Book Review
The Alchemy of The Beast
by Mari Carlson
The allegorical novel "The Alchemy of The Beast" follows as a once-busy woman redefines her sense of what’s ordinary. An unexpected trip to Central America is healing for a young entrepreneur in Alyssa Noelle Coelho’s allegorical...
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Crossing Lake Pontchartrain
by Mari Carlson
The unknown and serendipity get the last word in the tragicomic novel "Crossing Lake Pontchartrain", about a writer’s midlife crisis. In Arthur Byrd’s heartfelt novel "Crossing Lake Pontchartrain", a man pursues artistic liberation...
Book Review
The Limits of My World
by Mari Carlson
A common goal is sought between two contentious groups in the philosophical science fiction novel "The Limits of My World". In Gregory Coles’s future-set science fiction novel "The Limits of My World", a war between aliens and humans...
Book Review
Farm Family
by Mari Carlson
Jane Lee Rankin’s celebratory memoir is about forging an unlikely new family among farm animals. An alpaca farm and a new community in which to raise her son are the crucial components of new joy in Jane Lee Rankin’s memoir "Farm...
Book Review
Memory That Claws
by Mari Carlson
"Memory That Claws" is an affirming memoir about overcoming a haunting childhood through family love. Peter Simon Karp’s compact memoir "Memory That Claws" is about his aspirations to be a baseball player, which changed when he found...
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Conquergood & the Center of the Intelligible Mystery of Being
by Mari Carlson
A lone human in a synthetic world is undone by unanswerable questions in the unsettling dystopian novel Conquergood & the Center of the Intelligible Mystery of Being. In CG Fewston’s dystopian novel Conquergood & the Center of...
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Journey of Sea, Heart, and Land
by Mari Carlson
In the epic novel "Journey of Sea, Heart, and Land", intertwined people are encouraged to embrace a future that “exists in the present.” In Jaime Enrique Gutierrez Perez’s coming-of-age novel "Journey of Sea, Heart, and Land", the...
Book Review
Welcome to New Haven
by Mari Carlson
In the series-opening spiritual novel "Welcome to New Haven", an ordinary office worker awakens to his superpowers. An ambassador from New Haven retrieves the man who can save the world in Rashan Bryant’s fantasy novel "Welcome to New...