about discovering the identity of a young woman who is found dead and frozen outside a restaurant. A grieving mother undertakes a search to locate the man she holds responsible for her daughter’s death. As each travels across Manchuria in the early 20th century, it becomes...
  • 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...