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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Authors Nathan Marsak and Arnold Hylen and book, Los Angeles Before the Freeways

    Entrevista con un autor: Nathan Marsak

    Arnold Hylen (1908-1987) se formó en el Instituto de Arte Chouinard y encontró trabajo como fotógrafo para Fluor Corporation, donde trabajó desde principios de la década de 1940 hasta la de 1970…

  • Author T.J. Klune and his latest novel, The Bones Beneath My Skin

    Entrevista con un autor: TJ Klune

    TJ Klune es el autor número 1 en ventas del New York Times y del USA Today, ganador del Premio Literario Lambda, y autor de La Casa en el Mar Cerúleo, Bajo la Puerta Susurrante, En la Vida de las…

  • Author Margarita Montimore and her latest novel, The Dollhouse Academy

    Entrevista con una autora: Margarita Montimore

    Margarita Montimore es autora de Acts of Violet, Asleep From Day y Oona Out of Order, que fue un éxito de ventas de USA Today y una selección del Club de Lectura Good Morning America. Tras obtener una…

  • Author Kemper Donovan and his two novels, The Busy Body and Loose Lips

    Entrevista con un autor: Kemper Donovan

    Kemper Donovan presenta el podcast "Todo sobre Agatha". Graduado de la Universidad de Stanford y de la Facultad de Derecho de Harvard, trabajó en la empresa de gestión literaria Circle of Confusion…

  • Author Chris Nichols and his latest book, Bowlarama!: The Architecture of Mid-Century Bowling

    Entrevista con un autor: Chris Nichols

    Chris Nichols es un conservacionista con una larga trayectoria y editor sénior de la revista Los Angeles. Durante muchos años, colaboró con el Comité Moderno de Conservación de Los Ángeles, donde…

  • Author Mallory O’Meara and her latest book, Daughter of Daring: The Trick-Riding, Train-Leaping, Road-Racing Life of Helen Gibson, Hollywood’s First Stuntwoman

    Entrevista con una autora: Mallory O'Meara

    Mallory O'Meara es la autora superventas de La dama de la laguna negra, que ganó el premio SCIBA 2019 a la biografía y el premio Rondo 2019 al libro del año, Girly Drinks, que ganó un premio James…

  • But Not Too Bold, a novella by Hache Pueyo

    Entrevista con un autor: Hache Pueyo

    Hache Pueyo es una escritora y traductora argentino-brasileña. Obtuvo una beca otherwise por su trabajo sobre género en la ficción especulativa, y su obra ha aparecido como H. Pueyo en The Magazine of…

  • Author Edward Underhill and his latest book, The In-Between Bookstore

    Entrevista con un autor: Edward Underhill

    Edward Underhill creció en los suburbios de Wisconsin, donde no podía ir caminando a ningún sitio, así que tuvo que buscarse la vida. Estudió música en la universidad, pasó varios años viviendo en…

  • Author Jess Armstrong and her latest novel, The Secret of the Three Fates

    Entrevista con un autor: Jess Armstrong

    Jess Armstrong es la autora superventas de USA Today de los misterios de Ruby Vaughn. Su primera novela, La maldición de Penryth Hall, ganó el concurso de novela policiaca de Minotaur Books/Mystery…


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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...