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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Cynthia Hand and her latest novel, The How and The Why

    Entrevista con una autora: Cynthia Hand

    Cynthia Hand es autora de varios libros para adolescentes, éxitos de ventas del New York Times, incluyendo la trilogía Unearthly, The Afterlife of Holly Chase, The Last Time We Say Goodbye y My Lady…

  • Peter Swanson and his latest book, Eight Perfect Murders

    Entrevista con un autor: Peter Swanson

    Peter Swanson es autor de seis novelas, entre ellas The Kind Worth Killing, ganadora del premio New England Society Book Award y finalista del CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger y Her Every Fear, libro del…

  • Author Sarah Gailey

    Entrevista con una autora: Sarah Gailey

    Sarah Gailey saltó a la fama en 2015 y, desde entonces, se ha convertido en una de las voces más agudas y divertidas de la cultura pop online. Colabora habitualmente en varios sitios web, incluyendo…

  • Luke Geddes and his debut novel, Heart of Junk

    Entrevista con un autor: Luke Geddes

    Luke Geddes es originario de Appleton, Wisconsin, y actualmente reside en Cincinnati, Ohio. Tiene un doctorado en literatura comparada y escritura creativa por la Universidad de Cincinnati. Es autor…

  • Ryan La Sala and his debut novel, Reverie

    Entrevista con un autor: Ryan La Sala

    Ryan La Sala creció en Connecticut, pero solo físicamente. Mentalmente, pasó la mayor parte de su infancia en los mundos de Sailor Moon y Xena: La Princesa Guerrera, lo que quizás explique todos sus…

  • Chris McCormick and his latest book, The Gimmicks

    Entrevista con un autor: Chris McCormick

    Chris McCormick es autor de una colección de cuentos, Desert Boys, ganadora del Premio Stonewall del Libro en 2017. Nacido en 1987 y criado en el desierto de Mojave, California, se graduó de la…

  • Tochi Onyebuchi and his adult fiction debut novel, Riot Baby

    Entrevista con un autor: Tochi Onyebuchi

    Tochi Onyebuchi es el autor de la novela juvenil "Beasts Made of Night", ganadora del Premio Ilube Nommo a la Mejor Novela de Ficción Especulativa de un Africano, su secuela, "Crown of Thunder", y…

  • Nicholas Meyer and his latest novel, The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols

    Entrevista con un autor: Nicholas Meyer

    Nicholas Meyer es un galardonado autor, guionista y director. Su obra creativa en publicaciones, cine y televisión abarca más de cinco décadas. Su última novela es "La aventura de los protocolos…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for Remarkably Bright Creatures

    Remarkably Bright Creatures

    • By: Van Pelt, Shelby
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    After her husband’s death, Tova Sullivan took a job cleaning the Sowell Bay Aquarium. She works evenings after the aquarium has closed to the public, mopping the floors, clearing the trash cans, and cleaning the glass walls of the exhibition tanks until they shine. As she works her way around...
  • Cover image for The Children on the Hill

    The Children on the Hill

    • By: McMahon, Jennifer
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Monster. The word brings to mind ugly, misshapen creatures wreaking havoc wherever they go. Perhaps the most famous monster is Frankenstein’s monster from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. It’s been over 200 years since the teenaged Shelley created one of the most enduring tales of all time. And over the last two...
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    Siren Queen

    On a whim, a young Chinese-American girl pays with an inch of her hair so that she and he sister can see Romeo and Juliet at the new nickelodeon in their neighborhood. From that moment on, she has a single desire: to be a motion picture star. Not simply an...
  • Cover image for Never Been Kissed

    Never Been Kissed

    • By: Janovsky, Timothy
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    As Wren Roland celebrates his 22nd birthday with his best friends and roommates, Mateo and Avery, he begins to lament the fact that he has never been kissed. He’s been close, but has yet to experience what his degree in film studies has convinced him will be a life-altering and...
  • Cover image for Only a Monster

    Only a Monster

    • By: Len, Vanessa
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Joan believes herself to be a typical teenager. She spends her summers in London visiting her maternal grandmother, while her father visits his family in Malaysia. During this visit, she has been volunteering at Holland House, a historic home and museum in Kensington. Holland House is where she met Nick...
  • Cover image for The Book Woman's Daughter

    The Book Woman's Daughter

    • By: Richardson, Kim Michele
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In 2019, Kim Michele Richardson told the story of Cussy Mary Carter and her work as a Pack Horse Librarian in The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. Now, in 2022,  Richardson returns to tell the next chapter in Cussy Mary’s story, which actually belongs to her daughter, in The Book...
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    One last stop

    • By: McQuiston, Casey
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A young woman on her way to her first day of classes at Brooklyn College spills coffee on herself just prior to boarding the subway. Another young woman on the train comes to her rescue with a scarf and a kind word. The next time the student boards the train...
  • Cover image for The Quarter Storm

    The Quarter Storm

    • By: Henry, Veronica G.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Vodou priestess Mambo Reina Dumond learned the practices and customs of Vodou as a child from her father, while her family was living in Haiti. She is inhabited by the spirit of Erzulie, which makes her a gifted practitioner of water magic. Reina operates a small business behind her home...
  • Cover image for One-Shot Harry

    One-Shot Harry

    • By: Phillips, Gary
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The year is 1963. Martin Luther King, Jr. is about to hold his Freedom Rally at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles; William H. Parker is Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department; John F. Kennedy is President of the United States; Pat Brown is the Governor of California; Gas is...
  • Cover image for The Fervor: A Novel

    The Fervor: A Novel

    Meiko is the Japanese wife of Jamie Briggs, a white US Air Force pilot fighting in World War II. Meiko, and her daughter Aiko, are “residents” of the Minidoka internment camp in Idaho. A few days ago, an unscheduled truck came to the camp. The residents are told to stay...