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Daryl M.

Librarian


Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author and movie critic Kim Newman and his latest novel, Something More Than Night

    Entrevista con una autora: Kim Newman

    Kim Newman es un autor y crítico de cine popular y respetado, conocido por su aclamada serie de historia alternativa, Anno Dracula. Escribe regularmente para la revista Empire y colabora con The…

  • Author Goldy Moldavsky and her latest book, The Mary Shelley Club

    Entrevista con un autor: Goldy Moldavsky

    Goldy Moldavsky nació en Lima, Perú, y creció en Brooklyn, Nueva York, donde reside con su familia. Es autora de los éxitos de ventas del New York Times "Kill the Boy Band" y "No Good Deed". Entre sus…

  • Author Saraciea J. Fennell and her latest book, Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed

    Entrevista con una autora: Saraciea J. Fennell

    Saraciea J. Fennell es una escritora afrohondureña y fundadora de The Bronx is Reading. También es publicista literaria y ha trabajado con numerosos autores galardonados y superventas del New York…

  • Author Nicholas Meyer and his latest book, The Return of the Pharaoh

    Entrevista con un autor: Nicholas Meyer

    Nicholas Meyer es autor de tres novelas anteriores de Sherlock Holmes, incluyendo La solución del siete por ciento, que estuvo en la lista de los más vendidos del New York Times durante un año. Es…

  • Steven Reigns and his book, A Quilt fo David

    Entrevista con un autor: Steven Reigns

    Steven Reigns es un poeta y educador de Los Ángeles, nombrado el primer Poeta Laureado de West Hollywood. Además de más de una docena de poemarios, ha publicado las colecciones "Herencia" y "Tu…

  • Author Roshani Chokshi and her latest novel, Once More Upon a Time

    Entrevista con un autor: Roshani Chokshi

    Roshani Chokshi es autora de libros comerciales y aclamados por la crítica para lectores de primaria y secundaria, inspirados en la mitología y el folclore universales. Su obra ha sido nominada a los…

  • Brent Spiner and his debut novel Fan Fiction: A Mem-Noir

    Entrevista con un autor: Brent Spiner

    Brent Spiner es actor, comediante y cantante, conocido por interpretar al androide Teniente Comandante Data en Star Trek: La Nueva Generación (1987-1994). Ha aparecido en numerosos papeles de…

  • Author TJ Klune and his latest novel, Under the Whispering Door

    Entrevista con un autor: TJ Klune

    TJ Klune es el autor más vendido del New York Times y USA Today, ganador del Premio Literario Lambda, de La Casa en el Mar Cerúleo, Los Extraordinarios y más. Siendo queer, Klune cree que es…

  • Author Mallory O’Meara and her latest book, Girly Drinks

    Entrevista con una autora: Mallory O'Meara

    Mallory O'Meara es la galardonada y exitosa escritora de La Dama de la Laguna Negra. Cada semana, copresenta el podcast literario "Lectura de Gafas". Vive en las montañas cerca de Los Ángeles con sus…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for Being Henry : the Fonz . . . and beyond

    Being Henry : the Fonz . . . and beyond

    • By: Winkler, Henry, 1945-
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Henry Winkler has worked as an actor, director, producer, and is the author of several series of children’s books. Now, with Being Henry, Winkler tells the story of his own life and it is a fascinating read.Winkler writes his memoir with charm and grace. He describes the difficulties that faced...
  • Cover image for Unnatural Ends

    Unnatural Ends

    • By: Huang, Christopher
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Sir Lawrence Linwood, the Lord of Linwood Hollow and a tyrant of a father, is always pushing his adopted children to meet unreasonable demands. Three adult children, Alan, Roger, and Caroline, have escaped their father and their home, but not unscathed. When Sir Lawrence dies, his children return home, as...
  • Cover image for The Shadow Glass

    The Shadow Glass

    • By: Winning, Joshua
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The line between artistic genius and madness is razor fine and artists often madly dance along, and across, that line while they are working to manifest their vision. Jack’s father, Bob Corman, was no exception. Bob put everything he had into The Shadow Glass, an epic fantasy film done entirely...
  • Cover image for Midnight at the Houdini

    Midnight at the Houdini

    • By: Dawson, Delilah S.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, magic is: 1) the use of means (such as charms or spells) believed to have supernatural power over natural forces, and 2) the art of producing illusions by sleight of hand. In her new novel, Midnight at the Houdini, Delilah S. Dawson tells a tale filled...
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    Kill Show

    • By: Sweren-Becker, Daniel
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    What is it about true crime that fascinates us? Why, over a century later, are we still fascinated with the brutal murders of five women in the Whitechapel district of London? What draws people to the life and death of notorious bank robbers Bonnie & Clyde almost a century later...
  • Cover image for The Road to Roswell

    The Road to Roswell

    • By: Willis, Connie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    UFO, the mere mention of this acronym (unidentified flying object) conjures images of flying saucers and beings, ranging from short to tall, who are slender, with large dark eyes and green or gray colored skin. Sometimes they wear shiny silver jumpsuits!Since 1947, when debris from the crash of an unidentified...
  • Cover image for A Season of Monstrous Conceptions

    A Season of Monstrous Conceptions

    • By: Rather, Lina
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Sarah has always known she is different. Her parents never missed an opportunity to remind her. They never faltered in telling her how she was one of the children being born in England who were monstrous, with claws, too many eyes, or mouths, or with fur, tales, or scales, or...
  • Cover image for Mister Magic : a novel

    Mister Magic : a novel

    • By: White, Kiersten
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Val has lived on the ranch for as long as she can remember. In fact, she has no memories of when she wasn’t living here, in rural Idaho, with her father. She teaches riding to the locals, but rarely leaves beyond supply runs to a local town. Her entire life...
  • Cover image for The circumference of the world

    The circumference of the world

    • By: Tidhar, Lavie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A mathematician, a rare book dealer, and a gangster search for a rare science fiction paperback named Lode Stars. They each have their reasons (some bordering on obsession) and their searches will cause their paths to cross, alter their destinies, and, quite possibly, transform our understanding of reality.  In his latest...
  • 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...