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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Kate Moore and her first novel, Only A Monster

    Entrevista con una autora: Vanessa Len

    Vanessa Len es una autora australiana de ascendencia chino-malaya y maltesa. Editora educativa, ha trabajado en diversos ámbitos, desde programas de aprendizaje de idiomas hasta recursos STEM y…

  • Author Edward Ashton and his latest novel, Mickey7

    Entrevista con un autor: Edward Ashton

    Edward Ashton es autor de las novelas Tres días de abril y El fin de lo ordinario, así como de relatos cortos que han aparecido en publicaciones que van desde el boletín de una empresa italiana de…

  • Author Sequoia Nagamatsu and his debut novel, How High We Go in the Dark

    Entrevista con un autor: Sequoia Nagamatsu

    Sequoia Nagamatsu es un escritor japonés-estadounidense y editor jefe de Psychopomp Magazine, una revista trimestral en línea dedicada a la prosa innovadora. Originario de Hawái y del área de la Bahía…

  • Author Alex Segura and his latest novel, Secret Identity

    Entrevista con un autor: Alex Segura

    Alex Segura es el autor de Star Wars Poe Dameron: Caída Libre y la aclamada serie de misterio de Pete Fernández. También ha escrito varios cómics, entre los que destacan la novela negra de superhéroes…

  • Author Freya Marske and her debut novel, A Marvellous Light

    Entrevista con una autora: Freya Marske

    Freya Marske es una de las copresentadoras de Be the Serpent, un podcast nominado al Premio Hugo sobre ciencia ficción y fantasía, fandom y tropos literarios. Su obra se ha vendido a Analog y ha sido…

  • Author Andrea Hairston and her latest novel, Redwood and Wildfire

    Entrevista con una autora: Andrea Hairston

    Andrea Hairston es novelista, ensayista, dramaturga y directora artística de Chrysalis Theatre. Es autora de Mindscape, preseleccionado para los premios Phillip K. Dick y de otros premios, y ganador…

  • Journalist and editor, Eliza Reid and her first book, Secrets of the Sprakkar

    Entrevista con una autora: Eliza Reid

    Eliza Reid es periodista, editora y cofundadora del Retiro Anual de Escritores de Islandia. Eliza creció en una granja de recreo cerca de Ottawa, Canadá, y se mudó a Islandia en 2003, cinco años…

  • Author Eva Jurczyk and her first novel, The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections

    Entrevista con una autora: Eva Jurczyk

    Eva Jurczyk es escritora y bibliotecaria y reside en Toronto. Ha escrito para Jezebel, The Awl, The Rumpus y Publishers Weekly. El Departamento de Libros Raros y Colecciones Especiales es su primera…

  • Author Marie Rutkoski and her first novel, Real Easy

    Entrevista con una autora: Marie Rutkoski

    Nacida en Illinois, Marie Rutkoski se graduó de la Universidad de Iowa y la Universidad de Harvard. Es profesora de literatura inglesa en el Brooklyn College y autora de libros infantiles y juveniles…

  • Author Joseph Knox and his latest novel, True Crime Story

    Entrevista con un autor: Joseph Knox

    Joseph Knox nació y creció en Manchester, Inglaterra, y sus alrededores, donde trabajó en bares y librerías antes de mudarse a Londres. Su primera novela, Sirenas, la primera de la trilogía de Aidan…


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...