Sarah Anne Carter

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Monthly Archives: April 2019

Where the Crawdads Sing — In Where the Crawdads Sing, Kya learns to live and survive on her own in the marsh. She digs mussels and sells them for food and gas for her boat. A local boy who has known her family since she was young starts coming to visit and teaches her to read. Tate ends up breaking her heart, but she opens it up again for another local boy, Chase Andrews. When Chase ends up dead, the town suspects “The Marsh Girl,” but can they prove a case beyond a reasonable doubt?

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on April 29, 2019 by Sarah Anne Carter

Love in the Time of Cholera — Love in the Time of Cholera was not the book I was hoping it would be. Instead of a lofty love story, it was gritty and realistic. Every character has several big faults and the story is more about human nature than it is about love and waiting for love.

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcie Marquez

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Classic Fiction on April 26, 2019 by Sarah Anne Carter

Contagious — Why do some things go viral and others miss the mark completely? Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Bergerexplores the world of marketing and what works to catch people's attention. Each business or idea out there is vying to capture people’s attention to either inform or persuade to action.

Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction on April 22, 2019 by Sarah Anne Carter

Outer Order Inner Calm — While some people can follow a one-size-fits-all approach, there are other approaches as well. Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin follows a mantra of letting each person find their own way out of their clutter and offers some solid tips in the book to help people find their own right way.

Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction on April 19, 2019 by Sarah Anne Carter

Notre Dame — We want to know our story – our place in this world. We do not all seek fame, but we all seek to be remembered in some way. Notre Dame was the place for 850 years where people got married, baptized babies, cried tears of grief and worshipped God. It is part of their stories.

Thoughts on Notre Dame

This entry was posted in Reading Writing Writing About Reading and tagged writing on April 17, 2019 by Sarah Anne Carter

Hearts of Fire — Hearts on Fire tells the stories of eight women who faced persecution because of their Christian faith in countries all over the world - Russia, Romania, Bhutan, Indonesia, Pakistan and China.

Hearts of Fire: Eight Women in the Underground Church and ...

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction Religious on April 15, 2019 by Sarah Anne Carter

Trump: The Art of the Deal — The Art of the Deal was written in 1987 and talks about Trump’s life as a businessman and dealmaker. The book talks about his daily life, some deals from start to finish and about his family life growing up. In each deal he describes, he talks about his business philosophy, which led him to come under or at budget and on time with most of his projects.

Trump: The Art of the Deal by Donald J. Trump

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Biography Non-Fiction on April 12, 2019 by Sarah Anne Carter

A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea — Doaa had big dreams growing up in a peaceful town in Syria. However, when she was in her teens, war came to her country – her own government was attacking its citizens for wanting more freedoms. Eventually, the military came to her town and made life dangerous for everyone – but especially, Doaa as she was participating in the protests. Finally, her family decided to leave and go to Egypt as refugees. Their own country was not a safe place anymore.

A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea by Melissa Fleming

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction on April 8, 2019 by Sarah Anne Carter

Grateful American — While pursuing a career in music and acting, Gary Sinise's respect for the military showed when they would have veterans nights at his acting company, Steppenwolf. Then, he got the role of Lt. Dan in Forrest Gump and he started joining USO shows. The more veterans he met, the more he wanted to help.

Grateful American by Gary Sinise

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction on April 5, 2019 by Sarah Anne Carter

Bookshelf — Sarah Anne's Bookshelf - March 2019

Sarah Anne’s Bookshelf – March 2019

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged bookshelf on April 3, 2019 by Sarah Anne Carter