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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Caroline B. Cooney and her latest novel, Before She Was Helen

    Entrevista con una autora: Caroline B. Cooney

    Caroline B. Cooney es la autora más vendida de novelas de suspenso, misterio y romance para adolescentes, con más de 15 millones de ejemplares vendidos en todo el mundo. Su última novela, "Antes de…

  • Jody David Armour and his latest book, N*gga Theory: Race, Language, Unequal Justice, and the Law

    Entrevista con un autor: Jody Armour

    Jody David Armour es profesor de la Facultad de Derecho Gould de la USC. Forma parte del profesorado desde 1995. Su experiencia abarca desde demandas por lesiones personales hasta demandas sobre la…

  • Jon Wiener and his latest book, Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties, co-authored with Mike Davis

    Entrevista con un autor: Jon Wiener

    Jon Wiener es editor colaborador de The Nation desde hace mucho tiempo y presentador y productor de "Start Making Sense", el podcast semanal de la revista. Es profesor emérito de Historia de Estados…

  • Author Chelsea Sedoti and her latest novel, It Came From The Sky

    Entrevista con una autora: Chelsea Sedoti

    Chelsea Sedoti se enamoró de la escritura desde muy joven tras descubrir que inventar historias era más divertido que hacer las tareas escolares. (Sus profesores no siempre lo apreciaron). Ahora…

  • H.G. Parry and her new novel, A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians

    Entrevista con un autor: HG Parry

    HG Parry vive en un piso repleto de libros en la costa de Kapiti, Nueva Zelanda, que comparte con su hermana, un gato, tres cobayas y dos conejos hiperactivos. Tiene un doctorado en Literatura Inglesa…

  • Playwright and screenwriter, Byron Lane and his first novel, A Star is Bored.

    Entrevista con un autor: Byron Lane

    Byron Lane es dramaturgo y guionista. También ha trabajado como periodista y asistente personal de celebridades, como Carrie Fisher. Es originario de Nueva Orleans y vive en Los Ángeles con su novio y…

  • Author Carrie Vaughn and her latest book, Ghosts of Sherwood

    Entrevista con una autora: Carrie Vaughn

    Carrie Vaughn es conocida por su serie de novelas Kitty Norville, éxito de ventas del New York Times, sobre una mujer lobo llamada Kitty, quien presenta un programa de radio para personas con…

  • Author TJ Kline and his book, The Extraordinaries

    Entrevista con un autor: TJ Klune

    TJ Klune es un autor ganador del Premio Literario Lambda y exexperto en reclamaciones de una compañía de seguros. Entre sus novelas se incluyen "En este río me ahogo" y "La casa en el mar cerúleo". Su…

  • Author Gretchen Berg and her first novel, The Operator

    Entrevista con una autora: Gretchen Berg

    Gretchen Berg nació en la Costa Este, se crio en el Medio Oeste y pasó varios años en el Pacífico Noroeste. Ha enseñado inglés en Corea del Sur y el norte de Irak, y ha viajado a todos los demás…

  • Author Grady Hendrix and his latest book, The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires

    Entrevista con un autor: Grady Hendrix

    El galardonado autor Grady Hendrix ha escrito sobre la bandera confederada para la revista Playboy, ha cubierto novelizaciones de películas de terror y enjambres de ninjas para medios como Slate y el…


Reviews by Daryl M.

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    Hell Bent

    • By: Bardugo, Leigh
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    At the end of Ninth House, Galaxy “Alex” Stern solved the mystery of who killed Tara Hutchins and why, uncovering a conspiracy that involved some of the highest offices of Yale University and several of their “secret societies.” At the end of the novel, Darlington, Alex’s advisor in Lethe, the “ninth...
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    The Motion Picture Teller

    • By: Cotterill, Colin
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Supot Yongjaiyut knows he is not living his best life. The year is 1996 and Supot lives in Bangkok. During the day, he works for the Royal Thai Mail Service, a job he loathes and for which he knows he has no aptitude. When he’s not at work, he spends...
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    Weyward: A Novel

    • By: Hart, Emilia
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    “The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.”  From: On Lies, Secrets, and Silence by Adrienne RichAltha is a 21-year-old woman who, in 1619, is accused of, and tried for, witchcraft in her small English village. She is a...
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    Stone Blind

    • By: Haynes, Natalie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    "I only see them for an instant. Then they're gone. But it's enough. Enough to know that the hero isn't the one who's kind or brave or loyal. Sometimes -- not always, but sometimes -- he is monstrous. And the monster? Who is she? She is what happens when someone...
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    The Getaway

    • By: Giles, Lamar
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Karloff Country is a marvel. Modeled on Walt Disney World in Florida, Karloff Country is a slightly smaller theme park/resort complex with a similar number of theme parks as Walt Disney World, but also includes: planned communities for all of its employees, a power plant, vertical farms to provide the...
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    Paperback Jack

    • By: Estleman, Loren D.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The year is 1946. WWII has ended and Jacob Heppleman is one of the many veterans returning home from the European conflict. For Jacob, home is New York City. Before the war, he wrote detective, western, and war stories for the pulp magazines. He even published a novel that was...
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    Neom

    • By: Tidhar, Lavie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A sprawling metropolis on the edge of the Red Sea that is simultaneously a playground of the wealthy and a struggle for the poor. A woman working multiple jobs to survive because she isn’t rich in a place that isn’t kind to someone without money. A young boy, alone in...
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    Gallant

    • By: Schwab, Victoria
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Olivia Prior has lived at Merilance since she was two years old. While Merilance calls itself a school, the truth is that it is closer to an asylum, a prison. It is a place where girls and young women who are not wanted are sent when they have nowhere else...
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    Wrong Place, Wrong Time

    • By: McAllister, Gillian
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    It is a given that, in most mystery novels, someone dies. The death occurs either before, or shortly after, the novel begins. The bulk of the narrative will explore how or why someone died. In her new novel, Wrong Place, Wrong Time, Gillian McAllister finds a new way to approach...