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Rereading The Opposite of Art by Athol Dickson

A novel must meet certain criteria to become one of my all-time favorites. I must reread it, and the rereading must feel similar to my first experience reading the novel. I will write upfront that The Opposite of Art by Athol Dickson passed my criteria for an all-time...

Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 162: Widdershins by Charles de Lint

True love, when it is meant to be, will always unite two people, no matter how long the journey. Jilly Coppercorn and Geordie Riddell, two beloved characters from Charles de Lint’s Newford contemporary fantasy series, are the focus of this story. Their story is...

Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 161: Spirits in the Wires by Charles de Lint

I can’t recall reading any novels that blend contemporary urban fantasy with the internet. I realize the internet, now a mature technology over three decades old, is no longer the cultural novelty it once was, despite our continued immersion in the social media age....

Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 152: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“A novel? Goodness, Nurieta…. The novel is dead and buried. A friend of mine who has just arrived from New York was telling me only the other day Americans are inventing something called television, which will be like the cinema, only at home. There’ll be no more need...

Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 143: The Locked Room (New York Trilogy #3) by Paul Auster

Can you find your true self in living out your best friend's wishes? The narrator of The Locked Room, the last novel in Paul Auster’s innovative New York Trilogy, attempts to answer that question. A man named Fanshawe has gone missing, leaving his wife, child, and a...

Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 142: Ghosts (New York Trilogy #2) by Paul Auster

Ghosts is the second novel in Paul Auster's innovative New York Trilogy. As a tribute, I've decided to revisit his most celebrated work and share my impressions after three decades later after since my initial reading. Blue, a private detective, has been commissioned...

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