After reading and reviewing my latest book review, The Sparrow, I have bought several copies this past week and given them away to friends urging them to read this novel. First of all, I would like to thank everyone who posted kind words about that review. Getting...
Book Review 34: The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
by MHill | Jan 14, 2013 | 2012 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books
Have you ever read a book that you knew instantly you should have read years ago? I knew it after reading the first chapter of The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell. I was working at a mom-and-pop bookstore in Santa Fe, NM in 1996 when this novel was published. I...
Wisdom of Kammbia 3.13: An Inspirational Message For the New Year
by MHill | Jan 1, 2013 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Writing
Since, this is the first blog post of the new year. I thought I would share an inspirational message. I heard this on a radio interview a couple of nights ago: "Graham Greene, the great novelist, wrote a page a day everyday. After he wrote his page, he spent the rest...
Wisdom of Kammbia 3.12: Marion’s 2012 Book Reviews Year In Review
by MHill | Dec 29, 2012 | 2012 Book Reviews, Book Reviews
The end of 2012 has come and the world didn't end...those Mayans! LOL! Anyway, I've decided to create my own list of the books I've read and reviewed for the blog in 2012. I had a good year reading and looking forward to fulfilling my reading resolution in 2013....
Wisdom of Kammbia 3.11: Marion’s Bakers Dozen of Reviews for 2013
by MHill | Dec 19, 2012 | 2013 Book Reviews, Book Reviews
We have come to the end of an another year. I have read a lot of books and reviewed quite a few for the blog in 2012. However, I will post an end of the year review on those books in a few days. Moreover, I'm lining up my books to read and review for the blog for...
Wisdom of Kammbia 3.10: For Those Who Are Angry At God After Yesterday’s Tragedy
by MHill | Dec 15, 2012 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column
There are many people who are angry with God today. Both believers and non-believers are angry with the Lord because of what happened yesterday in Connecticut. The atheists, agnostics, and other non-believers are saying, "How could we believe in the God of the Bible...
Book Review 33: The Child Goddess by Louise Marley
by MHill | Dec 11, 2012 | 2012 Book Reviews, Book Reviews
Can you judge a book by its cover? Well, this old adage was put to the test by me in reading The Child Goddess by Louise Marley. I was perusing at our local used bookstore here in San Antonio and made it to the science-fiction section to see this striking cover of a...
Habakkuk 3:1-19 (Habakkuk’s Prayer)
by MHill | Dec 8, 2012 | Books of the Bible, Study of Habakkuk
O Lord, I have heard the report of you, and your work, O Lord, do I fear. In the midst of the years revive it; in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy. God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. His splendor covered the heavens,...
Habakkuk 1:12-2:20 (His 2nd Complaint and God’s Response)
by MHill | Dec 1, 2012 | Books of the Bible, Study of Habakkuk
Are you from everlasting O Lord my God, my Holy One We shall not die O Lord, you have ordained them as a judgment And you, O'Rock have established them for reproof You who are of purer eyes than to see evil And cannot look at wrong Why do you idly look at traitors And...
Habakkuk 1:2-11(The 1st Complaint and God’s Response)
by MHill | Nov 24, 2012 | Books of the Bible, Study of Habakkuk
O Lord, how long shall I cry for help and you will not hear? Or cry to you Violence! and you will not save? Why do make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise. So the law is paralyzed,...