Sometimes in reading a novel for the second time, you will not get the same feeling when you read it previously. This is the case for Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata. Snow Country is considered to being Kawabata's masterpiece. And for many reasons, I agree with...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 69: Silver Surfer #1 (1968) by Stan Lee & John Buscema
by MHill | Dec 25, 2020 | 2020 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Wisdom of Kammbia Story Review
As a teenager, I had a huge comic book collection. It was mostly Marvel and DC Comics with a few independent comic book publishers like Image, Dark Horse, and Valiant Comics. I read Avengers, Green Lantern Mosaic, Green Arrow, The Spectre, Sandman, and Icon (from...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 68: The Spy Who Came In From The Cold by John Le Carre
by MHill | Dec 24, 2020 | 2020 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Rereading Series, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
John Le Carre passed away earlier this month. I posted on social media my respects and fondness for The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, the only Le Carre novel I had read. I was going to read A Perfect Spy in honor of his death. However, I got about fifty pages into...
Marion’s Favorites: Marion’s Favorite Reads of 2020
by MHill | Dec 22, 2020 | 2020 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
2020 is mercifully coming to a close, and it has been probably one of the most challenging years that I can remember. A global pandemic. A contentious American presidential election. Big time celebrity deaths. So on and so on. Reading has been choppy. However, I...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 67: Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey
by MHill | Dec 17, 2020 | 2020 Book Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Sometimes going down an internet rabbit's hole can lead you to an author you had never thought to read before. This is the scenario with Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey. Every time I go to my local used bookstore here in San Antonio, I see many of the McCaffrey...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 66: Brown Girl In The Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
by MHill | Dec 6, 2020 | 2020 Book Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Nalo Hopkinson is an author I have wanted to read for a long time. I have seen her novels over the years but had not gotten around to reading one until now. Hopkinson tends to get overlooked in the current trend of black authors writing science fiction or fantasy. I...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 65: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
by MHill | Nov 27, 2020 | 2020 Book Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Sometimes you can listen to an author explain what made them write a novel and it changes your mind about reading that book. This was the case for A Wizard of Earthsea, the first book of Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. Leguin. I recently watched the documentary called...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 64: Memoir From Antproof Case by Mark Helprin
by MHill | Nov 23, 2020 | 2020 Book Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Mark Helprin has written two of my favorite novels: Winter's Tale (In my top 5 novels) & A Soldier of the Great War (In my top 20 novels). I had been looking forward to reading another Helprin novel for a long time. I remembered when Memoir From Antproof Case came...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 63: The Practice by Seth Godin
by MHill | Nov 21, 2020 | 2020 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Seth Godin is becoming one of my favorite public thinkers. I read his blog daily and listen to his podcast, Akimbo, as often I can. Also, I have read several of his books like Tribes, Permission Marketing, and This Is Marketing. He's had a pulse on the business...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 62: The Ancient Child by N. Scott Momaday
by MHill | Nov 10, 2020 | 2020 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
I have shared many times on this blog I read for story, characters, setting, and what an author is trying to say about life. Story is my reading language. I don't put down many books once I read them. However, if there's no story, I'm out as a reader. I will admit...