Mari Carlson, Book Reviewer
When not reading fiction and writing reviews, Mari is probably practicing violin or teaching lessons or playing a gig. She enjoys the local literary and music scenes in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
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When not reading fiction and writing reviews, Mari is probably practicing violin or teaching lessons or playing a gig. She enjoys the local literary and music scenes in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
Book Review
by Mari Carlson
A steadfast, supportive couple stays true to the task of finding a new home for their family in the engaging historical novel "Nephi’s Wife". Intended to complement the Book of Mormon, Madelyn S. Palmer’s sprawling historical novel...
Book Review
by Mari Carlson
A young man struggles to feel bravery and hope in the face of his imminent demise in the satirical speculative novel "Joypunks". In Fletch Fletcher’s deadpan speculative novel "Joypunks", a disillusioned young man decides what to do...
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by Mari Carlson
Childhood scars delay but don’t preclude an intelligent boy’s adulthood flourishing in the ultimately triumphant memoir An Alcoholic’s Collateral Damage. Often bleak, G. Michael Sanborn’s memoir An Alcoholic’s Collateral Damage...
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by Mari Carlson
An expressive memoir that follows a flourishing therapeutic journey, "The Invisible Self" reckons with suppressed traumas with clarity. In her psychoanalytical memoir "The Invisible Self", Michelle Taja Miller recounts traumatic memories...
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by Mari Carlson
Dangers are afoot in the technology sector, but two heroes are determined to curb them in the imaginative, inspiring science fiction novel "Birch". In Jon P. Roth’s futuristic novel "Birch", a computer hacker melds his coding skills...
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by Mari Carlson
Family stories and regrets drive a woman away from home and pull her back again in the affecting literary novel "The Pale Flesh of Wood". In Elizabeth A. Tucker’s moving novel "The Pale Flesh of Wood", a woman grapples with her...
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by Mari Carlson
A moralizing novel, "The Emancipation of William Jones, Jr." focuses on a boy’s coming-of-age in a hardworking turn-of-the-century ranching community. In Judith A. Perkins’s novel "The Emancipation of William Jones, Jr.", a boy grows...
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by Mari Carlson
Fleshing out a family story with imagination and admiration for its heroine, "Surviving Southwood Avenue" is an inspiring historical novel. In Melissa Simonye’s historical novel "Surviving Southwood Avenue", a girl’s Depression-era...
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