Category: Adult Fiction
The Marsh King’s Daughter By Karen Dionne.
The Ski Jumpers: A Novel by Peter Geye
Olav Audunsson – III- Crossroads By Sigrid Undset, translated by Tiina Nunnally
Compassion, Michigan: The Ironwood Stories by Raymond Luczak
Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Raymond Luczak’s book “Compassion, Michigan: The Ironwood Stories” presented tales of courageous women who lived in Ironwood, Michigan, a small town located at the west end of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (U.P.). Many young men, during the late 1800s to the mid-1900s, fled to this community…
A Yooper Tale: Death by Wendigo by Robert Hugh Williams
“Not Your Mary Sue” by Rebecca Frost
Troll Magic: Hidden Folk from the Mountains and Forests of Norway by Theodor Kittelsen, translated by Tiina Nunnally
Having reviewed other titles originally from Norway, a novel and another book of folk tales that I thoroughly enjoyed, I jumped on the chance to review Troll Magic: Hidden Folk from the Mountains and Forests of Norway. I’ve always believed that folk and fairy tales are not necessarily for children….
To China with Love by Michael Carrier
View from the Sideroad: A Collection of Upper Peninsula Stories by Sharon M. Kennedy
A Dangerous Season by Russell Fee
“A Dangerous Season” by Russell Fee is the third and final installment of the Sherriff Matt Callahan Mysteries. As with the previous stories, the action takes place mostly on the fictional Nicolet Island. My sense of Michigan geography is maybe not as well-developed as it could be, but my instincts…
Having Faith: A Novel by Anne Miller
The Constipated Elephant: A Mystery at Pennington House, by A. Jay
North Dixie Highway by Joseph D. Haske
Review by Victor R. Volkman At first glance, Joseph D. Haske’s North Dixie Highway is a rage-fueled trip through three generations of an Eastern U.P. family locked in a cycle of grinding poverty, trauma, and alcoholism. But beneath the surface there’s much more lurking as we follow this broken family…
Debt and Disregard by Julie Genisot
Review by Deborah K. Frontiera As the back cover states, Debt and Disregard: A Superior Point Novel is about “the hard-drinking, rough talking, and sexually pragmatic inhabitants of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with characters defined by the region where they live.” While there certainly are people like those in the story…
Olav Audunssøn: II Providence by Sigrid Undset, translated by Tiina Nunnally
Review by Deborah K. Frontiera To begin this review, it is important to keep in mind that classic novels are very different from modern novels. Classics are short on action and “showing” scenes and long on backstory, detailed descriptions and explanations. In Olav Audunssøn, the lengthy details revolve around the…
Superior Tapestry: Weaving the Threads of Upper Michigan History
Reviewed by Hannah Brinza Deborah Frontiera’s new book Superior Tapestry sets itself the task of weaving together the history of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Those of you familiar with Deborah’s work may recall her novella Midnight in the Pawn Shop, in which objects at the pawn shop come to life and…
The Sideroad Kids: Tales from Chippewa County by Sharon M. Kennedy
The Marsh King’s Daughter By Karen Dionne.
The Ski Jumpers: A Novel by Peter Geye
Olav Audunsson – III- Crossroads By Sigrid Undset, translated by Tiina Nunnally
Compassion, Michigan: The Ironwood Stories by Raymond Luczak
Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Raymond Luczak’s book “Compassion, Michigan: The Ironwood Stories” presented tales of courageous women who lived in Ironwood, Michigan, a small town located at the west end of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (U.P.). Many young men, during the late 1800s to the mid-1900s, fled to this community…
A Yooper Tale: Death by Wendigo by Robert Hugh Williams
“Not Your Mary Sue” by Rebecca Frost
Troll Magic: Hidden Folk from the Mountains and Forests of Norway by Theodor Kittelsen, translated by Tiina Nunnally
Having reviewed other titles originally from Norway, a novel and another book of folk tales that I thoroughly enjoyed, I jumped on the chance to review Troll Magic: Hidden Folk from the Mountains and Forests of Norway. I’ve always believed that folk and fairy tales are not necessarily for children….
To China with Love by Michael Carrier
View from the Sideroad: A Collection of Upper Peninsula Stories by Sharon M. Kennedy
A Dangerous Season by Russell Fee
“A Dangerous Season” by Russell Fee is the third and final installment of the Sherriff Matt Callahan Mysteries. As with the previous stories, the action takes place mostly on the fictional Nicolet Island. My sense of Michigan geography is maybe not as well-developed as it could be, but my instincts…
Having Faith: A Novel by Anne Miller
The Constipated Elephant: A Mystery at Pennington House, by A. Jay
North Dixie Highway by Joseph D. Haske
Review by Victor R. Volkman At first glance, Joseph D. Haske’s North Dixie Highway is a rage-fueled trip through three generations of an Eastern U.P. family locked in a cycle of grinding poverty, trauma, and alcoholism. But beneath the surface there’s much more lurking as we follow this broken family…
Debt and Disregard by Julie Genisot
Review by Deborah K. Frontiera As the back cover states, Debt and Disregard: A Superior Point Novel is about “the hard-drinking, rough talking, and sexually pragmatic inhabitants of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with characters defined by the region where they live.” While there certainly are people like those in the story…
Olav Audunssøn: II Providence by Sigrid Undset, translated by Tiina Nunnally
Review by Deborah K. Frontiera To begin this review, it is important to keep in mind that classic novels are very different from modern novels. Classics are short on action and “showing” scenes and long on backstory, detailed descriptions and explanations. In Olav Audunssøn, the lengthy details revolve around the…
Superior Tapestry: Weaving the Threads of Upper Michigan History
Reviewed by Hannah Brinza Deborah Frontiera’s new book Superior Tapestry sets itself the task of weaving together the history of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Those of you familiar with Deborah’s work may recall her novella Midnight in the Pawn Shop, in which objects at the pawn shop come to life and…