Sarah Anne Carter

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Yearly Archives: 2018

The Crystal Mountain — “The great crystal was a miracle. He must protect it.” Eric and Dale are training and living their lives as princes where Eric is the heir to the throne. Dale suffers asthma and weak legs, but his father surprises them with an announcement that Dale is to be the next […]

The Crystal Mountain by J. Gregory Smith

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Young Adult Fiction on December 7, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Reading — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] I read a little slower this month as I was also participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and succeeded by writing 50,000 words of a new novel. I did read a few very captivating fiction books and learned some new things from some great non-fiction books. […]

Sarah Anne’s Bookshelf – November 2018

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged bookshelf on December 5, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Noel Stranger — “I was lost in an emotional wilderness, and I needed all the help I could get.” Maggie cannot step a foot outside of her house without feeling the whole world is watching her. After suffering through a very public and humiliating divorce to a local politician, she spends most of […]

The Noel Stranger by Richard Paul Evans

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Christmas Fiction on December 3, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Beloved devotional — “Thankfully, the Bible has so much more to say about the unique challenges – the heartaches and the high points – of being female.” Finding time for a daily devotional is often a New Year’s resolution. Some books and devotionals can make this resolution easier to follow. Beloved: 365 Devotions […]

Beloved: 365 Devotions for Young Women by Lindsay E. Franklin

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Religious on November 30, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Husband's Secret — [sg_popup id=”2680″ event=”inherit”][/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 November Online Book Club. This month we’re discussing The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty. Cecilia happens upon a letter in the attic addressed […]

Online Book Club: The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty

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

Teen's Guide to Social Media — “Your phone is not your problem. The problem is when we let our phone captivate us so significantly with the unimportant that we ignore the important all around us.” Parents today are raising teenagers in an entirely different world than has ever existed. The connections with the Internet, Wifi, smartphones […]

The Teen’s Guide to Social Media: 21 Tips to Wise ...

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction parenting on November 26, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

House of Gold — “It was a secret as small as a leaf. It belonged only to her.” Greta was born into the elite financial family Goldbaum and wants for nothing in life until she is forced to marry a distant cousin and realizes love may be completely out of her reach in House […]

House of Gold by Natasha Solomons

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction historical fiction on November 23, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Louisiana's Way Home — “The world was beautiful. It surprised me, how beautiful it kept on insisting on being. In spite of all the lies, it was beautiful.” Louisiana Elephante is awoken in the middle of the night by her grandmother, loaded into their car and taken away from the place she has settled […]

Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Young Adult Fiction on November 19, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

No Traveller Returns — “The average man travels in the same world in which the adventurer lives; but if he goes to China he carries St. Paul, Waukegan, Macon or Pawhuska right with him.” The crew of the SS Lichenfield knows there is danger in what they do – going out to see carrying […]

No Traveller Returns by Louis L’Amour

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on November 16, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Waitress — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] For December, the Online Book Club will read and discuss The Waitress by Melissa Nathan. I have read one other book by this author – What Alice Forgot. I have not read any other books by this author, but it looked like a light one to end the […]

December Online Book Club Book Announcement (The Waitress by Melissa ...

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