1 “Wisdom is not always cowardice. Boldness is not always courage.” The final book in the Michael Vey series, The Final Spark, starts with the assumption that Michael has died in the Battle of Hades. There is no trace of him where the lightning hit his body except for burn marks […] The Final Spark (Michael Vey 7) by Richard Paul EvansThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Young Adult Fiction on November 6, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
3 “It only went to show what he already knew, which was that there were more dangers in life than even the sharpest training could anticipate.” Lonesome Dove is a place that sticks with you, whether you are a character in the book or a reader. The ranch in Texas near […] Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on November 3, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
October was a good reading month. I feel like I read a variety of books. I learned more about Thomas Jefferson, read more of the Wonder stories, was inspired in my faith and parenting, read some good fiction and read the newly-released biography of Martin Luther. I have 99 books […] Sarah Anne’s Bookshelf: November 2017This entry was posted in Reading and tagged bookshelf on November 1, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
“Their path to advancement might look less like a straight line and more like some of the pressure distributions and orbits they plotted, but they were determined to take a seat at the table.” In a time when bathrooms were still segregated in America, African-American women were making strides as […] Hidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction on October 30, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
“Once you knew – really knew – of the women and children being shot in the woods, of the shower rooms constructed for the sole purpose of killing, how could you not act?” In The Women in the Castle, three women in Germany have their lives forever changed during World […] The Women in the Castle by Jessica ShattuckThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction on October 27, 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 Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin. I thought I was reading a fiction book until I got to […] Online Book Club: The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by ...This entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading and tagged Online Book Club on October 25, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
“Economics … is a science of recognizing secondary consequences. It is also a science of seeing general consequences.” In 1946, Henry Hazlitt wrote a book that will be used for decades upon decades – Economics in One Lesson. Simplifying economics into one lesson made a book that is easy to […] Economics in One Lesson by Henry HazlittThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction on October 23, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
“Mom always said that you can’t regret the things you’ve done because regret is like poison. If the decision felt right at the time, then just move on.” Cammie is down to one good friend – her mom. She can’t figure out what she did wrong – she pulled some […] Solo Disaster by Victoria KimbleThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Religious Young Adult Fiction on October 20, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
“I had to admit, making people laugh was a lot more fun than sitting quietly at my desk.” Alex makes people laugh – often intentionally, but sometimes not. He is always the smallest kid on his Little League baseball team, but when faced with a year of being in the […] Skinnybones by Barbara ParkThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Young Adult Fiction on October 16, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
“There was something the war couldn’t take from me either. The Nazis couldn’t stop the wind and the snow. The Russians couldn’t take the sun or the stars.” Nearly 9,000 souls were lost at the bottom of the sea when the Wilhelm Gustloff sank. It had carried 10,000. The ship […] Salt to the Sea by Ruta SepetysThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Young Adult Fiction on October 13, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter