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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Tim Mason and his first adult novel, The Darwin Affair

    Entrevista con un autor: Tim Mason

    Tim Mason es un dramaturgo cuya obra se ha representado en Nueva York y en todo el mundo. Entre los premios que ha recibido se encuentran el Premio del Centro Kennedy, el Premio Hollywood Drama-Logue…

  • Del Howison and his first novel, The Survival of Margaret Thomas

    Entrevista con un autor: Del Howison

    Del Howison es un editor, periodista, autor de ficción y actor galardonado. Ha sido nominado al Premio Bram Stoker en cuatro ocasiones (y lo ganó una vez), al Premio Black Quill en dos ocasiones, al…

  • Author Casey McQuiston and her first novel, Red, White & Royal Blue

    Entrevista con un autor: Casey McQuiston

    Casey McQuiston creció en los pantanos del sur de Luisiana, donde cultivó una pasión inquebrantable por las galletas de mantequilla y miel y las historias conmovedoras. Estudió periodismo y trabajó en…

  • Author Sarah Gailey and her novel, Magic For Liars

    Entrevista con una autora: Sarah Gailey

    Sarah Gailey, ganadora del premio Hugo, vive y trabaja en Los Ángeles, California. Sus obras de no ficción han sido publicadas por Mashable y el Boston Globe, y su ficción se ha publicado…

  • Kris Waldherr and her book

    Entrevista con un autor: Kris Waldherr

    Kris Waldherr es una autora, ilustradora y diseñadora galardonada. Es miembro de la Sociedad de Novela Histórica y su ficción ha recibido becas del Centro de Artes Creativas de Virginia y una beca de…

  • Seanan McGuire and her book Middlegame

    Entrevista con un autor: Seanan McGuire

    Seanan McGuire es la galardonada autora de las series de fantasía urbana October Daye, InCryptid y Wayward Children. Además, escribe ficción más oscura bajo el seudónimo de Mira Grant. Seanan vive en…

  • Author Yangsze Choo and her latest novel, Smoke and Summons

    Entrevista con un autor: Charlie Holmberg

    Charlie N. Holmberg se crio como trekkie junto a tres hermanas, que también tienen nombres de niño, en Salt Lake City, Utah. Toca el ukelele, tiene demasiados pares de gafas y finalmente adoptó un…

  • T.J. Martinson and his debut novel, The Reign of the Kingfisher

    Entrevista con un autor: TJ Martinson

    TJ Martinson creció a las afueras de Chicago. Obtuvo su maestría en estudios literarios en la Universidad del Este de Illinois y actualmente cursa un doctorado en la Universidad de Indiana en…

  • Anthony Horowitz and his latest Mystery series book, The Sentence is Death.

    Entrevista con un autor: Anthony Horowitz

    Anthony Horowitz es un prolífico periodista y escritor de televisión, además de autor de literatura juvenil y adulta. Los herederos de Doyle y Fleming le han encomendado escribir nuevas aventuras para…

  • Author Yangsze Choo and her latest novel, The Night Tiger

    Entrevista con un autor: Yangsze Choo

    Yangsze Choo es malaya de cuarta generación, de ascendencia china. Se graduó de la Universidad de Harvard y es autora de La Novia Fantasma, que Netflix está adaptando a una serie de televisión. Su…


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...
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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...
  • 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...