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    Marion's 25
    Marion's 25
    Marion's 25
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    Marion's 25

    By Marion Hill

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    The book you need to read when you don't know what books to read

    Reading is one of life's great pleasures, and every time you discover a new book it brings a world of excitement and a new emotional journey into your life. It also creates a unique connection between you, the author, and the other readers who have experienced the book for themselves.

    But with so many books to choose from, how do you decide what to read? The amount of choice can be overwhelming for seasoned readers and those who are new to books alike.

    Marion's 25 solves the problem by offering numerous ideas for great reads, all in one convenient place. Marion Hill, author of the popular Kammbia series of fantasy novels, brings you reviews of 25 of his favorite novels in a wide variety of genres, helping you to decide what to read next, no matter your literary tastes.

    Marion has reviewed over 160 novels of all genres in his career as a book review blogger since 2011, and here he offers a diverse selection of those he has enjoyed most. You will find reviews of award-winning novels including Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction and the PEN / Faulkner Award for Fiction, 2002) and Emily St John Mantel's Station Eleven, which received the Arthur C Clarke Award in 2015; popular fantasy novels including Helene Wecker's debut novel The Golem and the Jinni and The Name of the Wind, first novel in Patrick Rothfuss's popular Kingkiller Trilogy; the critically acclaimed science fiction novel Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson; and mystery novels including The Long Way Home by New York Times #1 bestselling author Louise Penny plus many more. Whatever types of books you enjoy, you can find something here to expand your reading repertoire and enable you to discover a whole world of exciting books and new authors.

    Since his early days as a bookstore assistant, Marion Hill has been a passionate reader. He loves the connection that recommending different books to other readers can bring. Now, as a successful author and book reviewer in his own right, he wants to share his love of books with you so you can experience the same joy he feels whenever he enters the world of a new book.

    Marion's 25 is the book you need to read so you never again need to wonder what books to read!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Mango Publishing
    Release dateOct 1, 2019
    ISBN9781393307730
    Marion's 25
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    Marion Hill

    Marion Hill is the author of The Diondray’s Chronicles (Diondray’s Discovery, Diondray’s Journey, and Diondray’s Roundabout), the first three books set in the world of Kammbia and his latest novel, Ciscoe’s Dance, set in the same world and the first book in the Dance & Listen Series. Also, he is the author of Marion’s 25 Series, his two volume series based on his favorite books as a book review blogger since 2011. Born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida. He has lived in Atlanta, Georgia, Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Living in those cities helped create the world of Kammbia. Marion currently lives in San Antonio, TX and is working on the second book in the Dance & Listen Series, Cassandra’s Revelation, due Spring 2023.

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      Marion's 25 - Marion Hill

      Introduction

      I didn’t read my first novel until I was 17 years old. It was Lord’s Foul Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson. The first book of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson rocked my world. I ended up reading both original trilogies that year and was enthralled by the anti-hero Thomas Covenant who had turned The Lord of the Rings and Chronicles of Narnia fantasy archetypes on its head. I had a friend who recommended those books to me and we would have long, thoughtful discussions after I read each novel in the series.

      In my early to mid-twenties, I worked at a couple of mom-and-pop bookstores as well as Borders Books. Since I attended only one year of college, the bookstores became my undergraduate and graduate courses in contemporary fiction. I discovered authors like Jorge Amado, Paul Auster, Greg Bear, Octavia Butler, Charles de Lint, Dean Koontz, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Cormac McCarthy, Toni Morrison, Ishmael Reed, and Kim Stanley Robinson. I became fascinated when readers would come into the store to buy multiple copies of novels like The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson, and Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden for their book clubs. They would have these great discussions and I felt connected to them even though I had not read those novels.

      My first recommendation of a novel was The Little Country by Charles DeLint. I had recommended that book to probably every customer that came into the fiction section of Borders. I sold the most copies of that book for several months in a row and it delighted me greatly. People would come back to the store and tell me how much they enjoyed reading that novel. They would have never read a fantasy novel until my recommendation. Again, I felt that connection and a little closer to humanity as a whole.

      I’ve been a book review blogger since 2011 and have reviewed over 160 novels to date on my website. I wanted to write a book and compile my most popular reviews. I’m an advocate of reading fiction across genres from science fiction and fantasy to mystery and literary fiction. I believe reading is the cheapest and easiest passport I can get to another world.

      Now that I’m in my late forties, I’ve looked back on those years and recognized that reading fiction has been the saving grace in my life. It has made me compassionate, empathetic, and given me a different outlook on life.

      Here are my favorite 25 reads since becoming a book review blogger. I hope you discover something to read from my favorites and it takes you down a reading path that was unexpected.

      Home is the Sailor by Jorge Amado

      I’ve read a lot of magical realism novels throughout my reading life. From One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez to The House of Spirits and Eva Luna by Isabel Allende to Constancia and

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