Most authors (I will include myself too) want to see their novels turned into a movie or television series. Movies and Television has been the most popular entertainment medium for at least fifty years. An...
Wisdom from Kammbia Book Review 12: A Brightness Long Ago by Guy Gavriel Kay
by MHill | May 27, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, Guy Gavriel Kay, Marion's Favorite Books, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
You know when an author has become one of your favorites when you put down what you were currently reading and buy a new book to read it. Guy Gavriel Kay has become one of those "must read" authors for me. A...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 10: Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
by MHill | Apr 21, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books
Cal Newport has written another excellent book about how technology (mostly social media) has affected modern life. Digital Minimalism is the follow-up the ground-breaking book, Deep Work and Newport expands on...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 9: Lord of Emperors by Guy Gavriel Kay
by MHill | Apr 13, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, Guy Gavriel Kay, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorite Duologies, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Guy Gavriel Kay has become an author I look forward to reading. His brand of fantasy captured my attention in Ysabel, Children of Earth and Sky, and Sailing to Sarantium, the first book in Sarantine Mosaic...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 8: Fantasy’s Othering Fetish by P. Djeli Clark
by MHill | Mar 24, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Writing
Fantasy's Othering Fetish by P. Djeli Clark came onto my radar recently and after reading the comments in Goodreads about this book made me want to read it. Actually, it is more of a long-form essay than a full-length book, Clark makes the argument about how the...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 7: Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
by MHill | Mar 23, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb is a novel I have seen for years at bookstores. I always thought it was a typical epic fantasy novel for some time and never picked it up. Until now. What changed? I was looking on Instagram a few weeks ago and came across Robin...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 6: The Story Grid by Shawn Coyne
by MHill | Mar 20, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Writing, Writing and Publishing Resources
There are a lot of writing craft books out there for writers. I'm sure many of them are useful for fledging writers to get better at their craft of writing fiction. However, I realize that a certain writing craft book comes into a writer's life at the right time....
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 5: Little Leaders-Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
by MHill | Feb 18, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
My 9 year old daughter, Norah, wanted to read this one. Again. Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison celebrates the contributions of African-American women in American Society. Forty women were featured in the beautifully illustrated book...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 3: Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey
by MHill | Feb 3, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
February is Black History Month in the United States and I have always wanting to learn something about our history as Americans that I did not know previously. Well, I found out last month on the Rick Steves’ travel podcast about a travel guide published during the...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 2: Let Me Be Frank With You by Richard Ford
by MHill | Jan 25, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, Frank Bascombe Series, Marion's Favorite Books, Richard Ford, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
I'm a reading completist. I did not realize completist was a word until I typed this review. I felt it's appropriate for my latest Wisdom From Kammbia review. In 2015, I read and wrote a review for The Sportswriter by Richard Ford, the first Frank Bascombe novel. I...