I rarely jump on the pop culture event of the moment. I have always waited for the event to die down or choose something out of the mainstream. However, when I found out about the Dark Tower Movie starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey as foes. I was intrigued...
Book Review 116: Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord
by MHill | Aug 6, 2017 | 2017 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books
Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord is a fable about a woman named Paama from the African village of Makendha. Paama endures a bad marriage to a gluttonous husband and when she finally leaves him brings the attention of the djombi, the undying ones, who present her...
Book Review 115: The Lion of Boaz-Jachin & Jachin-Boaz by Russell Hoban
by MHill | Jul 31, 2017 | 2017 Book Reviews
Sometimes a book will come out of nowhere for you to read it? The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz by Russell Hoban is a such book. I've had this book on my Kindle Paperwhite for awhile and I finally decided to read it while on vacation in Europe last week. I did...
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...
Book Review 98: The Ocean At The End Of The Lane by Neil Gaiman
by MHill | Dec 13, 2016 | 2016 Book Reviews
I finally read a Neil Gaiman novel! It has taken me awhile to read Gaiman as a novelist, even though I read the groundbreaking and wonderful Sandman comic book series back in the 1990s. Gaiman is an author I have been meaning to read over the years and the time came...
Book Review 75: The Wooden Sea by Jonathan Carroll
by MHill | Jan 2, 2016 | 2015 Book Reviews, Jonathan Carroll, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
I've spent the last month of 2015 reading three novels by Jonathan Carroll. The Wooden Sea is the third of the Carroll novels I've read. You can look at the reviews of the other two Carroll novels: White Apples and Glass Soup here. I will admit after reading these...
Book Review 74: Glass Soup by Jonathan Carroll
by MHill | Dec 20, 2015 | 2015 Book Reviews, Jonathan Carroll, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
I mentioned in my previous review that I have spent the last month of year reading three novels by Jonathan Carroll. Glass Soup is the second of the Carroll novels and I will be posting a review on The Wooden Sea by the end of the year. These Carroll novels have given...
Book Review 73: White Apples by Jonathan Carroll
by MHill | Dec 13, 2015 | 2015 Book Reviews, Jonathan Carroll, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
I have spent the last several weeks reading three novels from Jonathan Carroll. This review of White Apples is the first of the Carroll novels I've read. I had never heard of Jonathan Carroll before reading this post from Neil Gaiman about him. Besides Gaiman, he...