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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Chunck Tingle and his book cover Bury Your Gays

    Entrevista con un autor: Chuck Tingle

    Chuck Tingle es el autor superventas de USA Today de Camp Damascus y Straight. Es una misteriosa fuerza de energía tras unas gafas de sol y una máscara rosa. También es un autor anónimo de romance…

  • Author Delilah S. Dawson and her first novel, The Resurrectionist

    Entrevista con una autora: A. Rae Dunlap

    A. (Amanda) Rae Dunlap estudió cine y literatura victoriana en la Universidad Northwestern y trabaja como editora de tráilers en Disney, dando vida a la magia de los narradores más influyentes del…

  • Book covers of favorite books

    Mis libros favoritos de 2024

    ¡Lecturas de temporada para todos! Como suele ser habitual, se han publicado libros maravillosos en 2024, y me emociona compartir mis favoritos. Los he ordenado alfabéticamente por título hasta la…

  • Genoveva Dimova and her 2 book covers

    Entrevista con una autora: Genoveva Dimova

    Genoveva Dimova es autora de fantasía y arqueóloga. Originaria de Bulgaria, ahora reside en Escocia con su pareja y un pequeño ejército de plantas de interior. Cree en escribir sobre lo que se conoce…

  • Michelle Chouinard and her book

    Entrevista con una autora: Michelle Chouinard

    Michelle Chouinard ha escrito ocho novelas de misterio superventas de USA Today y Publishers Weekly bajo un nombre diferente. Tiene un doctorado en psicología del desarrollo por la Universidad de…

  • Author Alex Segura and his book Alter Ego

    Entrevista con un autor: Alex Segura

    Alex Segura es el autor superventas y galardonado de Identidad Secreta, ganador del Premio del Libro de Los Angeles Times en la categoría de Misterio/Suspense, además de ser elegido por el Editor del…

  • Author Marjorie McCown and her latest novel, Star Struck

    Entrevista con una autora: Marjorie McCown

    Marjorie McCown ha dedicado toda su vida profesional al mundo de la narración, aunque comenzó en el ámbito visual. Pasó más de veinticinco años en Hollywood trabajando como miembro clave de los…

  • Author Emily C. Hughes and her first book, Horror For Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch

    Entrevista con una autora: Emily C. Hughes

    Emily C. Hughes (ella) quiere asustarte. Anteriormente editora de Unbound Worlds y TorNightfire.com, escribe sobre terror y selecciona una lista de los nuevos libros de terror del año. Puedes…

  • Author Tim Major and his latest novel, Jekyll & Hyde: Consulting Detectives

    Entrevista con un autor: Tim Major

    Tim Major es escritor y editor independiente de York, Reino Unido. Entre sus libros se incluyen Snakeskins, Hope Island, tres novelas de Sherlock Holmes, la colección de relatos "And the House Lights…

  • Author Joe R. Lansdale and his latest short story collection, In the Mad Mountains

    Entrevista con un autor: Joe R. Lansdale

    El autor de éxito internacional Joe R. Lansdale ha recibido los premios Edgar, Raymond Chandler, Bram Stoker, British Fantasy e Inkpot. Su obra abarca misterio, western, terror, thrillers, pulp…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for I'll stop the world : a novel

    I'll stop the world : a novel

    • By: Thoman, Lauren
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Time travel is a staple of fiction. For well over a century writers have imagined different ways to propel their protagonists backwards and forwards through time. Sometimes they are merely observers, allowing the author to speculate on past motivations or future developments. But just as often, the protagonist is sent...
  • Cover image for Camp Damascus

    Camp Damascus

    • By: Tingle, Chuck
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Rose Darling is a high school senior who has lived her entire life in the small town of Neverton, Montana. She’s also grown up attending Kingdom of the Pine church with her parents. Kingdom of the Pine is a smaller church, compared to some others, but it has an international...
  • Cover image for The Legend of Charlie Fish

    The Legend of Charlie Fish

    • By: Rountree, Josh
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Floyd Betts is a bit of a loner. He lives a solitary existence in Galveston, Texas. He works construction on local building projects and rents a room at Abigail Elder’s boarding house. It’s a quiet life, and Floyd likes it. But all of that is about to change.When Floyd returns...
  • Cover image for The London Séance Society

    The London Séance Society

    • By: Penner, Sarah
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Lenna Wickes, and her younger sister Evie, are very different people. Lenna is interested in the world and how it works. She has an interest in science, even though she knows that a young lady in Victorian London is not supposed to be interested in such things. Evie, on the...
  • Cover image for The celebrants : a novel

    The celebrants : a novel

    • By: Rowley, Steven, 1971-
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Two weeks before their college graduation, a group of friends, who have become family during their college experience, must attend the funeral of one of their own. Alec has died of an apparent drug overdose and it shakes them all, Craig, Jordan, Jordy, Marielle, and Naomi, to their cores. Alec’s...
  • Cover image for Final Cut

    Final Cut

    • By: McCown, Marjorie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Joey Jessup is very good at her job. And it is a job that she really enjoys. Joey is a key costumer and over her career she has worked on almost every type of film, with a number of A-list actors and directors, along with some of the most talented...
  • Cover image for The Wishing Game

    The Wishing Game

    • By: Shaffer, Meg
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    How many of us have books, or series of books, that provided an escape for us as children and, because of that, we continue to love them as adults? How many of us longed to receive an owl-delivered letter from Hogwarts; find a secret entrance at the back of the...
  • Cover image for Our Hideous Progeny

    Our Hideous Progeny

    • By: Mcgill, C. E.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley tells the tale of how Victor Frankenstein challenges the “natural order” and explores the secrets of life itself by creating a being made from the pieces of other men. But what if Victor had chosen another direction for his research? What if, instead of choosing to...
  • Cover image for Going Zero

    Going Zero

    • By: McCarten, Anthony
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    We all know that we are constantly being observed and monitored in today’s world. There are security and surveillance cameras on many homes, businesses, and on the traffic lights at intersections. ATMs and now self-check out machines in retail establishments also include cameras. Purchases, whether online or in a brick...
  • Cover image for The Lies of the Ajungo

    The Lies of the Ajungo

    • By: Utomi, Moses Ose
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    “There is no water in the City of Lies.”Tutu has lived all of his short life in the City of Lies with his mother. Located in the Forever Desert, the City of Lies used to have water. . .but the inhabitants were vanquished by the fierce Ajungo Empire which required...