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Daryl M.

Librarian


Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Susanna Hoffs and her first novel, This Bird Has Flown

    Entrevista con una autora: Susanna Hoffs

    Con una de las voces más queridas del pop, Susanna Hoffs se graduó en Arte en la Universidad de California en Berkeley. En 1981, cofundó The Bangles, con quienes grabó y lanzó una serie de sencillos…

  • Author Christopher Huang and his latest novel, Unnatural Ends

    Entrevista con un autor: Christopher Huang

    Christopher Huang creció en Singapur, hijo único en un árbol genealógico que se expande drásticamente en la generación de sus padres. Se mudó a Canadá después del Servicio Militar Nacional, estudió…

  • Author Rose Wilding and her debut novel, Speak of the Devil

    Entrevista con una autora: Rose Wilding

    Rose Wilding es una escritora de novela negra del norte de Inglaterra. Estudió en la Universidad de Manchester, la Universidad de Sunderland y la Universidad de Towson. Cuando no está asesinando…

  • Author J.R. Dawson and her first novel, The First Bright Thing

    Entrevista con un autor: JR Dawson

    JR Dawson (ella/ellos) ha publicado obras cortas en revistas como F&SF, Lightspeed y The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy. Vive en Omaha con su esposo y tres perros en medio de un parque…

  • Author Meg Shaffer and her debut novel, The Wishing Game

    Entrevista con una autora: Meg Shaffer

    Meg Shaffer es profesora de escritura creativa a tiempo parcial y candidata a tiempo completo a un Máster en Bellas Artes en Televisión y Guion en Stephens College, Columbia, Misuri. Encuéntrala en…

  • C. E. McGill and their novel Our Hideous Progeny

    Entrevista con un autor: CE McGill

    CE McGill tiene 23 años, nació en Escocia y creció en Carolina del Norte. Sus relatos cortos han aparecido en Fantasy Magazine y Strange Constellations, y ha sido dos veces finalista del Premio Dell a…

  • Author Colin Cotterill and his latest novel, The Motion Picture Teller

    Entrevista con un autor: Colin Cotterill

    Colin Cotterill es autor de quince libros de la serie Dr. Siri Paiboun. Su obra de ficción ha ganado un Premio Dilys y un CWA Dagger in the Library. Vive en Chumphon, Tailandia, con su esposa y varios…

  • Marjorie McCown and her book

    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 Thomas Mullen and his latest novel, Blind Spots

    Entrevista con un autor: Thomas Mullen

    Thomas Mullen es el autor de renombre internacional de seis novelas anteriores: El último pueblo de la Tierra, Las numerosas muertes de los hermanos Luciérnaga, Los revisionistas, Darktown, Hombres…


Reviews by Daryl M.

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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...
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    Steel Crow Saga

    • By: Krueger, Paul
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A prince, a soldier, a detective, and a thief. Four very different people, with very different histories and experiences. There are two things that they all share: they have survived the war that just ended, and during that war they have all suffered significant losses. Over the course of a...