Sarah Anne Carter

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Monthly Archives: December 2017

Skipping Christmas — “We skip Christmas, save the money, and go splash in the Caribbean for ten days.” Luther and Nora Krank are facing a Christmas that will be a little bit lonely. Their only daughter is going to another country to serve in the Peace Corps and will not be home. As […]

Skipping Christmas by John Grisham

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction holiday on December 29, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Skipping Christmas — 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 Skipping Christmas by John Grisham. Luther and Nora Krank are facing a Christmas that will be a little bit lonely. Their […]

Online Book Club: Skipping Christmas by John Grisham

This entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading and tagged Online Book Club on December 27, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Noel Diary — “I felt a little like an archaeologist, digging through sedimentary layers, uncovering the past. But not someone else’s past. My past.” Famous and lonely. Rich but living with the pain of a rough childhood. Writing about love without anyone to love in life. That is the world of J. Churcher. […]

The Noel Diary by Richard Paul Evans

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on December 25, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Merry and Bright — “Christmas is a condition of the heart.” In Merry and Bright, Merry is working a temp job to save money for school that will end just after Christmas. Her boss, Jayson, just seems to make her and her coworkers lives difficult as he makes overtime mandatory, won’t let them eat […]

Merry and Bright by Debbie Macomber

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction holiday on December 22, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

2018 Online Book Club — 2018 Online Book Club The Online Book Club for 2018 is going to try a variety of ways to discuss books, including Facebook groups, an online forum and videos. Feel free to give me feedback on what method you like best for discussing books! I have made all the choices […]

2018 Online Book Club list of books

This entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading and tagged Online Book Club on December 20, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

A House Among Trees — “Secretly famous. Which is the best kind of famous, believe me.” A chance meeting on a playground leaves Tomasina (“Tommy”) and her brother forever connected to a famous children’s author. The brother is captured in a book that makes author Mort Lear famous. Tommy is offered her first job by […]

A House Among the Trees by Julia Glass

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on December 18, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Drone Warrior — “Hunting terrorists was a rough existence. It was a stressful job and I had to give up a lot to do it right.” Brett Velicovich joined the Army after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. He wanted to help America fight its enemy. Little did he know that his path […]

Drone Warrior by Brett Velicovich

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Biography Military Non-Fiction on December 15, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Third Man — “We never get accustomed to being less important to other people than they are to us …” Rollo Martins shows up in Vienna at the request of his friend, only to find out it’s the day of his friend’s funeral. The Third Man is set in post-WWII Vienna where the […]

The Third Man by Graham Greene

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction mystery on December 11, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Simply Tuesday — “The soul and the schedule don’t follow the same rules.” Ordinary doesn’t mean what we tend to make it mean. Ordinary comes from the word “ordinal,” which means “to count.” Ordinary time is the time to make the days count. In the ordinary days, such as Tuesday, we have a […]

Simply Tuesday by Emily P. Freeman

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Inspirational Religious on December 8, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Sarah Anne's 12 Books of Christmas — It’s the holiday season! Time for Sarah Anne’s 12 Books of Christmas! I love reading holiday books to put me in a festive mood! I’ve compiled a list of 12 holiday-themed books that I highly recommend. This list is below or print out the PDF below as a reference! If […]

Sarah Anne’s 12 Books of Christmas

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged bookshelf Christmas holiday on December 6, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter