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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 The Picture Bride

    The Picture Bride

    The year is 1917 and a seventeen-year-old girl named Willow, who lives with her widowed mother and two younger brothers in a small, rural village in southeastern Korea, is asked by a traveling matchmaker if she wants to get married. The older woman shows Willow a photo of a young...
  • Cover image for Darling Girl: A Novel of Peter Pan

    Darling Girl: A Novel of Peter Pan

    • By: Michalski, Liz
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    We all know the story of Peter Pan, the boy who refuses to grow up. J.M. Barrie wrote and published a play and two books about Peter and his adventures in the early 20th century, recounting how Peter visited the Darling children: Wendy, John, and Michael, and spirited them away...
  • Cover image for Acts of Violet

    Acts of Violet

    • By: Montimore, Margarita
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In early 2020, Margarita Montimore published her debut novel, Oona Out of Order. It followed a woman who awakes every January 1st at a different point in her life. She lives in that year, and in that body, until December 31st, only to awaken the following morning beginning a different...
  • Cover image for Hawk Mountain

    Hawk Mountain

    • By: Habib, Conner
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In the late afternoon, Todd sits on the beach watching 6-year-old Anthony, his son, play in the surf. A man approaches Todd, and, after a minute, he recognizes him. It is Jack, who bullied Todd relentlessly during their senior year in high school. In spite of their shared history, Jack...
  • Cover image for The Kaiju Preservation Society

    The Kaiju Preservation Society

    • By: Scalzi, John
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In early March of 2020, Jamie Gray is unceremoniously demoted from marketing executive to “deliverator” at füdmüd, an internet startup company in New York City. As the COVID pandemic worsens, Jamie struggles to get by until a chance delivery happens to be to Tom Stevens. Tom tells Jamie that he...
  • Cover image for A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

    A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

    • By: Chambers, Becky
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In 2021, Becky Chambers introduced readers to the moon of Panga, where, centuries ago, the civilization’s robots gained consciousness and, en masse, walked off into the surrounding wilderness and were never heard from again. Until the day a robot named Splendid Speckled Mosscap walked up to Sibling Dex, a tea...
  • Cover image for Remarkably Bright Creatures

    Remarkably Bright Creatures

    • By: Van Pelt, Shelby
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    After her husband’s death, Tova Sullivan took a job cleaning the Sowell Bay Aquarium. She works evenings after the aquarium has closed to the public, mopping the floors, clearing the trash cans, and cleaning the glass walls of the exhibition tanks until they shine. As she works her way around...
  • Cover image for The Children on the Hill

    The Children on the Hill

    • By: McMahon, Jennifer
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Monster. The word brings to mind ugly, misshapen creatures wreaking havoc wherever they go. Perhaps the most famous monster is Frankenstein’s monster from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. It’s been over 200 years since the teenaged Shelley created one of the most enduring tales of all time. And over the last two...
  • Cover image for Siren Queen

    Siren Queen

    On a whim, a young Chinese-American girl pays with an inch of her hair so that she and he sister can see Romeo and Juliet at the new nickelodeon in their neighborhood. From that moment on, she has a single desire: to be a motion picture star. Not simply an...
  • Cover image for Never Been Kissed

    Never Been Kissed

    • By: Janovsky, Timothy
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    As Wren Roland celebrates his 22nd birthday with his best friends and roommates, Mateo and Avery, he begins to lament the fact that he has never been kissed. He’s been close, but has yet to experience what his degree in film studies has convinced him will be a life-altering and...