The Sportswriter by Richard Ford chronicles an Easter Weekend in the life of Frank Bascombe, a failed novelist turned sportswriter. Ford's breakout third novel grapples with the themes of grief, a failed career, and unhealthy relationships. Bascombe's story is told...
Book Review 64: The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
by MHill | May 12, 2015 | 2015 Book Reviews
One of the most surprising elements in being a book review blogger is how you can choose some books to review and how some books can choose you to review them. The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro became the latter instead of the former for me. I recently heard an...
Book Review 63: At Death’s Door by Astrid V. Tallaksen
by MHill | Apr 18, 2015 | 2015 Book Reviews
One of the best things about being a book review blogger is that you get a chance to read novels outside of your comfort zone. It is easy to read books by authors you love all the time and not make room for anything new or different. However, one of my personal...
Book Review 62: Duplicate Effort by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
by MHill | Mar 24, 2015 | 2015 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Retrieval Artist Series
There is always consequences when you try to take down the Moon's most powerful law firm. This is the dilemma that Retrieval Artist Miles Flint faces in Duplicate Effort: Book 7 of the Retrieval Artist Series by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Being a retrieval artist...
Book Review 61: Recovery Man by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
by MHill | Mar 14, 2015 | 2015 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Retrieval Artist Series
What if you found out that your child you thought was dead....might not be? And your ex-wife may have hidden this information from you? Those two questions creates the theme in Recovery Man (Book 6 of the Retrieval Artist Series) by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. For the...
Book Review 60: The Place of Voices by Lauren Lynch
by MHill | Feb 22, 2015 | 2015 Book Reviews
One of the benefits of doing reviews is that you get exposed to genres that you would not have considered reading in the past. In the past couple of years as a Book Review Blogger, I have decided to read young adult novels. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and Book 1 of...
Book Review 59: The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
by MHill | Feb 1, 2015 | 2015 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books
Can a marriage be saved even if you are doing God's will and serving him to the best of your ability? That is the main question I took from reading The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber. It's an interesting question that the novel tries to answer. I'm glad...