One thing I have learned in the last few years of reading, that first impressions of a novel are not always accurate. Sometimes a second impression can give a novel a better chance of being read than the initial impression. This is the case for The Ballad of Black Tom...
Book Reviews
Marion's All-Time Favorite Novels
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Mr. Breakfast by Jonathan Caroll
Face of an Angel by Denise Chavez
The Little Country by Charles de Lint
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
Children of Earth & Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay
A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 166: The Famished Road by Ben Okri
"People who use only their eyes do not SEE. People who use only their ears do not HEAR. It is more difficult to love than to die. It is not death that human beings are most afraid of, it is love." These words come from the father of the protagonist, Azaro, in Ben...
Rereading Mr. Breakfast by Jonathan Carroll
In this rereading series, spanning several years, I’ve revisited books I initially read nearly a decade ago, sharing my thoughts on these second readings. My last rereading post was on the novel, A Wooden Sea by Jonathan Carroll, and my feelings upon that reread were...
Rereading The Wooden Sea by Jonathan Carroll
Jonathan Carroll is on the top tier of my favorite author's list. He occupies a space with Charles de Lint as the authors I have read the most throughout my adult reading life. I have reviewed seven Carroll novels since I started this blog in January 2011 and the...
Kammbia
Welcome to Kammbia.
Escape from your frazzled days.
Enter the world of Kammbia. A world divided. A world of vivid color and fantastical sights and sounds.
A realm where imagination draws you inside. A world where myth and legend intertwine effortlessly with a stark reality that draws strong parallels with our own society of today of imagination and spirituality.
Now, thanks to author Marion Hill—the creative mind behind the Kammbia novels—you too too can immerse yourself in Kammbian life.
Begin your journey into Kammbia below: