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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Tim Mason and his first adult novel, The Darwin Affair

    Interview With an Author: Tim Mason

    Tim Mason is a playwright whose work has been produced in New York and throughout the world. Among the awards he has received are a Kennedy Center Award, the Hollywood Drama-Logue Award, a fellowship…

  • Del Howison and his first novel, The Survival of Margaret Thomas

    Interview With an Author: Del Howison

    Del Howison is an award-winning editor, journalist, fiction author, and actor. He has been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award four times (and won it once), for the Black Quill Award twice, for the…

  • Author Casey McQuiston and her first novel, Red, White & Royal Blue

    Interview With an Author: Casey McQuiston

    Casey McQuiston grew up in the swamps of Southern Louisiana, where they cultivated an abiding love for honey butter biscuits and stories with big, beating hearts. They studied journalism and worked in…

  • Author Sarah Gailey and her novel, Magic For Liars

    Interview With an Author: Sarah Gailey

    Hugo award winner Sarah Gailey lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Their nonfiction has been published by Mashable and the Boston Globe, and their fiction has been published internationally…

  • Kris Waldherr and her book

    Interview With an Author: Kris Waldherr

    Kris Waldherr is an award-winning author, illustrator, and designer. She is a member of the Historical Novel Society, and her fiction has been awarded with fellowships by the Virginia Center of the…

  • Seanan McGuire and her book Middlegame

    Interview With an Author: Seanan McGuire

    Seanan McGuire is the award-winning author of the October Daye urban fantasy series, the InCryptid series, and the Wayward Children series. In addition, she writes darker fiction under the pseudonym…

  • Author Yangsze Choo and her latest novel, Smoke and Summons

    Interview With an Author: Charlie Holmberg

    Charlie N. Holmberg was raised a Trekkie alongside three sisters, who also have boy names, in Salt Lake City, UT. She plays the ukulele, owns too many pairs of glasses, and finally adopted a dog. Her…

  • T.J. Martinson and his debut novel, The Reign of the Kingfisher

    Interview With an Author: T.J. Martinson

    T.J. Martinson grew up just outside Chicago. He received his MA in literary studies from Eastern Illinois University and is currently working toward a Ph.D. at Indiana University Bloomington. The…

  • Anthony Horowitz and his latest Mystery series book, The Sentence is Death.

    Interview With an Author: Anthony Horowitz

    Anthony Horowitz is a prolific journalist and writer for television and the author of both young adult and adult literature. He has been commissioned by the Doyle and Fleming estates to write new…

  • Author Yangsze Choo and her latest novel, The Night Tiger

    Interview With an Author: Yangsze Choo

    Yangsze Choo is a fourth-generation Malaysian of Chinese descent. She is a graduate of Harvard University and the author of The Ghost Bride, which is currently being adapted by Netflix into a…


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…
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    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…