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Daryl M.

Librarian


Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Willy Vlautin and his newest novel, The Night Always Comes

    Entrevista con un autor: Willy Vlautin

    Willy Vlautin es el autor de cinco novelas: The Motel Life, que se convirtió en una película protagonizada por Dakota Fanning, Emile Hersh y Stephen Dorff; Northline, Lean on Pete, que ganó dos…

  • Author Grant Farley and his first novel, Bones of a Saint

    Entrevista con un autor: Grant Farley

    Grant Farley trabajó como profesor de inglés durante más de veinticinco años y ha impartido clases en una escuela alternativa de Santa Mónica, una secundaria de barrio y una escuela especializada en…

  • Author Sylvain Neuvel and his latest novel, A History of What Comes Next

    Entrevista con un autor: Sylvain Neuvel

    Sylvain Neuvel es el autor de la trilogía "Los expedientes de Themis" y la novela corta "La prueba". Próximamente se estrenará una película protagonizada por John Boyega y dirigida por Gavin Hood. Ha…

  • Author Olivia Campbell and her first book, Women in White Coats

    Entrevista con una autora: Olivia Campbell

    Olivia Campbell es periodista y autora especializada en medicina y mujeres; su trabajo ha aparecido en The Guardian, The Washington Post, New York Magazine y The Cut, entre otros. Su primer libro es…

  • Author Sarah Lagan and her latest novel, Good Neighbor

    Entrevista con una autora: Sarah Langan

    Sarah Langan, egresada de la Maestría en Bellas Artes de Columbia y con una Maestría en Toxicología Ambiental, ha recibido tres veces el Premio Bram Stoker. Una de sus novelas anteriores, "El Guardián…

  • Author Victoria Gosling and her debut novel, Before the Ruins

    Entrevista con una autora: Victoria Gosling

    Victoria Gosling creció en Wiltshire, Inglaterra, y estudió Literatura Inglesa en la Universidad de Manchester. Es la fundadora de The Reader Berlin, que organiza veladas en Berlín y retiros de…

  • Author Anne Youngson and her latest novel, The Narrowboat Summer

    Entrevista con una autora: Anne Youngson

    Anne Youngson está jubilada y vive en Oxfordshire. Tiene dos hijos y tres nietos. Su primera novela, "Me encuentro en el museo", fue preseleccionada para el Premio Costa a la Primera Novela. Su nueva…

  • Author Serena Burdick and her latest book, Find Me in Havana

    Entrevista con una autora: Serena Burdick

    Serena Burdick se graduó de la Academia Americana de Artes Dramáticas en California antes de mudarse a Nueva York para estudiar Literatura Inglesa en el Brooklyn College. Autora de los best sellers…

  • Author C.S. Malerich and her latest novella, The Factory Witches of Lowell

    Entrevista con un autor: CS Malerich

    CS Malerich es la autora de la novela Fire & Locket. Además de escribir, ha impartido clases de mitología a estudiantes de la Universidad de Maryland y se ha interesado por el folclore, los estudios…

  • Author T.A. Willberg and her debut novel, Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder

    Entrevista con un autor: TA Willberg

    TA Willberg nació en Johannesburgo, Sudáfrica, y tiene una maestría en quiropráctica de la Universidad Tecnológica de Durban. Actualmente vive en Malta con su pareja. Marion Lane and the Midnight…


Reviews by Daryl M.

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    Conventionally Yours

    • By: Annabeth Albert
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A common theme in novels, motion pictures and television is the fine line between love and hate. One only has to look at William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew (or it’s modern reincarnation 1999’s Ten Things I Hate About You) for an example of supposed loathing turning to love...
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    Under the Rainbow

    • By: Celia Laskey
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In a recent survey, the small town of Big Burr, Kansas has earned the title of “most homophobic town in the U.S.”  The non-profit that conducted the survey, Acceptance Across America (AAA), determines that the appropriate response to their findings is to send a task force to Big Burr. They...
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    Upright Women Wanted

    • By: Gailey, Sarah
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Esther just watched her best friend die. Beatriz was found to be in possession of “inappropriate” materials, and for that she was hanged in the town square. Esther’s father spoke from the podium about the dangers of “deviance” all the while keeping his eyes locked on Esther.  Beatriz’s death was a...
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    Oona Out of Order

    • By: Montimore, Margarita
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Imagine it is New Year’s Eve, 1982. Oona is 18 years old and will be 19 at midnight as the year changes to 1983. She has her whole life ahead of her, including the type of life altering “big decisions” that face everyone at that age. But, when Oona opens...
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    Heart of Junk

    • By: Geddes, Luke
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Hmm, what could the following all have in common: an aging antique mall in Wichita, Kansas, where well established and novice sellers are struggling to keep the doors open in the age of online shopping; a child beauty pageant queen who has mysteriously vanished; and the hosts of a phenomenally...
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    Eight Perfect Murders: A Novel

    • By: Swanson, Peter
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The owner of a Boston bookshop specializing in mysteries posts a list of books on the store’s blog. It is entitled “Eight Perfect Murders” and it lists the novels he feels have described unsolvable murders. These are murders in which the killers cannot be connected with their crimes. Years later...
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    Ormeshadow

    • By: Sharma, Priya
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    It is often stated that “The meek will inherit the earth.” While that is a nice sentiment, it is not affirmed by history. More often than not, those who hold their tongues and think before speaking, as well as those who avoid confrontation and violence to resolve conflict are the...
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    Riot Baby

    • By: Onyebuchi, Tochi
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Ella has what she refers to as her Thing. It allows her to see things that have not yet happened. As a young girl growing up in Compton, California, this is more of a curse than a blessing. Ella is rarely happy by the future she sees. And, as she...
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    Made things

    • By: Tchaikovsky, Adrian, 1972-
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Coppelia is not quite a thief and not quite a con-artist. What she is, or could be if she were living a different life, is an artist. A builder who could create function and beauty from raw materials, but only in a different life. A life where her parents hadn’t...
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    Steel Crow Saga

    • By: Krueger, Paul
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A prince, a soldier, a detective, and a thief. Four very different people, with very different histories and experiences. There are two things that they all share: they have survived the war that just ended, and during that war they have all suffered significant losses. Over the course of a...