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
Avoiding easy answers, the wellness guide "Regenerative Performance" encourages the thoughtful pursuit of sustainable practices. James Hewitt’s health guide "Regenerative Performance" addresses misconceived but popular well-being...
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by Mari Carlson
Suggesting means of fostering environments that are conducive to children’s social development, Creating Social Superstars is an experience- and research-based parenting guide. School administrator Noel Schmidt’s parenting guide...
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by Mari Carlson
Designed to facilitate one’s own way of doing sorcery, "Veneficii Generibus" is an intriguing, if esoteric, spiritual guide. Ambroze Hildreth’s spiritual guidebook "Veneficii Generibus" applies knowledge about corollary systems to...
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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...
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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...
Book Review
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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