Sarah Anne Carter

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Yearly Archives: 2019

Backpack Bear Vodka — A Backpack, A Bear and Eight Cases of Vodka is a memoir that taught me so much about a refugee’s perspective. Lev honestly tells the reader about not just his experiences, but his feelings and how he was deeply affected by the 10 years he spent as a Jew in the USSR.

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This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Historical Non-Fiction on February 1, 2019 by Sarah Anne Carter

How To Talk So Kids Will Listen — How to Talk So Your Kids Will Listen

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This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction parenting on January 28, 2019 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Baker's Daughter — “We have to stop being afraid of the shadows and realize that the world is made up of shades of gray, light and darkness. Can’t have one without the other.” Reba Adams is sent to interview a German baker in El Paso about how holidays were spent in Germany. When […]

The Baker’s Daughter by Sarah McCoy

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction on January 25, 2019 by Sarah Anne Carter

Teenager is Not Crazy — Is there any science that can explain teenage behavior? The Clarks explore this idea in Your Teenager is Not Crazy: Understanding Your Teen's Brain Can Make You a Better Parent. Teenagers’ brains are rapidly changing and learning how to process feelings and information. Learning the biology of how teenagers are developing can help parents more readily understand and prepare for the teenage years.

Your Teenager is Not Crazy: Understanding Your Teen’s Brain Can ...

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction parenting on January 21, 2019 by Sarah Anne Carter

Chasing the Scream — Chasing the Scream explains the history of drugs in America and some other European countries and shares personal stories to explain the ways in which the War on Drugs harms society and how addiction might be more about human connection than powerful drugs.

Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction on January 18, 2019 by Sarah Anne Carter

Bookshelf — Want to read more this year? I know many people who have set reading goals for this year, wanting to read a certain number of book. Others have just said they wanted to read more in general. I think the best way to meet the goal of reading more is to find some good books that are relatively easy to read and add those to your list of to-read books for the year.

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This entry was posted in Reading Writing About Reading and tagged bookshelf on January 16, 2019 by Sarah Anne Carter

Artemis Fowl — “Let us proceed under the assumption that the fairy folk do exist, and that I am not a gibbering moron.” Artemis Fowl is crafty, cunning and has his eyes set on criminal plots that will net him power and money. Artemis is only 12. Yet, with his mother grieving the […]

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Young Adult on January 14, 2019 by Sarah Anne Carter

Pax — “There is a disease that strikes foxes sometimes. It causes them to abandon their ways, to attack strangers. War is human sickness like this.” Shortly after his mother’s death, Peter finds a fox kit and takes it in to care for it, despite his father’s objections. “The boy” and his […]

Pax by Sara Pennypacker

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Young Adult Fiction on January 11, 2019 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Waitress — The Waitress was a fun read, especially since Katie and Sukie are known for being rude to customers getting coffee at the café and that’s what the café is known for. The characters are interesting and the theme is finding the courage to follow your dreams.

The Waitress by Melissa Nathan

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Online Book Club on January 7, 2019 by Sarah Anne Carter

Search for God and Guinness — “It is testimony to the importance of beer in their story that the brewery was the first permanent building the Pilgrims constructed.” Looking at history through the role beer played reveals how important it was to many countries, including America. Beer was often the safe drink since it was boiled […]

The Search for God and Guinness by Stephen Mansfield

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction Religious on January 4, 2019 by Sarah Anne Carter