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
Vibrant, surprising, and chaotic, the historical novel It’s Alive! brings old Hollywood to life. Julian David Stone’s historical novel It’s Alive! goes behind the scenes during the frantic days before the filming of the first...
Book Review
by Mari Carlson
With wit, verve, and compassion, Ernest Cohen’s epic novel "Just One Life" demonstrates how one man’s tragedy can become the impetus for healing and growth in the lives of those around him. In Ernest Cohen’s epic novel "Just One...
Book Review
by Mari Carlson
In the inspiring novel "Inside Me", a woman’s future happiness is dependent on her ability to reconcile herself to her troubled past. Based in truth, Zoe Hethershaw’s novel "Inside Me" is about a father’s influence on his...
Book Review
by Mari Carlson
In R. Cathey Daniels’s harrowing novel "Live Caught", a young man confronts his troubled past. In the 1970s, Lenny set out for the Atlantic from his North Carolina farm. He washed up on an unrecognized shore, his boat lost. He was...
Book Review
by Mari Carlson
The varied essays and poems of the autobiographical collection "A Piece of Me" are shared to inspire the community involvement that they model. The autobiographical essays and poems of physician Arif Ahmad’s collection "A Piece of Me"...
Book Review
by Mari Carlson
The memoir "Rotten Fruit in an Unkempt Garden" dignifies the social outliers who nurtured a man’s quest for self-improvement. Michael Nanfito’s boundary-pushing memoir "Rotten Fruit in an Unkempt Garden" uses harrowing situations to...
Book Review
by Mari Carlson
In the historical novel "A Dagger for Catherine Douglas", a young couple contemplates the value of sacrifice. Though its impetus is the fifteenth century murder of a Scottish king, Euan MacPherson’s historical novel "A Dagger for...
Book Review
by Mari Carlson
The spiritual novel "Sunnyside Up" follows two sisters who confront eternal truths with a helping of heavenly wisdom and earthly charm. In Rea Nolan Martin’s otherworldly novel "Sunnyside Up", two sisters who live and work among the...
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