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Daryl M.

Librarian


Posts by Daryl M.

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

    Interview With an Author: Eva Jurczyk

    Eva Jurczyk is a writer and librarian living in Toronto. She has written for Jezebel, The Awl, The Rumpus, and Publishers Weekly. The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections is her first…

  • Author Marie Rutkoski and her first novel, Real Easy

    Interview With an Author: Marie Rutkoski

    Born in Illinois, Marie Rutkoski is a graduate of the University of Iowa and Harvard University. She is a professor of English literature at Brooklyn College and a New York Times bestselling author of…

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

    Interview With an Author: Joseph Knox

    Joseph Knox was born and raised in and around Manchester, England, where he worked in bars and bookshops before moving to London. His debut novel, Sirens, the first in the Aidan Waits trilogy, was a…

  • Author and movie critic Kim Newman and his latest novel, Something More Than Night

    Interview With an Author: Kim Newman

    Kim Newman is a popular and respected author and movie critic, known for his acclaimed alternate-history series, Anno Dracula. He writes regularly for Empire magazine and contributes to The Guardian…

  • Author Goldy Moldavsky and her latest book, The Mary Shelley Club

    Interview With an Author: Goldy Moldavsky

    Goldy Moldavsky was born in Lima, Peru, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where she lives with her family. She is the New York Times–bestselling author of Kill the Boy Band and No Good Deed. Some of…

  • Author Saraciea J. Fennell and her latest book, Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed

    Interview With an Author: Saraciea J. Fennell

    Saraciea J. Fennell is a Black Honduran writer and the founder of The Bronx is Reading. She is also a book publicist who has worked with many award-winning and New York Times bestselling authors…

  • Author Nicholas Meyer and his latest book, The Return of the Pharaoh

    Interview With an Author: Nicholas Meyer

    Nicholas Meyer is the author of three previous Sherlock Holmes novels, including The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, which was on the New York Times bestseller list for a year. He's a screenwriter and film…

  • Steven Reigns and his book, A Quilt fo David

    Interview With an Author: Steven Reigns

    Steven Reigns is a Los Angeles poet and educator and was appointed the first Poet Laureate of West Hollywood. Alongside over a dozen chapbooks, he has published the collections Inheritance, and Your…

  • Author Roshani Chokshi and her latest novel, Once More Upon a Time

    Interview With an Author: Roshani Chokshi

    Roshani Chokshi is the author of commercial and critically acclaimed books for middle grade and young adult readers that draw on world mythology and folklore. Her work has been nominated for the Locus…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for The Only Woman in the Room

    The Only Woman in the Room

    • By: Benedict, Marie,
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Hedy Lamarr was one of the most beautiful people to ever grace the silver screen - but that beauty was a double edged sword. While it opened doors and made her a movie star, it was often the only thing people saw. Lamarr’s beauty was so striking that people often...
  • Cover image for A Gentleman's Murder

    A Gentleman's Murder

    • By: Huang, Christopher.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In Great Britain, the years immediately following WWI were a period of great change. New technologies were finding their way into people’s everyday lives. Women began to voice their dissatisfaction with being essentially second-class citizens and unable to vote. And the men who survived serving in WWI returned to their...
  • Cover image for The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

    The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

    • By: Goss, Theodora
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Many classic horror novels, including Frankenstein, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde and The Island of Dr. Moreau, have almost no female characters. If there is a woman included, often she is relegated to being a servant or, more often, a victim. She is rarely featured as...
  • Cover image for A Closed and Common Orbit

    A Closed and Common Orbit

    • By: Chambers, Becky,
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Published last year, A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers is a breath of fresh air in the genre of science fiction. Sci-fi has long been languishing in multiple dystopian visions exploring just how wrong our world, and many others, could possibly go. A Long Way...