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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Clay McLeod Chapman and his latest novel, The Remaking

    Entrevista con un autor: Clay McLeod Chapman

    Clay McLeod Chapman es el creador de la sesión narrativa The Pumpkin Pie Show y autor de Rest Area, Nothing Untoward y la trilogía Tribe. En el mundo del cómic, su obra incluye Lazaretto, Iron Fist…

  • Kelli Estes and her latest novel, Today We Go Home

    Entrevista con una autora: Kelli Estes

    Kelli Estes vivió en los desiertos del este del estado de Washington y Arizona antes de establecerse en la zona de Seattle, que ama tanto que planea vivir para siempre cerca del agua. Le apasionan las…

  • Scott Thomas and his latest novel, Violet

    Entrevista con un autor: Scott Thomas

    La novela debut de Scott Thomas, Kill Creek, es una clásica "casa embrujada" adaptada al siglo XXI. También es una carta de amor al género de terror, a sus autores y lectores. Ahora Thomas regresa con…

  • Shaun Hamill and his first novel, A Cosmology of Monsters

    Entrevista con un autor: Shaun Hamill

    Shaun Hamill es originario de Arlington, Texas. Tiene una maestría en Bellas Artes del Taller de Escritores de Iowa y vive en los oscuros bosques de Alabama con su esposa, sus suegros y su perro. "Una…

  • Jennifer Giesbrecht and her first book, The Monster of Elendhaven

    Entrevista con una autora: Jennifer Giesbrecht

    Jennifer Giesbrecht es originaria de Halifax, Nueva Escocia, donde se licenció en Historia, se formó como artista callejera profesional y desarrolló un profundo y reverente respeto por el océano…

  • Rhys Thomas and his new novel, The Secret Life of Sam Holloway

    Entrevista con un autor: Rhys Thomas

    Rhys Thomas es el autor de El Club del Suicidio y El Tercer Día. Vive en Cardiff, Gales, con su pareja y tres gatos. Su nueva novela es La Vida Secreta de Sam Holloway y recientemente aceptó hablar…

  • Sarah David-Goff and her debut novel, Last Ones Left Alive

    Entrevista con una autora: Sarah Davis Goff

    Sarah Davis-Goff nació y vive en Dublín. Sus escritos se han publicado en el Irish Times, The Guardian y LitHub. Last Ones Left Alive es su primera novela y recientemente aceptó hablar sobre ella con…

  • Dahlia Adler and her book His Hideous Heart

    Entrevista con una autora: Dahlia Adler

    Dahlia Adler es editora asociada de matemáticas de día, bloguera de B&N Teens, LGBTQ Reads y Frolic by night, y autora de novelas para adultos jóvenes y adultos jóvenes en cada momento libre. Entre…

  • Alix E. Harrow and her first novel The Ten Thousand Doors of January

    Entrevista con una autora: Alix E. Harrow

    Alix E. Harrow es historiadora a tiempo parcial con un trabajo de oficina a tiempo completo, muchas opiniones y multas bibliotecarias excesivas. Sus relatos cortos han aparecido en Shimmer, Strange…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea

    The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea

    • By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A young noblewoman is betrothed by her parents into an unwanted, arranged marriage. A young pirate struggles to survive and protect his brother from the dangers inherent in the life they have been forced to live. A mermaid is captured and threatened with death because her blood, when drunk, allows...
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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...
  • Cover image for Under the Rainbow

    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...
  • Cover image for Upright Women Wanted

    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...
  • Cover image for Oona Out of Order

    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...
  • Cover image for Heart of Junk

    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...
  • Cover image for Eight Perfect Murders: A Novel

    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...
  • Cover image for Riot Baby

    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...
  • Cover image for Made things

    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...