Sarah Anne Carter

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Monthly Archives: February 2018

2018 Online Book Club — The book I chose for February 2018 Online Book Club ended up being something I didn’t want to finish reading. So, instead of discussing one particular book this month, we will be discussing lots of books – each person can choose the best book they’ve read this year (or recently) […]

Sarah Anne’s Online Book Club: February 2018 Discussion

This entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading and tagged Online Book Club on February 28, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Uncommon Type — “He had everything a man – a very rich man – was supposed to have, need, or want. Except for time, of course.” A true collection of short stories should have some kind of underlying theme that ties them together so the reader feels he or she is reading a […]

Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Short Stories on February 26, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Forever, Erma — “Me? I just caved in and told my kids the other sock went to live with Jesus. They seemed to accept that.” Socks do go missing in the dryer. Everyone has experienced this, especially with little kid socks. Erma Bombeck found the humor in this and wrote several columns about […]

Forever Erma by Erma Bombeck

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged humor Non-Fiction on February 23, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

To Light A Fire On The Earth — “The Church is interested in making saints. It’s not interested in making spiritual mediocrities. It wants saints.” Robert Barron is a well-known figure in the Catholic Church, especially to those who are active on social media. He is a priest who has YouTube videos, a Twitter account, Facebook, Instagram and […]

To Light a Fire On The Earth by Robert Barron

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction Religious on February 19, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Lab Girl — “People are like plants: they grow toward the light.” Hope is a scientist. She is a lab girl. She works with plants, discovering new things about the world we live in and sometimes take for granted. Her path to becoming a female scientist with a faithful male lab assistant is […]

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Biographical Non-Fiction on February 16, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

A Lion Among Men — A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire I am choosing the third book in a series for the March Online Book Club choice, but I am hoping enough people are familiar with Wicked and the plot involved in the story that they will enjoy A Lion Among Men. This is the story told from […]

Online Book Club March Announcement (A Lion Among Men by ...

This entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading and tagged Online Book Club on February 14, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Trust Protocol — “Rather than being stifled or stymied in challenging situations and environments, relationships grow deeper and get stronger when they’re tested and survive to thrive.” How many people in your life do you actually trust? We usually only have a handful among the many people we know who can tell us […]

The Trust Protocol by Mac Richard

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction Religious on February 12, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Louis L'Amour Lost Treasures — “A man had to talk to somebody and most cow-horses received a lot of confidential chatter which they were in no position to repeat.” A prolific writer like Louis L’Amour almost always leaves behind unfinished stories and drafts of ideas. His son Beau has gone through all the writings Louis […]

Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures: Volume 1 with commentary by Beau ...

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on February 9, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Alice Network — I read at a much slower pace this January than I did last year and I really enjoyed it. I read some books that had been on my list for a while, this month’s Online Book Club book and some books that were requested to be reviewed. I ended up […]

Sarah Anne’s Bookshelf: January 2018

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged bookshelf on February 7, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Talking to Kids About God — “My kids were going to need a lot more from me, and I had to find out what that was.” When it comes to faith, children all come to a point where they want to dig deeper into the questions surrounding faith. How do we know God is real? How […]

Talking With Your Kids About God by Natasha Crain

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction Religious on February 5, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter