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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 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...
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    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...
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    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...