Sarah Anne Carter

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Monthly Archives: June 2018

It Hurts But It's Necessary — “If you still have a pulse, you still have a purpose.” Why do bad things happen? It’s question we all think from time to time. Pastor Henry McMullen has written a short book sharing about how the bad things that happened in his life – his sister died, his mother […]

It Hurts But It’s Necessary by Pastor Henry McMullen

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Inspirational Religious on June 29, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

One Summer — [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 June Online Book Club. This month we’re discussing One Summer by David Baldacci. In One Summer, Jack is dying. He has […]

Online Book Club: One Summer by David Baldacci

This entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading and tagged Online Book Club on June 27, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

How the Irish Saved Civilization — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “Wherever they went the Irish brought with them their books, many unseen in Europe for centuries …” When Rome fell, the world was on the verge of losing more than just a stable civilization – it was about to lose knowledge. Books were casualties of war. Yet, […]

How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Historical Non-Fiction on June 25, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Sarah Annes Top Summer Reads — Looking for some good books to read this summer? Among the more than 250 books I have reviewed on my blog, I’ve picked several books that I know are good summer reads. Some will teach you new things, some will inspire you and some will take you to another world. […]

Sarah Anne’s Top Summer Reads

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged bookshelf on June 23, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Synod — “With the sense that someone was lurking nearby, Goldfinch shook himself out of the daze. He felt a chill forming at the back of his neck.” A small settlement in New Jersey has its sights set on being set apart from the world. It’s 1829 and Andrew Jackson is president […]

Synod by Dan C. Gunderman

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction on June 22, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Vanishing American Adult — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “Let’s hope that, over time, we’ll develop a bias, when we have an extra free hour, toward shoveling snow from the elderly neighbor lady’s sidewalk over streaming another Netflix sitcom.” Parenting is not easy in this day and age. However, it can be even harder when parents […]

The Vanishing American Adult by Ben Sasse

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction parenting on June 18, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Practice Makes Purpose — “Gratitude is the secret of happiness.” Sometimes reexamining the small habits in our lives can help us change for the better. In Practice Makes Purpose, there are six main areas we should focus on in life to live to our full potential. The author is a former minister and has […]

Practice Makes Purpose by C. Paul Schroeder

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Inspirational on June 15, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Blue Bottle Club — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] For July, the Online Book Club will read and discuss The Blue Bottle Club by Penelope J. Stokes. I have not read this book or any by this author. It looks like a good summer read about four teenage girls and their dreams and how they do […]

July Online Book Club book announcement (The Blue Bottle Club ...

This entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading and tagged Online Book Club on June 13, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Once We Were Brothers — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “The doors of decision are one-way only. You can never go back. I’ll never be the same person again.” Ben Solomon, a survivor of the Nazi invasion of Poland, is watching TV one day in his older years and sees a face he could never forget. The […]

Once We Were Brothers by Ronald H. Balson

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction on June 11, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Art of Fully Living — “From my experience, pursuing goals from a place of inner peace yields better results.” Unsatisfaction and unhappiness can be tolerated or it can be a catalyst for change. Tal Gur felt unrest in his life and dared to think if this was really how he wanted to live his life. […]

The Art of Fully Living by Tal Gur

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Inspirational Non-Fiction on June 8, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter