4 [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup]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 Beartown by Fredrik Backman. Bear town was a very vivid book about a town where life revolves around hockey. […] Online Book Club: Beartown by Fredrik BackmanThis entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading and tagged Fiction Online Book Club on July 26, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
1 “Then something Tookish woke up inside of him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking stick.” Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit living a pleasant life when […] The Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkeinThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Classic Fiction on July 24, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
1 “This is the problem of history. We cannot know that which we were not there to see and hear and experience for ourselves. We must rely on the words of others.” Some books stick with you because the stories are wonderfully written. Others are unforgettable because the story needs to […] Homegoing by Yaa GyasiThis entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading and tagged historical fiction Online Book Club on July 21, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
4 “Let your past rejection experiences work for you instead of against you by allowing them to help you sense the possible pain behind other people’s reactions.” In an effort to let others know they are not alone in feeling rejected, Lysa TerKeurst opens her past and heart and lays […] Uninvited by Lysa TerKeurstThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Inspirational Religious on July 17, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
1 “Faith does not ask whether good works are to be done, but before it is asked, it has done them. It is always active.” Martin Luther is a pivotal person in history, best known for starting the Reformation with his 95 Theses. Almost every Protestant denomination can trace its […] Martin Luther in His Own Words by Jack D. KilcreaseThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction on July 14, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
1 In The Unlikely Event by Judy Blume When I heard there was a Judy Blume book written for adults, I immediately put In The Unlikely Event on my to-read list. However, it got pushed to the back burner as the line to check out the book from the library was very […] Online Book Club: August Book Announcement (In The Unlikely Event ...This entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading and tagged Online Book Club on July 12, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
5 “Above the sounds of misery, the sergeant called out, ‘Next stop boys, the Gates of Hell.'” World War I sent Americans across an ocean to fight on foreign soil to save the lives of people who they didn’t know. World War I had Germans gaining ground and taking more […] To the Last Man by Jeff ShaaraThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Historical Non-Fiction on July 10, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
11 “Ove had never been asked how he lived before he met her. But if anyone had asked him, he would have answered that he didn’t.” Every once in a while, you come across a book that has everything – love, humor, sadness, relationships that start and end and an […] A Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on July 7, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
I have 58 books on my have-read bookshelf so far this year – a lot more already than my usually 52 books a year! I really think that setting reading goals each month is not only helping me read more, but also read a wider variety of books. I’m glad […] Sarah Anne’s Bookshelf: July 2017This entry was posted in Reading and tagged bookshelf Classic Fiction Historical Inspirational Non-Fiction on July 5, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
2 “Brittany walked calmly to her locker, thinking about what Pilar had said. Could being kind to her enemies really work?” Brittany’s days are filled with highs and lows in Harmony Blues. When her artwork is chosen to be displayed at the state capitol, she feels on top of the world. […] Harmony Blues by Victoria KimbleThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Religious Young Adult Fiction on July 3, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter