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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • C.L. Polk and their book Even Though I Knew the End

    Entrevista con un autor: CL Polk

    CL Polk (ellos/ellas) escribió la serie nominada al Hugo, El Ciclo de Kingston, incluyendo la ganadora del Premio WFA, Witchmark. El Pacto de Medianoche fue finalista de Canada Reads, Nebula, Locus…

  • Author Leigh Bardugo and her latest novel, Hell Bent

    Entrevista con un autor: Leigh Bardugo

    Leigh Bardugo es una autora número 1 en ventas del New York Times y creadora del Grishaverso (ahora una serie original de Netflix), que abarca la trilogía Sombra y Hueso, la duología Seis de Cuervos…

  • Author Ryan North and his latest book, How to Take Over the World

    Entrevista con un autor: Ryan North

    Ryan North es un autor superventas del New York Times, cuyos libros incluyen Cómo inventarlo todo, Romeo y/o Julieta y Ser o no ser. Es el creador de Dinosaur Comics y el escritor ganador del Premio…

  • Author Natalie Haynes and her latest novel, Stone Blind

    Entrevista con una autora: Natalie Haynes

    Natalie Haynes es autora de siete libros, entre ellos "Mil Barcos", un éxito de ventas nacional y preseleccionado para el Premio Femenino de Ficción de 2020, y el libro de no ficción "La Jarra de…

  • Author Jacqueline Holland and her first novel, The God of Endings

    Entrevista con una autora: Jacqueline Holland

    Jacqueline Holland tiene una maestría en Bellas Artes de la Universidad de Kansas. Su trabajo ha aparecido en Hotel Amerika y la revista Big Fiction, entre otras. Vive en las Ciudades Gemelas con su…

  • Author Jane Yolen and her latest novel, The Scarlet Circus

    Entrevista con una autora: Jane Yolen

    Jane Yolen es autora de más de cuatrocientos libros, entre ficción infantil, poesía, cuentos, novelas gráficas, no ficción, fantasía y ciencia ficción. Entre sus publicaciones se incluyen Owl Moon…

  • Author Matt Ruff and his latest book, The Destroyer of Worlds: A Return to Lovecraft Country

    Entrevista con un autor: Matt Ruff

    Matt Ruff es autor de las novelas 88 Nombres, Lovecraft Country, Bad Monkeys, El Espejismo, Pon esta casa en orden, El loco en la colina y Alcantarillado, Gas y Electricidad: La trilogía de las obras…

  • Author Victor LaValle and his latest book, The Ballad of Black Tom

    Entrevista con un autor: Victor LaValle

    Victor LaValle es autor de siete obras de ficción y tres novelas gráficas. Sus libros han ganado el Premio Mundial de Fantasía, el Premio Británico de Fantasía, el Premio Bram Stoker, el Premio Dragón…

  • Author Dahlia Adler and her latest book, At Midnight: 15 Beloved Fairy Tales Reimagined

    Entrevista con una autora: Dahlia Adler

    Dahlia Adler es editora de matemáticas de día, bloguera literaria de noche y escritora en cada momento libre. Es editora de las antologías His Hideous Heart y That Way Madness Lies, y autora, más…

  • Author James Ramos and his latest book, The Wrong Kind of Weird

    Entrevista con un autor: James Ramos

    James Ramos (él/ellos) es un nativo de Minnesota no binario, sin complejos, que ahora considera a Arizona su hogar. Criado con una dieta constante de ciencia ficción, cómics y literatura clásica…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for Steel Crow Saga

    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...
  • Cover image for The Secret Life of Sam Holloway

    The Secret Life of Sam Holloway

    • By: Thomas, Rhys
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Sam Holloway is a good guy, who is kind and thoughtful, with a stable, but not terribly exciting, job with an electronic parts distributor. He meets up with a couple of friends several nights a week at a local pub, where they talk about comics, movies, videogames and what it...
  • Cover image for The Monster of Elendhaven

    The Monster of Elendhaven

    • By: Giesbrecht, Jennifer
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A young man washes up in a harbor with no knowledge of who he is or where he came from. He doesn’t even have a name. He is tall, with dark hair and pale skin. He also possesses a strong sense of survival, driving him to do whatever is necessary...
  • Cover image for The Ruby Slippers of Oz: Thirty Years Later

    The Ruby Slippers of Oz: Thirty Years Later

    • By: Thomas, Rhys
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    “Keep tight inside of them. Their magic must be very powerful, or she wouldn't want them so badly," said Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, talking about the ruby slippers.In L. Frank Baum’s children’s novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the magic shoes worn by the Wicked Witch of the East...
  • Cover image for The Survival of Margaret Thomas

    The Survival of Margaret Thomas

    • By: Howison, Del
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The Western has been an established genre of fiction for well over a hundred years. In the early to mid20th century, Western fiction grew in popularity, largely driven by similarly themed motion pictures and television programs. In the 1970s, however, the genre began to fall out of favor with the...
  • Cover image for Red, White & Royal Blue

    Red, White & Royal Blue

    • By: McQuiston, Casey
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Alex Claremont-Diaz is the 21-year-old First Son Of The United States (FSOTUS). He has lived in the White House with his older sister, June (FDOTUS) for the last three years, during his mother’s first term in office. He is a media darling, being continually followed, photographed and dissected by the...
  • Cover image for The Reign of the Kingfisher: A Novel

    The Reign of the Kingfisher: A Novel

    • By: Martinson, T. J.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The first appearance of Batman was in Detective Comics in the Spring of 1939, making 2019 the character’s 80th anniversary. Batman is a sharp contrast to most “superheroes” in that he possesses no “super” powers. His prowess, whether physical or intellectual, comes from rigorous training and study. He patrols the...
  • Cover image for Magic for Liars: A Novel

    Magic for Liars: A Novel

    • By: Gailey, Sarah
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    When Sylvia Capley, the Health instructor at Osthorne Academy for Young Mages, is found in the school library bisected from head to toe, cleanly down the middle, the National Mage Investigative Service (NMIS) concludes that her death was an accident, a spell gone wrong. The Headmaster of the school doesn’t...
  • Cover image for The Lost History of Dreams: A Novel

    The Lost History of Dreams: A Novel

    • By: Waldherr, Kris
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    When famous, and some would claim infamous, poet Hugh de Bonne dies unexpectedly, his last remaining family relations are called upon to enact his final request. De Bonne wishes to be buried on the moors near Shropshire, in a chapel of stained glass he had built 16 years earlier as...
  • Cover image for Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You

    Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You

    • By: Moore, Scotto
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    It’s happened to all of us. You hear a song and it instantly raises your spirits. Or, you hear a different song and it instantly makes you feel melancholy. Some music makes you want to move, while other music makes you want to relax and be still. Something reminds you...