What happens when a woman leaves her former life behind in order to seek a spiritual awakening? Well, that's the scenario in the novel S. by John Updike. S stands for Sarah Worth, the main character in the novel. She is a New England housewife who decides to leave...
Book Review 17: The Transmigration of Timothy Archer by Philip K. Dick
by MHill | Jan 20, 2012 | 2012 Book Reviews, Book Reviews
Well, I finally decided to read one of Philip K. Dick's novels. Since he's one of the giants of the science-fiction genre and I'm a reader of it, I thought the time was right to check him out. Some of you would have told me to read either Man in the High Castle or...
Book Review 16: Home Is The Sailor by Jorge Amado
by MHill | Dec 27, 2011 | 2011 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books
"Will my readers now, with their learning and their experience, tell me what is the truth, the whole truth? Does truth lie in the everyday events, the daily incidents, in the pettiness and vulgarity most people's lives are compounded of, or does the truth have its...
Book Review 15: The Islar by Mark Saxton (Islandia Quartet Book #2)
by MHill | Nov 9, 2011 | 2011 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Islandia Quartet
Have you ever read a sequel that is better than the original? Well, The Islar by Mark Saxton, I feel is such a book. It is sequel to the underground utopian classic novel, Islandia by Austin Tappan Wright. For those who don't know, Austin Tappan Wright was a...
Book Review 14: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
by MHill | Oct 26, 2011 | 2011 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books
I was asked recently what's my favorite novel. I must admit I didn't have to think long or hard about it. I told this person it was David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. Oddly enough, I had to read Dickens in Middle School and absolutely hated it. But as an adult, I...
Book Review 13: Imagine by Steve Turner
by MHill | Oct 7, 2011 | 2011 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Christianity & Art, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog, Nonfiction, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
After the Bible, I will declare that Imagine by Steve Turner has been the third most important book I've read since I became a Christian almost 10 years ago. I will include this book along with Total Truth by Nancy Pearcey and Word Pictures by Brian Godawa as the...
Book Review 12: Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
by MHill | Sep 20, 2011 | 2011 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Nonfiction
"One of the questions that I've been asked over and over since Blink came out is, When should we trust our instincts, and when should we consciously think things through." {pp.267} I wanted to start this review by using a quote from Malcolm Gladwell's interesting and...
Book Review 11: A Lover’s Quarrel with the Evangelical Church by Warren Cole Smith
by MHill | Aug 1, 2011 | 2011 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Nonfiction
"My name is Warren and I'm a recovering evangelical." With that provocative opening, Warren Cole Smith delivers an unflinching and honest look at the Evangelical Church, in his book, "A Lover's Quarrel with the Evangelical Church." I heard about this book from World...
Book Review 10: Leviathan by Paul Auster
by MHill | Jul 8, 2011 | 2011 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Paul Auster
What is friendship? Especially what is male friendship? Paul Auster gives us an answer in his novel, Leviathan. Leviathan is an Old Testament reference meaning a dragon-like monster, serpent or even a crocodile that represents evil. While, Auster's novel is not...
Book Review 9: Lost Mission by Athol Dickson
by MHill | Jun 19, 2011 | 2011 Book Reviews, Athol Dickson, Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books
What is Christian Fiction? One of my favorite blogs, by author and pastor, Mike Duran, attempts to answer that question in one of his most commented posts on the blog. http://mikeduran.com/2011/05/why-christians-cant-agree-about-christian-fiction/ I will highly...