My previous review was a reread of A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami and admittedly I did not enjoy my reading experience the second time around for one of my favorite novelists and a book that introduced me to the Murakami fictional universe. However, I had been...
Rereading A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
by MHill | Apr 13, 2025 | 2025 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Haruki Murakami, Rereading Series, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Rereading has become a major part of my reading life. Giving a novel a second read allows me, as a reader, to see why I enjoyed a work of fiction from my initial reading. There are things about the story I didn’t notice before that I’m now seeing. I consider most of...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 154: The Miracle Cures of Dr. Aira by Cesar Aira
by MHill | Oct 25, 2024 | 2024 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Wisdom From Kammbia Novella Review
Nowadays, it’s much more tempting for readers to reach for a new book they just bought rather than the ones that have been collecting dust on their bookshelves for months or even a year or two. Those books on your shelf end up becoming de facto furniture than actually...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 152: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
by MHill | Sep 11, 2024 | 2024 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Reading Life Blog, MH Travel, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
“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 147: The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami
by MHill | Jul 22, 2024 | 2024 Book Reviews, Haruki Murakami, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Can we truly become our authentic self? This is the question Haruki Murakami attempts to answer in his latest novel, The City and its Uncertain Walls. It was already released in Japan in April 2023 and will be released in the United States this November. Murakami...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 142: Ghosts (New York Trilogy #2) by Paul Auster
by MHill | May 19, 2024 | 2024 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Marion's Reading Life Blog, Paul Auster, Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Wisdom From Kammbia Novella Review
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...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 141: City of Glass (New York Trilogy #1) by Paul Auster
by MHill | May 17, 2024 | 2024 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Paul Auster, Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Wisdom From Kammbia Novella Review
I found out last week that celebrated author Paul Auster passed away at the age of 77. In my previous blog post, I expressed my appreciation for his stories and paid my respects. As a result, I wanted to reread his most famous body of work, The New York Trilogy, in...
RIP Paul Auster (1947-2024)
by MHill | May 10, 2024 | Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog, Paul Auster, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
I just found out today one of my favorite authors passed away back on April 30th at the age of 77. It came as a shock to me that the renowned writer, Paul Auster, had departed from this world. I first read The New York Trilogy in my mid 20s when I lived in Santa Fe,...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 135: Suder by Percival Everett
by MHill | Feb 16, 2024 | 2024 Book Reviews, Black History Month, Book Reviews, Marion's Reading Life Blog, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Percival Everett has quickly joined my favorite author’s list, which includes Paul Auster, Octavia Butler, Jonathan Carroll, Charles de Lint, Guy Gavriel Kay, & Haruki Murakami. Having read multiple novels by these authors, I must say that Everett has ventured...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 134: Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
by MHill | Feb 5, 2024 | 2024 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Marion's Reading Life Blog, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Sometimes when you dive into a highly praised novel with certain expectations for the storyline, only to swiftly realize it takes an entirely different direction. This is the case with Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie. Spending the entire first month of 2024...