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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Cory Doctorow and his novel Radicalized

    Entrevista con un autor: Cory Doctorow

    Cory Doctorow es coeditor de Boing Boing (una revista, blog y directorio de cosas maravillosas, galardonado), consultor especial de la Electronic Frontier Foundation, investigador asociado del Media…

  • Scotto Moore and his novel, Your Favorite Band Can Not Save You

    Entrevista con un autor: Scotto Moore

    Scotto Moore es un dramaturgo de Seattle cuyas obras incluyen varias obras de ficción especulativa. También es el creador de la serie cómica web The Coffee Table, sobre una pareja que descubre que su…

  • Author Brigid Kemmerer and her latest book, A Curse So Dark and Lonely

    Entrevista con una autora: Brigid Kemmerer

    Brigid Kemmerer es la autora superventas del New York Times de Más de lo que podemos contar, Cartas a los perdidos y la serie Elementales. Nació en Omaha, Nebraska, aunque sus padres la trasladaron…

  • Mallory O’Meara and her debut book, The Lady from The Black Lagoon

    Entrevista con una autora: Mallory O'Meara

    Mallory O'Meara es productora de cine y copresentadora del podcast "Reading Glasses". También es una aficionada de toda la vida al terror clásico. En su debut como autora, O'Meara revela la larga y…

  • French novelist Amanda Sthers

    Entrevista con una autora: Amanda Sthers

    Amanda Sthers nació en París y ahora reside en Los Ángeles. Es autora de diez novelas superventas, y su primera película en inglés, Madame, se estrenó en Estados Unidos en 2018. El gobierno francés la…

  • Author Marie Benedict and her latest novel, The Only Women in the Room

    Entrevista con una autora: Marie Benedict

    Marie Benedict es abogada con más de diez años de experiencia como litigante en dos de los despachos de abogados más prestigiosos del país. Se graduó con honores en Historia e Historia del Arte por el…

  • Author Arwen Elys Dayton and her latest book Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful

    Entrevista con una autora: Arwen Elys Dayton

    Arwen Elys Dayton es la autora superventas del thriller egipcio de ciencia ficción Resurrección y de la serie de futuro cercano Buscador, ambientada en Escocia y Hong Kong. Dedica meses a investigar…

  • Author Stuart Turton and his debut novel, The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

    Entrevista con un autor: Stuart Turton

    Stuart Turton es un periodista independiente que vive en el oeste de Londres con su esposa e hija. No se puede confiar en Stuart, en el mejor sentido de la palabra. Las 7½ muertes de Evelyn Hardcastle…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea

    The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea

    • By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A young noblewoman is betrothed by her parents into an unwanted, arranged marriage. A young pirate struggles to survive and protect his brother from the dangers inherent in the life they have been forced to live. A mermaid is captured and threatened with death because her blood, when drunk, allows...
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    Conventionally Yours

    • By: Annabeth Albert
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A common theme in novels, motion pictures and television is the fine line between love and hate. One only has to look at William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew (or it’s modern reincarnation 1999’s Ten Things I Hate About You) for an example of supposed loathing turning to love...
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    Under the Rainbow

    • By: Celia Laskey
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In a recent survey, the small town of Big Burr, Kansas has earned the title of “most homophobic town in the U.S.”  The non-profit that conducted the survey, Acceptance Across America (AAA), determines that the appropriate response to their findings is to send a task force to Big Burr. They...
  • Cover image for Upright Women Wanted

    Upright Women Wanted

    • By: Gailey, Sarah
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Esther just watched her best friend die. Beatriz was found to be in possession of “inappropriate” materials, and for that she was hanged in the town square. Esther’s father spoke from the podium about the dangers of “deviance” all the while keeping his eyes locked on Esther.  Beatriz’s death was a...
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    Oona Out of Order

    • By: Montimore, Margarita
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Imagine it is New Year’s Eve, 1982. Oona is 18 years old and will be 19 at midnight as the year changes to 1983. She has her whole life ahead of her, including the type of life altering “big decisions” that face everyone at that age. But, when Oona opens...
  • Cover image for Heart of Junk

    Heart of Junk

    • By: Geddes, Luke
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Hmm, what could the following all have in common: an aging antique mall in Wichita, Kansas, where well established and novice sellers are struggling to keep the doors open in the age of online shopping; a child beauty pageant queen who has mysteriously vanished; and the hosts of a phenomenally...
  • Cover image for Eight Perfect Murders: A Novel

    Eight Perfect Murders: A Novel

    • By: Swanson, Peter
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The owner of a Boston bookshop specializing in mysteries posts a list of books on the store’s blog. It is entitled “Eight Perfect Murders” and it lists the novels he feels have described unsolvable murders. These are murders in which the killers cannot be connected with their crimes. Years later...
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    Ormeshadow

    • By: Sharma, Priya
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    It is often stated that “The meek will inherit the earth.” While that is a nice sentiment, it is not affirmed by history. More often than not, those who hold their tongues and think before speaking, as well as those who avoid confrontation and violence to resolve conflict are the...
  • Cover image for Riot Baby

    Riot Baby

    • By: Onyebuchi, Tochi
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Ella has what she refers to as her Thing. It allows her to see things that have not yet happened. As a young girl growing up in Compton, California, this is more of a curse than a blessing. Ella is rarely happy by the future she sees. And, as she...
  • Cover image for Made things

    Made things

    • By: Tchaikovsky, Adrian, 1972-
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Coppelia is not quite a thief and not quite a con-artist. What she is, or could be if she were living a different life, is an artist. A builder who could create function and beauty from raw materials, but only in a different life. A life where her parents hadn’t...