“Life is a series of unlikely events, isn’t it? Hers certainly is. One unlikely event after another, adding up to a rich, complicated whole. And who knows what’s still to come?” Miri Ammerman is a typical 15-year-old girl, worrying about fashion, boys and school. Life with a single mom seems […] In the Unlikely Event by Judy BlumeThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction historical fiction Online Book Club on September 29, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
If you are stopping by to find questions for your book club, please leave a note for me telling me where you are from! Welcome to the online book club for The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck. I just finished the book late last night and I was thoroughly engrossed […] Online Book Club: The Women in the Castle by Jessica ...This entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading and tagged historical fiction Online Book Club on September 27, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
“How can my life be exactly how I want it to be but feel like such a daily struggle?” Ashley Keller is a stay-at-home mom, doing her best every day to tackle the domestic life – and failing. She is tired, her house is dirty, the laundry pile is high, […] Confessions of a Domestic Failure by Bunmi LaditanThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on September 25, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
“I choose to believe that there is nothing more profound than this day.” Cold Tangerines brings the message of “Seize the Day” to everyday life in its short 40 chapters. Shauna Niequist is baring her soul in the book and telling the world how she deals with marriage, motherhood, moving, […] Cold Tangerines by Shauna NiequistThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Inspirational Religious on September 22, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
“Everything had seemed so perfect just a few weeks ago. And now, I stood to lose everything.” Lucy has moved to her grandmother’s farm to try and make a quiet life for herself homesteading after spending many years in Houston as a busy journalist. There’s the dewberries to make jam […] Killer Jam by Karen MacInerneyThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction mystery on September 18, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
3 “The truth is hard, and the hardest truths for hill people are the ones they must tell about themselves.” Some people have the deck stacked against them their whole lives. Some manage to find a way to rise above it all. J.D. was born to a mom who could never […] Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. VanceThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction on September 15, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin I saw this book for sale on my daily BookBub email and thought it looked really interesting. I enjoy when writers (and TV shows/movies) can take childhood fairy tales to the next level. Mrs. Tom Thumb is not a character I had ever […] Online Book Club: October Announcement (The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom ...This entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading and tagged Online Book Club on September 13, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
“… It seems to be the most terrible thing ever discovered, but it can be made the most useful.” -President Harry S. Truman The question of whether or not America should have dropped the atomic bombs on Japan in World War II has long and often been debated. It did […] Killing the Rising Sun by Bill O’ReillyThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction on September 12, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
2 “As long as I can remember, I’ve wanted out of Somerset. I’ve wanted London.” In My (Not So) Perfect Life, Katie Brenner has always dreamed of living life in the big city. Raised by her father, she is torn by his desire for her to stay close by to the […] My (Not So) Perfect Life by Sophie KinsellaThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on September 8, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
I read a lot from my bookshelf in August – although several of the books were shorter or easier reads. Skinnybones took just over an hour, but I read it since my daughter is reading it in school. Economics in One Lesson was not on my list, but it came […] Sarah Anne’s Bookshelf: September 2017This entry was posted in Reading and tagged bookshelf on September 6, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter