For those who have been following my blog, I briefly mentioned that yours truly is having his first novel published this year on June 4th. This is the actual cover and spine for the book. More to come as we get closer to the publication date. Also, this blog will move...
Book Review 48: Extremes by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
by MHill | Dec 20, 2013 | 2013 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Retrieval Artist Series
What happens when a rogue scientist decides she wants to kill an entire moon city with a virus in order to create her own version of a superhuman race? That question is the basic plot of Extremes by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Extremes is the second novel in the...
Book Review 47: The Disappeared by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
by MHill | Nov 17, 2013 | 2013 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Retrieval Artist Series
Has anybody ever read a science fiction mystery? I must admit I love when authors combine genres in their books. Dean Koontz is one of the masters of genre combining and twisting in his works. The Disappeared by Kristine Kathryn Rusch is the first novel I've read...
Book Review 36: Pirate Freedom by Gene Wolfe
by MHill | Mar 8, 2013 | 2013 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Gene Wolfe
Gene Wolfe is considered one of science-fiction's greatest living writers. His Solar Cycle Series(Book of the New Sun, Book of the Long Sun, & Book of the Short Sun) are recognized as modern classics and one of the best series ever written in the genre. Also, he...
Book Review 34: The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
by MHill | Jan 14, 2013 | 2012 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books
Have you ever read a book that you knew instantly you should have read years ago? I knew it after reading the first chapter of The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell. I was working at a mom-and-pop bookstore in Santa Fe, NM in 1996 when this novel was published. I...
Wisdom of Kammbia 3.12: Marion’s 2012 Book Reviews Year In Review
by MHill | Dec 29, 2012 | 2012 Book Reviews, Book Reviews
The end of 2012 has come and the world didn't end...those Mayans! LOL! Anyway, I've decided to create my own list of the books I've read and reviewed for the blog in 2012. I had a good year reading and looking forward to fulfilling my reading resolution in 2013....
Book Review 33: The Child Goddess by Louise Marley
by MHill | Dec 11, 2012 | 2012 Book Reviews, Book Reviews
Can you judge a book by its cover? Well, this old adage was put to the test by me in reading The Child Goddess by Louise Marley. I was perusing at our local used bookstore here in San Antonio and made it to the science-fiction section to see this striking cover of a...
Book Review 32: Daughter of Light by Morgan L. Busse
by MHill | Nov 3, 2012 | 2012 Book Reviews, Book Reviews
Every so often, you will get a book that takes awhile for you read for no apparent reason. Work schedule gets a little longer, family obligations eats up more of your time, and distractions from like getting sick or car problems will keep you from giving your full...
Book Review 25: Havoc In Islandia by Mark Saxton (Islandia Quartet Book #4)
by MHill | Jul 30, 2012 | 2012 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Islandia Quartet, Marion's Favorite Books
The past two reviews, The Islar (a sequel) and The Two Kingdoms (a prequel) to the underground utopian classic, Islandia, has shown a depth and clarity of a fictional world unlike anything I've ever read before. Havoc in Islandia, a second prequel to Islandia, I...
Book Review 24: The Two Kingdoms by Mark Saxton (Islandia Quartet Book #3)
by MHill | Jul 30, 2012 | 2012 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Islandia Quartet
Last year, I posted a review for the book titled, The Islar, by Mark Saxton. It was a sequel to the underground utopian novel Islandia by Austin Tappan Wright. Saxton wrote two more novels in the Islandian universe and this review of The Two Kingdoms is a prequel to...