For those who have said, "It's only a story." Here's one of the best defenses against that phrase: “It’s only a story.” I’ve heard that sentence a lot of over the years. It seems that stories and those who tell them are considered to be second or even third class...
Book Review 92: Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
by MHill | Oct 2, 2016 | 2016 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Octavia Butler
There has not been a novel that caused such discomfort, challenge my assumptions, or made me defensive while reading like Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler. It is the sequel to Parable of the Sower and continues Lauren Olamina's quest to create a new religion,...
Book Review 91: Masterminds by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
by MHill | Aug 30, 2016 | 2016 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Retrieval Artist Series
Masterminds is the eighth and final book of the Anniversary Day Saga in the Retrieval Artist Series by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. All the threads of the previous seven books in the saga finally comes together as we find out who is the mastermind behind the Anniversary...
Book Review 90: Starbase Human by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
by MHill | Aug 21, 2016 | 2016 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Retrieval Artist Series
Can an old and dilapidated starbase be the key to solving the Moon's Anniversary Day Bombings and it's survival? Starbase Human, the seventh book in the Anniversary Day Saga of the Retrieval Artist Series, by Kristine Kathryn Rusch attempted to answer that question....
Book Review 89: Vigilantes by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
by MHill | Aug 6, 2016 | 2016 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Retrieval Artist Series
Reading a series you enjoy is like wearing your favorite part of shoes. They are a comfortable fit and make you smile every time you put them on. Well, the Retrieval Artist Series by Kristine Kathryn Rusch has given me that same kind of feeling and after 13 books...
Book Review 88: Independence Day by Richard Ford
by MHill | Jul 23, 2016 | 2016 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Does living through your "existence period" mean you are truly an independent human being? Richard Ford attempted to answer that question in Independence Day, the second novel in the critically acclaimed Frank Bascombe series. Last year, I reviewed The Sportswriter,...
Book Review 87: Breeder by K.B. Hoyle
by MHill | Jul 17, 2016 | 2016 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books
How would you feel when everything that you have been taught could be a lie? That question starts to get answered in Breeder, Book 1 of the Breeder Cycle, by K.B. Hoyle. Seventeen lives a perfect life as a breeder in the Sanctuary that is ruled by the New World...
Book Review 86: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
by MHill | Jul 3, 2016 | 2016 Book Reviews, Haruki Murakami, Marion's Favorite Books
Sometimes, there is a book that sits on your bookshelf for awhile that you have not read for one reason or another. When you walk over to your bookshelf to grab something to read, that book just sits waiting for its turn to be placed in your hands and the pages...
Wisdom of Kammbia 4.2: Why Do I Write?
by MHill | Jun 26, 2016 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Writing, Writing and Publishing Resources
It has been awhile since I wrote a blog post. However, I was asked recently by a close friend a question. I have thought about their question for several days and decided to write a blog post. Here's the question: Why Do I Write? Why I Write for 3 reasons: 1) I want...
Book Review 85: Awakening by Rebel Miller
by MHill | Jun 12, 2016 | 2016 Book Reviews
One of the joys in being a book review blogger is getting to review novels that are outside of your normal reading wheelhouse. Reading's greatest gift is the ability to take you to places that you have never visited, cultures that you are unfamiliar with, or ideas...