Booktube has been around for some time and it has become a place where book lovers have gathered to watch videos about books. I have ventured into the Booktube world over the past couple of months and one of my favorite BookTubers is Professor and Author Philip...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 127: Victory City by Salman Rushdie
by MHill | May 16, 2023 | 2023 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
“The city had grown. It was by no means certain that the people would choose sophistication over barbarianism. The party line regarding members of other faiths—we are good, they are bad—had a certain infectious clarity. So did the idea that dissent was unpatriotic....
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 19: A Betrayal in Winter by Daniel Abraham
by MHill | Jul 27, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
A Betrayal in Winter continues the story of Otai Machi in the Long Price Quartet by Daniel Abraham. A Shadow in Summer lays the foundation for Otah's hero journey into becoming what has been destined for him. ...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 18: A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham
by MHill | Jul 13, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
The Long Price Quartet by Daniel Abraham has been a book series that I've meant to read for a long time. It has been on my radar for several years when it was recommended to me. They have billed the series as...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 11: The Knight by Gene Wolfe
by MHill | May 5, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, Gene Wolfe, Marion's Favorite Duologies, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Legendary author science-fiction and fantasy author Gene Wolfe died on April 14th at the age 87. Wolfe created a body of work over five decades that placed him at the top of the genre and considered by many to be...
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...
Book Review 134: Meji Book Two by Milton Davis
by MHill | Jun 6, 2018 | 2018 Book Reviews
Last year, I read the first book of a duology about twin brothers, Ndoro and Obaseki. They were separated at birth and that book delved into their past revealing what made each brother special amongst the people of Sesu, an African-inspired kingdom on the continent of...
Book Review 130: Warrior by K.M. Tremills
by MHill | Apr 23, 2018 | 2018 Book Reviews
Last year, I read the first book in a series of an introspective and thoughtful fantasy novel by an author I had made an online acquaintance through a Facebook writers group. That first novel, Messenger, got my attention through its absorbing prose and a protagonist,...
Book Review 122: Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
by MHill | Dec 31, 2017 | 2017 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books
A standalone epic fantasy novel is a rare thing in publishing these days. (I do know that Sanderson wrote a novella in the same world but it is not connected to Elantris). Reading Elantris by Brandon Sanderson and not having to wonder what will happen in Book 2 is a...
Book Review 108: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
by MHill | Jun 4, 2017 | 2017 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books
Reading and reviewing a very popular novel like The Name of the Wind has made me examine why do I read fiction? Is it to escape the humdrum and monotony of my everyday life? Is it to learn about someone who is different from my background and can cause me to become...