Sarah Anne Carter

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Yearly Archives: 2018

The Rooster Bar — [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 Grisham

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction John Grisham on April 23, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Ellipsis — [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 Rincavage

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Religious on April 20, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Artemis — [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 Weir

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction sci-fi on April 16, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Ollie Ollie — [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

Once We Were Brothers — [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

Bittersweet — [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 Niequist

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Inspirational Religious on April 9, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Flow — [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 Littlemore

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Dystopian Young Adult Fiction on April 6, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

March 2018 bookshelf — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] I made a big dent in my bookshelf during March by reading 13 books. I read some fiction, some memoirs and some inspirational books. I also started the Divergent series, which I will probably finish in April – it’s very intriguing! My two favorites were Calico Joe […]

Sarah Anne’s Bookshelf – March 2018

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged bookshelf on April 4, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Alice Network — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “What did it matter if something scared you, when it simply had to be done?” Charlie St. Cloud is pregnant in 1947 and the only thing she feels in control of is the search for her cousin, Rose, who disappeared at the end of the war. Eve […]

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction on April 2, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Fred's Funeral — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “Before falling into a fitful sleep, Fred wonders if he’s already dead. Perhaps this is Hell. But he can’t, for the life of him, remember what sin he ever committed to be punished this terribly.” Fred is dead, but his spirit has not been released from the […]

Fred’s Funeral by Sandy Day

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction historical fiction on March 30, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter