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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Gareth Brown and the cover of his book The Society of Unknowable Objects

    Interview With an Author: Gareth Brown

    Gareth Brown is the author of the international bestseller The Book of Doors. He wanted to be a writer from a very young age, and he completed his first novel as a teenager. For the last twenty years…

  • Direct Descendant book cover by Tanya Huff

    Interview With an Author: Tanya Huff

    Tanya Huff may have left Nova Scotia at three, and has lived most of her life since in Ontario, but she still considers herself a Maritimer. On the way to the idyllic rural existence she shares with…

  • Author Kathleen Kaufman and her latest novel, The Entirely True Story of the Fantastical Mesmerist Nora Grey

    Interview With an Author: Kathleen Kaufman

    Kathleen Kaufman is an author of magical realism and feminist gothic horror, exploring "the other" from "the other's" point of view, how the horror of the past manifests in the present, and the…

  • Author Sarah James and her latest novel, Last Stop Union Station

    Interview With an Author: Sarah James

    Sarah James is a graduate of the MFA Writing for Screen & Television program at USC and the BA Playwriting program at Fordham Lincoln Center. She currently works as a freelance writer. She is the…

  • Author Lincoln Michel and his latest novel, Metallic Realms

    Interview With an Author: Lincoln Michel

    Lincoln Michel's previous books are the story collection Upright Beasts and the novel The Body Scout, which was named one of the 10 Best Science Fiction Books of 2021 by The New York Times and one of…

  • Author Randee Dawn and her latest novel, The Only Song Worth Singing

    Interview With an Author: Randee Dawn

    Born in Virginia, raised in Maryland, Randee Dawn is now based in Brooklyn, working as an entertainment journalist. But after many years of toil and labor and not a small amount of luck, her humorous…

  • Author Olivia Waite and her latest novella, Murder By Memory

    Interview With an Author: Olivia Waite

    Olivia Waite writes queer science fiction, fantasy, historical romance, and essays. She is the romance fiction columnist for the New York Times Book Review. Her latest novella is Murder By Memory 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…
  • Cover image for But Not Too Bold

    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…