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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Elizabeth Little and her latest book, Pretty as a Picture

    Interview With an Author: Elizabeth Little

    Elizabeth Little is the author of Dear Daughter, which won the Strand Critics Award for Best First Novel, and two works of nonfiction, Biting the Wax Tadpole and Trip of the Tongue. She lives in Los…

  • Author and chemist, Dr. Kathryn Harkup and her latest book, Death By Shakespeare

    Interview With an Author: Kathryn Harkup

    Dr. Kathryn Harkup is a chemist and author. She completed a doctorate on her favorite chemicals, phosphines, and went on to further postdoctoral research before realizing that talking, writing, and…

  • Author Zen Cho and her latest novel, The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

    Interview With an Author: Zen Cho

    Zen Cho is the author of the Sorcerer to the Crown, The True Queen, as well as the short story collection Spirits Abroad. She is a Hugo, Crawford and British Fantasy Award winner, and a finalist for…

  • Maggie Tokuda-Hall and her debut novel, The Mermaid, The Witch and The Sea

    Interview With an Author: Maggie Tokuda-Hall

    Maggie Tokuda-Hall is the author of the Parent's Choice Gold Medal-winning picture book, Also an Octopus, illustrated by Benji Davies. She lives in Oakland, California, with her husband, son, and…

  • Author Rebecca Serle and her latest novel, In Five Years

    Interview With an Author: Rebecca Serle

    Rebecca Serle is an author and television writer who lives in Los Angeles. Serle co-developed the hit TV adaptation of her YA series Famous in Love, and is also the author of The Dinner List, and YA…

  • Books by authors that were influenced by Octavia Butler

    Octavia’s Influence

    This month is not only the first anniversary of the Octavia Lab at the Central Library, a do-it-yourself studio space, but also Octavia E. Butler’s birthday on June 22. During this time we are…

  • Author Celia Laskey and first book Under the Rainbow

    Interview With an Author: Celia Laskey

    Celia Laskey's work has appeared in Guernica, The Minnesota Review, and other places. She has an MFA from the University of New Mexico and was a finalist in Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for New…

  • Author Annabeth Albert and her latest novel, Conventionally Yours

    Interview With an Author: Annabeth Albert

    When she’s not adding to her keeper shelf, Annabeth Albert is a multi-published Pacific Northwest romance writer. Her popular LGBTQ+ romances include several fan-favorite and critically acclaimed…

  • Author John Scalzi and his latest novel, The Last Emperox

    Interview With an Author: John Scalzi

    John Scalzi is a New York Times bestselling and award-winning speculative fiction author whose work has been translated into more than 20 languages. He has also worked as a creative consultant for the…

  • Author Marie Benedict with her latest novel, Lady Clementine

    Interview With an Author: Marie Benedict

    Marie Benedict is a lawyer with more than ten years’ experience as a litigator at two of the country’s premier law firms and for Fortune 500 companies. She is a LibraryReads Hall of Fame Recipient and…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Book cover for To kill a mockingbird

    TEST: To Kill a Mockingbird

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  • Cover image for Another Fine Mess

    Another Fine Mess

    埃文斯殯儀館的歷史幾乎與它所在的德克薩斯州東南部小鎮一樣悠久。這是一家世代相傳的家族企業,由埃文斯家的女性掌管並傳承至今。現任家族女家長杜西是皮伊的女兒,皮伊在十八年前神秘失蹤…
  • Cover image for Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

    Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

    • By: Schwab, Victoria
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    2020年,V.E. Schwab向讀者介紹了艾迪·拉魯,一位在18世紀初法國為了逃避不情願的婚姻而與魔鬼達成交易的年輕女子。在《艾迪拉魯的隱形人生》中,Schwab跟隨艾迪的腳步,穿越數個世紀,見證了艾迪如何憑藉自己的機智和堅強的意志,塑造…
  • Cover image for Good Dirt

    Good Dirt

    • By: Wilkerson, Charmaine
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    埃博尼「艾比」弗里曼十歲那年,她親眼目睹了一起入室搶劫案,這場搶劫案最終導致她十五歲的哥哥巴茲被槍殺,一件價值連城的家族傳家寶也被毀壞。而艾比出身於一個顯赫的黑人家庭…
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    But Not Too Bold

    達莉婭的生活在那天早晨徹底改變了。那天早上,女傭發現了一張打字紙條,上面寫著:「緊急,黎明前僱用新的鑰匙保管員!」任性莊園裡的每個人都知道這張紙條的含義,也知道是誰寫的。它的作者是任性莊園的女主人,安娜特瑪夫人,一個體型龐大的蜘蛛人…
  • Cover image for The Murder of Mr. Ma

    The Murder of Mr. Ma

    • By: Nee, John Shen Yen, Rozan, SJ
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    1924年的倫敦,靦腆的年輕學者老舍受邀前往數學家伯特蘭·羅素的家。到達後,羅素解釋說,他的朋友兼同事狄仁傑法官被誤認為是與一群中國煽動者一同被捕。羅素擔心如果狄仁傑的身份…
  • Cover image for The Lost Story

    The Lost Story

    • By: Shaffer, Meg
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    十五年前,傑里米和拉爾夫在西維吉尼亞州紅鴉州立森林參加學年結束的實地考察時失蹤了。前一刻他們還在,下一刻就消失了。森林被反覆搜尋,但始終沒有找到兩個男孩的任何蹤跡。而且…
  • Cover image for Arthur and Teddy are Coming Out

    Arthur and Teddy are Coming Out

    亞瑟·愛德華茲一生都生活在英格蘭北部的小鎮諾斯布里奇。他在那裡長大,在那裡遇到了他的妻子瑪德琳,並與她結婚。瑪德琳和他在諾斯布里奇養育了他們的兩個孩子,伊麗莎白和帕特里克。和大多數小鎮一樣,無論…