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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Tod Goldberg and his latest anthology, Eight Very Bad Nights

    Entrevista con un autor: Tod Goldberg

    Tod Goldberg es el autor más vendido del New York Times con más de una docena de libros, incluyendo la galardonada trilogía Gangsterland y Living Dead Girl, finalista del Premio del Libro de Los…

  • Author M. L. Rio and her first novella, Graveyard Shift

    Entrevista con un autor: ML Rio

    ML Rio tiene una maestría en estudios shakespearianos del King's College de Londres y el Shakespeare's Globe, y un doctorado en inglés de la Universidad de Maryland, College Park. Su primera novela,…

  • Translator, Shanna Tan of book Marigold Mind Laundry by Chŏng-ŭn Yun

    Entrevista con la traductora Shanna Tan

    Shanna Tan es una traductora singapurense que trabaja con coreano, chino y japonés. Entre sus traducciones se incluyen "Bienvenidos a la Librería Hyunam-dong" de Hwang Bo-reum y "Lavandería Sonriente…

  • Writer Ryan Love and his debut novel, Arthur and Teddy Are Coming Out

    Entrevista con un autor: Ryan Love

    Nacido y criado en la ciudad isleña de Enniskillen, en Irlanda del Norte, Ryan Love es periodista titulado por el NCTJ. Fue el primer editor de espectáculos de Digital Spy y ha escrito para…

  • Performer and writer Kate McKinnon and her debut novel, The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science?

    Entrevista con una autora: Kate McKinnon

    Kate McKinnon es una galardonada actriz y escritora, reconocida mundialmente por su trabajo en cine y televisión. Los jóvenes lectores reconocerán su voz como "Ms. Frizzle" en "El Autobús Mágico…

  • Author Lilliam Rivera and her latest novel, Tiny Threads

    Entrevista con una autora: Lilliam Rivera

    Lilliam Rivera es becaria MacDowell y autora galardonada de ocho obras de ficción: cuatro novelas juveniles, tres libros para jóvenes y una novela gráfica para DC Comics. Sus libros han recibido el…

  • Author Scott Thomas and his latest novel, Midwestern Gothic

    Entrevista con un autor: Scott Thomas

    Scott Thomas es el autor nominado al premio Stoker de Kill Creek, seleccionado por el comité de lectores de la Asociación Americana de Bibliotecas como el mejor libro de terror de 2017, y de Violet…

  • Author Dan Kois and his latest novel, Hampton Heights

    Entrevista con un autor: Dan Kois

    Dan Kois es escritor, editor y podcaster en Slate, donde su trabajo ha sido nominado a dos Premios Nacionales de Revistas y dos Premios del Sindicato de Escritores. Es autor de la novela "Vintage…

  • Author Peng Shepherd and her latest novel, All This & More

    Entrevista con un autor: Peng Shepherd

    Peng Shepherd nació y creció en Phoenix, Arizona, y ha vivido en Pekín, Kuala Lumpur, Londres, Nueva York y Ciudad de México. Su segunda novela, Los Cartógrafos, se convirtió en un éxito de ventas…

  • Author Hildur Knútsdóttir and her latest novel, The Night Guest

    Entrevista con un autor: Hildur Knútsdóttir

    Hildur Knútsdóttir nació en Reikiavik, Islandia, en 1984. Ha vivido en España, Alemania y Taiwán, y estudió literatura y escritura creativa en la Universidad de Islandia. Escribe ficción para adultos…


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...
  • Cover image for Conventionally Yours

    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...