Sarah Anne Carter

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Yearly Archives: 2017

Radium Girls — The Radium Girls by Kate Moore After visiting the Trinity site in New Mexico, I’ve been fascinated by the stories behind the people who work to create the first nuclear bomb. Many didn’t even know what they were working on, but only knew their one small part. The Radium Girls is […]

Online Book Club November Announcement (The Radium Girls by Kate ...

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction on October 11, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Rita's Story — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “Looking back now, I can see that all of this was God, gently, gradually, separating me unto Himself, preparing me for the life to which he had called me, and which I so wanted.” Miracles do still happen. Rita Klaus experienced one by just asking. She grew […]

Rita’s Story by Rita Klaus

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Biographical Non-Fiction on October 9, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Among the Branded — “The letter could sit on a shelf, along with Isadore’s number, collecting dust, becoming less meaningful to me as the months and years went by … But my belief in fate was strong, one that I couldn’t shrug off with apprehension.” In Among the Branded, little does Stephanie know that […]

Among the Branded by Linda Smolkin

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on October 6, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Martin Luther — I don’t feel like I read as much in September as I have been this year. I think I was adjusting to school starting and a new routine for me – all the children are in school full-time this year. I also started the month focused on finishing Lonesome Dove […]

Sarah Anne’s Bookshelf: October 2017

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged bookshelf on October 4, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Dreamland — “One way to view all that had happened was as some enormous experiment to see how many Americans had the propensity for addiction.” Dreamland is an important book. Today, in America, there is an opiate epidemic. People are using, overdosing and dying. Families are broken. The foster care system is […]

Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic by Sam ...

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction on October 2, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

In The Unlikely Event — “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 Blume

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction historical fiction Online Book Club on September 29, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Women in the Castle — 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

Confessions of a Domestic Failure — “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 Laditan

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

Cold Tangerines — “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 Niequist

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Inspirational Religious on September 22, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Killer Jam — “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 MacInerney

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