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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Giano Cromley and his latest novel, American Mythology

    Entrevista con un autor: Giano Cromley

    Nacido y criado en Montana, Giano Cromley es autor de dos novelas juveniles y una colección de cuentos. Recibió una beca de artista del Consejo de las Artes de Illinois y fue becario BookEnds de la…

  • Photographer Robert Landau and his visual book, Art Deco: Los Angeles

    Entrevista con un autor: Robert Landau

    Robert Landau es fotógrafo y autor de varios libros visuales, incluyendo el internacionalmente aclamado Rock 'N' Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip. Sus fotografías se han exhibido en todo el mundo…

  • Author Arvind Ethan David and his graphic novel, Trouble is My Business

    Entrevista con un autor: Arvind Ethan David

    Arvind Ethan David es un novelista gráfico nominado al Premio Stoker que también ha escrito exitosos audiodramas, series de televisión y obras de teatro. Arvind también es productor de cine y teatro…

  • Gareth Brown and the cover of his book The Society of Unknowable Objects

    Entrevista con un autor: Gareth Brown

    Gareth Brown es el autor del bestseller internacional "El Libro de las Puertas". Desde muy joven quiso ser escritor y completó su primera novela siendo adolescente. Durante los últimos veinte años, ha…

  • Direct Descendant book cover by Tanya Huff

    Entrevista con una autora: Tanya Huff

    Tanya Huff se fue de Nueva Escocia a los tres años y ha vivido la mayor parte de su vida en Ontario, pero aún se considera marítima. En su camino hacia la idílica vida rural que comparte con su pareja…

  • Author Kathleen Kaufman and her latest novel, The Entirely True Story of the Fantastical Mesmerist Nora Grey

    Entrevista con una autora: Kathleen Kaufman

    Kathleen Kaufman es autora de realismo mágico y terror gótico feminista. Explora al "otro" desde su perspectiva, cómo el horror del pasado se manifiesta en el presente y la inevitable interrelación de…

  • Author Sarah James and her latest novel, Last Stop Union Station

    Entrevista con una autora: Sarah James

    Sarah James se graduó del programa de Maestría en Bellas Artes en Escritura para Cine y Televisión de la USC y de la Licenciatura en Dramaturgia del Fordham Lincoln Center. Actualmente trabaja como…

  • Christopher Shaw Myers and his book, Robert Shaw: An Actor’s Life on the Set of Jaws and Beyond

    Entrevista con un autor: Christopher Shaw Myers

    Christopher Shaw Myers creció escuchando las historias de su peculiar tío, Robert Shaw, y otros familiares. Nacido y criado en Pensilvania, asistió al Trinity College, donde se licenció en Literatura…

  • Author Lincoln Michel and his latest novel, Metallic Realms

    Entrevista con un autor: Lincoln Michel

    Los libros anteriores de Lincoln Michel incluyen la colección de cuentos "Bestias Verticales" y la novela "El Explorador de Cuerpos", que fue nombrada uno de los 10 Mejores Libros de Ciencia Ficción…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for The Book of Doors

    The Book of Doors

    • By: Brown, Gareth
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Cassie Andrews is living a quiet life in New York City. She spends her days and evenings working in a bookshop, and when she goes home each night, more often than not, she curls up with a good book. A set of unusual circumstances in the bookstore result in Cassie...
  • Cover image for The Fragile Threads of Power

    The Fragile Threads of Power

    • By: Schwab, Victoria
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    It’s been seven years since the events at the end of V.E. Schwab’s A Conjuring of Light. In Red London, Lila and Kell have been sailing the seas as privateers on her ship, the Grey Barron (They also secretly perform tasks for Red London’s crown.). Rhy Maresh, Kell’s brother, has...
  • Cover image for Being Henry : the Fonz . . . and beyond

    Being Henry : the Fonz . . . and beyond

    • By: Winkler, Henry, 1945-
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Henry Winkler has worked as an actor, director, producer, and is the author of several series of children’s books. Now, with Being Henry, Winkler tells the story of his own life and it is a fascinating read.Winkler writes his memoir with charm and grace. He describes the difficulties that faced...
  • Cover image for Unnatural Ends

    Unnatural Ends

    • By: Huang, Christopher
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Sir Lawrence Linwood, the Lord of Linwood Hollow and a tyrant of a father, is always pushing his adopted children to meet unreasonable demands. Three adult children, Alan, Roger, and Caroline, have escaped their father and their home, but not unscathed. When Sir Lawrence dies, his children return home, as...
  • Cover image for The Shadow Glass

    The Shadow Glass

    • By: Winning, Joshua
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The line between artistic genius and madness is razor fine and artists often madly dance along, and across, that line while they are working to manifest their vision. Jack’s father, Bob Corman, was no exception. Bob put everything he had into The Shadow Glass, an epic fantasy film done entirely...
  • Cover image for Midnight at the Houdini

    Midnight at the Houdini

    • By: Dawson, Delilah S.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, magic is: 1) the use of means (such as charms or spells) believed to have supernatural power over natural forces, and 2) the art of producing illusions by sleight of hand. In her new novel, Midnight at the Houdini, Delilah S. Dawson tells a tale filled...
  • Cover image for Kill Show

    Kill Show

    • By: Sweren-Becker, Daniel
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    What is it about true crime that fascinates us? Why, over a century later, are we still fascinated with the brutal murders of five women in the Whitechapel district of London? What draws people to the life and death of notorious bank robbers Bonnie & Clyde almost a century later...
  • Cover image for The Road to Roswell

    The Road to Roswell

    • By: Willis, Connie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    UFO, the mere mention of this acronym (unidentified flying object) conjures images of flying saucers and beings, ranging from short to tall, who are slender, with large dark eyes and green or gray colored skin. Sometimes they wear shiny silver jumpsuits!Since 1947, when debris from the crash of an unidentified...
  • Cover image for A Season of Monstrous Conceptions

    A Season of Monstrous Conceptions

    • By: Rather, Lina
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Sarah has always known she is different. Her parents never missed an opportunity to remind her. They never faltered in telling her how she was one of the children being born in England who were monstrous, with claws, too many eyes, or mouths, or with fur, tales, or scales, or...
  • Cover image for Mister Magic : a novel

    Mister Magic : a novel

    • By: White, Kiersten
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Val has lived on the ranch for as long as she can remember. In fact, she has no memories of when she wasn’t living here, in rural Idaho, with her father. She teaches riding to the locals, but rarely leaves beyond supply runs to a local town. Her entire life...