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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Cynthia Hand and her latest novel, The How and The Why

    Entrevista con una autora: Cynthia Hand

    Cynthia Hand es autora de varios libros para adolescentes, éxitos de ventas del New York Times, incluyendo la trilogía Unearthly, The Afterlife of Holly Chase, The Last Time We Say Goodbye y My Lady…

  • Peter Swanson and his latest book, Eight Perfect Murders

    Entrevista con un autor: Peter Swanson

    Peter Swanson es autor de seis novelas, entre ellas The Kind Worth Killing, ganadora del premio New England Society Book Award y finalista del CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger y Her Every Fear, libro del…

  • Author Sarah Gailey

    Entrevista con una autora: Sarah Gailey

    Sarah Gailey saltó a la fama en 2015 y, desde entonces, se ha convertido en una de las voces más agudas y divertidas de la cultura pop online. Colabora habitualmente en varios sitios web, incluyendo…

  • Luke Geddes and his debut novel, Heart of Junk

    Entrevista con un autor: Luke Geddes

    Luke Geddes es originario de Appleton, Wisconsin, y actualmente reside en Cincinnati, Ohio. Tiene un doctorado en literatura comparada y escritura creativa por la Universidad de Cincinnati. Es autor…

  • Ryan La Sala and his debut novel, Reverie

    Entrevista con un autor: Ryan La Sala

    Ryan La Sala creció en Connecticut, pero solo físicamente. Mentalmente, pasó la mayor parte de su infancia en los mundos de Sailor Moon y Xena: La Princesa Guerrera, lo que quizás explique todos sus…

  • Chris McCormick and his latest book, The Gimmicks

    Entrevista con un autor: Chris McCormick

    Chris McCormick es autor de una colección de cuentos, Desert Boys, ganadora del Premio Stonewall del Libro en 2017. Nacido en 1987 y criado en el desierto de Mojave, California, se graduó de la…

  • Tochi Onyebuchi and his adult fiction debut novel, Riot Baby

    Entrevista con un autor: Tochi Onyebuchi

    Tochi Onyebuchi es el autor de la novela juvenil "Beasts Made of Night", ganadora del Premio Ilube Nommo a la Mejor Novela de Ficción Especulativa de un Africano, su secuela, "Crown of Thunder", y…

  • Nicholas Meyer and his latest novel, The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols

    Entrevista con un autor: Nicholas Meyer

    Nicholas Meyer es un galardonado autor, guionista y director. Su obra creativa en publicaciones, cine y televisión abarca más de cinco décadas. Su última novela es "La aventura de los protocolos…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for Steel Crow Saga

    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...
  • Cover image for The Secret Life of Sam Holloway

    The Secret Life of Sam Holloway

    • By: Thomas, Rhys
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Sam Holloway is a good guy, who is kind and thoughtful, with a stable, but not terribly exciting, job with an electronic parts distributor. He meets up with a couple of friends several nights a week at a local pub, where they talk about comics, movies, videogames and what it...
  • Cover image for The Monster of Elendhaven

    The Monster of Elendhaven

    • By: Giesbrecht, Jennifer
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A young man washes up in a harbor with no knowledge of who he is or where he came from. He doesn’t even have a name. He is tall, with dark hair and pale skin. He also possesses a strong sense of survival, driving him to do whatever is necessary...
  • Cover image for The Ruby Slippers of Oz: Thirty Years Later

    The Ruby Slippers of Oz: Thirty Years Later

    • By: Thomas, Rhys
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    “Keep tight inside of them. Their magic must be very powerful, or she wouldn't want them so badly," said Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, talking about the ruby slippers.In L. Frank Baum’s children’s novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the magic shoes worn by the Wicked Witch of the East...
  • Cover image for The Survival of Margaret Thomas

    The Survival of Margaret Thomas

    • By: Howison, Del
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The Western has been an established genre of fiction for well over a hundred years. In the early to mid20th century, Western fiction grew in popularity, largely driven by similarly themed motion pictures and television programs. In the 1970s, however, the genre began to fall out of favor with the...
  • Cover image for Red, White & Royal Blue

    Red, White & Royal Blue

    • By: McQuiston, Casey
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Alex Claremont-Diaz is the 21-year-old First Son Of The United States (FSOTUS). He has lived in the White House with his older sister, June (FDOTUS) for the last three years, during his mother’s first term in office. He is a media darling, being continually followed, photographed and dissected by the...
  • Cover image for The Reign of the Kingfisher: A Novel

    The Reign of the Kingfisher: A Novel

    • By: Martinson, T. J.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The first appearance of Batman was in Detective Comics in the Spring of 1939, making 2019 the character’s 80th anniversary. Batman is a sharp contrast to most “superheroes” in that he possesses no “super” powers. His prowess, whether physical or intellectual, comes from rigorous training and study. He patrols the...
  • Cover image for Magic for Liars: A Novel

    Magic for Liars: A Novel

    • By: Gailey, Sarah
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    When Sylvia Capley, the Health instructor at Osthorne Academy for Young Mages, is found in the school library bisected from head to toe, cleanly down the middle, the National Mage Investigative Service (NMIS) concludes that her death was an accident, a spell gone wrong. The Headmaster of the school doesn’t...
  • Cover image for The Lost History of Dreams: A Novel

    The Lost History of Dreams: A Novel

    • By: Waldherr, Kris
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    When famous, and some would claim infamous, poet Hugh de Bonne dies unexpectedly, his last remaining family relations are called upon to enact his final request. De Bonne wishes to be buried on the moors near Shropshire, in a chapel of stained glass he had built 16 years earlier as...
  • Cover image for Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You

    Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You

    • By: Moore, Scotto
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    It’s happened to all of us. You hear a song and it instantly raises your spirits. Or, you hear a different song and it instantly makes you feel melancholy. Some music makes you want to move, while other music makes you want to relax and be still. Something reminds you...