1 [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “I think of Dr. Brulov in Spellbound: ‘My dear girl, you cannot keep bumping your head against reality and saying it is not there.’” Amanda Fox knows her neighbors very well – from watching them out her window, often with a zoom lens on her camera. She […] The Woman in the Window by A.J. FinnThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction thriller on April 30, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
“Chocolate’s been known to cure even the worst case of lovesickness.” When a teenage girl finds herself in love with her best friend’s boyfriend, she fights hard to leave him alone. He treats her like his best buddy and when he gets sick, he leans on her more and more […] Lovesick by Jacqueline Levering SullivanThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Young Adult Fiction on April 27, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
[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 Calico Joe by John Grisham. As the son of a Major League Baseball pitcher, Paul Tracey not only longs to […] Online Book Club: Calico Joe by John GrishamThis entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading on April 25, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
[sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “We had a good day and won’t always be so lucky. What’s amazing is the traffic, the sheer number of people who get chewed up by the system.” Law school isn’t easy. The classes are tough, the student loans are high and then there is the bar […] The Rooster Bar by John GrishamThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction John Grisham on April 23, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
1 [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “Some people are completely normal before they come here, but when they arrive in this area, especially Jerusalem, they become a little psychotic and they think they’re a religious figure like Jesus or the Virgin Mary.” In Ellipsis, a love interest leads Journey to take a job […] Ellipsis by Gina RincavageThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Religious on April 20, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
3 [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “Very few people get a chance to quantify how much their father loves them. But I did.” Fast forward a few decades and picture a city built on the moon where people have lived most of their lives. Artemis is a tourist attraction, but in order to […] Artemis by Andy WeirThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction sci-fi on April 16, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
1 [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “Guilt was my old friend. We understood each other and needed each other. It was guilt that had always protected me from despair.” Around the age of 7, Anne’s older brother, Paul, passed away. At an age where she could start feeling deeply, this death and that […] Ollie Ollie in Come Free: A Memoir of Swallowed Time ...This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Memoir Non-Fiction on April 13, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
[sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] For May, the Online Book Club will read and discuss Once We Were Brothers by Ronald H. Balson. I love historical fiction and this book sounds interesting – two men who grew up as brothers, but one possibly betrays the other during the Holocaust. Here is the […] May Online Book Club Annoucement: Once We Were Brothers by ...This entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading and tagged historical fiction Online Book Club on April 11, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
[sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “If you were made to create, you won’t feel whole and healthy and alive until you do.” Life is both bitter and sweet, author Shauna Niequist has come to realize after going through several heartbreaking and wonderful seasons. She has had wonderful jobs, friends and family moments. […] Bittersweet by Shauna NiequistThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Inspirational Religious on April 9, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
[sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “We all knew things were difficult, conditions harsh. But if we pulled together, we were told, we would survive. We could thrive in a world which had become difficult to live in. But it was clearly made more difficult for some citizens than for others. The thought […] Flow by Clare LittlemoreThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Dystopian Young Adult Fiction on April 6, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter