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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Anthony Horowitz and his latest book, Marble Hall Murders

    Entrevista con un autor: Anthony Horowitz

    Anthony Horowitz es uno de los escritores más prolíficos y exitosos del Reino Unido, único en su actividad tanto en ficción para adultos como para jóvenes, televisión, teatro y periodismo. Varias de…

  • Author Tochi Onyebuchi and his latest novel, Harmattan Season

    Entrevista con un autor: Tochi Onyebuchi

    Tochi Onyebuchi es el autor de Goliath, finalista de los Premios Locus y Dragon; la novela juvenil Beasts Made of Night, ganadora del Premio Ilube Nommo a la Mejor Novela de Ficción Especulativa de un…

  • Author Michael Seth Starr and his latest book, Nothin' Comes Easy: The Life of Rodney Dangerfield

    Entrevista con un autor: Michael Seth Starr

    Michael Seth Starr cubrió la televisión en el New York Post como reportero, columnista, crítico y editor durante más de 28 años. Ha escrito una filmografía de Peter Sellers y biografías de Don Rickles…

  • Author Kate Maruyama and her latest novel, Alterations

    Entrevista con una autora: Kate Maruyama

    Kate Maruyama creció leyendo y alimentándose del cine en un pequeño pueblo de Nueva Inglaterra. Es autora de The Collective, Harrowgate y Bleak Houses. Escribe, enseña, cocina y come en Los Ángeles…

  • Author Ava Morgyn and her latest novel, The Bane Witch

    Entrevista con una autora: Ava Morgyn

    Ava Morgyn creció enamorándose de los personajes equivocados en las historias equivocadas, y luego estudió Escritura Inglesa y Retórica en la Universidad de St. Edward. Es una amante de la brujería…

  • Poet Karen Rigby and latest collection of poems, Fabulosa

    Entrevista con una poeta: Karen Rigby

    Karen Rigby es la autora de Chinoiserie, ganadora del Premio de Poesía Sawtooth en 2011. Becaria de literatura del Fondo Nacional para las Artes, sus poemas se han publicado en revistas como The…

  • Author Aimee Pokwatka and his first novel, Knife Skills For Beginners

    Entrevista con un autor: Orlando Murrin

    Tras su salto a la fama culinaria en el programa Masterchef de la BBC, Orlando Murrin se convirtió en editor de la revista BBC Good Food antes de fundar una posada gastronómica en el suroeste de…


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...
  • Cover image for Under the Rainbow

    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...
  • Cover image for Oona Out of Order

    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...