Sarah Anne's Bookshelf - October 2019
Yearly Archives: 2019
In When We Believe in Mermaids, the overall message is of hope, forgiveness, love and second chances. None of us need to really ever be alone.
When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O’Neal
Digital minimalism does not mean having a goal of hardly ever using technology; instead, it means using technology for specific purposes and deciding when and why you use it.
Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
October is the perfect time to read a few spooky stories. Sometimes, though, the scariest stories are the real life stories of ghosts, disasters and human trials. Here are 10 books that will have you thinking the truth is scarier than fiction!
Scary reads based on true stories!
2 I read The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris last year and when I saw that she was releasing a new book on NetGalley, I chose to read it. Cilka’s Journey is the first historical fiction book I’ve read that is set in the Russian Gulags. Morris’ writing style captivates the reader right away in both books.
Cilka’s Journey by Heather Morris
2 Night is a powerful memoir of a boy who faced the horrors of a concentration camp when he wanted to be studying Jewish Scripture.
Night by Elie Weisel
2 Midnight in Chernobyl is an eye-opening book about the 1986 disaster.
Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham
Columbus Must Die is a very interesting historical fiction read. Books set in early American history take a lot of researching to get facts straight, which makes it harder to find.
Columbus Must Die by John McClean
The Ring by Sarah Anne Carter
The Ring is being read!
1 You may have heard of the Five Love Languages, but have you heard about the Apology Languages? We all do things we need to apologize for, but an effective apology is one that speaks to the person’s heart that we want to forgive us.