I have spent the entire month of October reading Morgan Busse’s Follower of the Word epic fantasy series. It started with my rereading of Daughter of Light, the trilogy’s first book, followed by Son of Truth, the second volume, and now Heir of Hope, the trilogy’s...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 206: Son of Truth by Morgan Busse
by MHill | Oct 21, 2026 | Book Reviews, Marion's Reading Life Blog, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
In a fantasy trilogy, the middle book is usually regarded as a link or transition between the first and third books. It is also often gets labelled with the dreaded “middle-book syndrome” by numerous readers and reviewers. I would have liked to express that Son of...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 205: The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
by MHill | Sep 27, 2026 | Book Reviews, Hispanic Heritage Month, Magical Realism, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
I wrote in my previous review that a television series made me want to read One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Well, it happened again with The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende. I watched the Amazon Prime series recently and the visual...
Marion’s Favorite Cities: Montreal, Canada
by MHill | Sep 9, 2026 | Marion's Favorite Cities, Marion's Favorites, Nonfiction, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
I love Montreal....hmm. Not sure I can say that I love a city after spending five days of my vacation there. But I can write it is definitely on my favorite cities list. The above picture was taken at Vieux Port (Old Port) section of the city. As a port city, Montreal...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 201: A Table in the Mist by Jeffrey Meyers
by MHill | Aug 1, 2026 | Book Reviews, Books of the Bible, Christianity, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog, Nonfiction, Rereading Series, Study of Ecclesiastes, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Fifteen years ago, I posted a study of my favorite book in the Bible, Ecclesiastes. Jeffrey Meyers’ work, “A Table in the Mist,” served as my guide for the study. I found myself drawn to Ecclesiastes, a book that is remarkably unique and frequently misunderstood...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 199: Rediscovering Jonah by Tim Keller
by MHill | Jul 4, 2026 | Book Reviews, Books of the Bible, Christianity, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog, Nonfiction, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
The Book of Jonah has been on my mind for the past several weeks. I don’t know why one of the most popular Old Testament stories has been in my thoughts lately. I decided to embrace those thoughts rather than push them away; my plan was to first revisit the Book of...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 196: The Horse by Willy Vlautin
by MHill | May 27, 2026 | Book Reviews, Fiction about Artists, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
He explained to her how he was tired of the uncertainty of a musician's life, tired of being gone nearly every night of the week while she sat at home alone. And he was tired of playing other people's songs in casinos. "I mean I play five nights a week with Ronnie...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 195: Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami
by MHill | May 26, 2026 | Book Reviews, Haruki Murakami, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog, Nonfiction, Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Writing
Have you ever picked a book from your library and started reading it? I did that a few days ago with Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami. Murakami is one of my favorite authors, and this is my eighth book of his I’ve read and reviewed on this blog. I was...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 190: Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark
by MHill | Mar 23, 2026 | Book Reviews, Magical Realism, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog, P. Djeli Clark, Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Wisdom From Kammbia Novella Review
"For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places." (Ephesians 6:12 Revised Standard Version) I...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 188: Grace by Elizabeth Nunez
by MHill | Mar 15, 2026 | Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Is happiness a prerequisite for marriage? Is it possible for a marriage to withstand the moral ambiguities and difficult circumstances that life throws your way? Elizabeth Nunez’s exceptional 2003 novel, “Grace,” appears to grapple with those two critical questions....