Sarah Anne Carter is a writer and reader. She grew up all over the world as a military brat and is now putting down roots with her family in Ohio. Family life keeps her busy, but any spare moment is spent reading, writing or thinking about plots for novels.
December is the perfect month to read some holiday books!
They are often short, feel-good stories that put me right in the Christmas spirit! If you're looking for some holiday reads this month, here's a list of 12 good holiday books!
Noel Street is a sweet love story that deals with war, widowhood, racism and fears. It is a quick read, but I really enjoyed the story and felt like the Christmas season was really starting when I finished reading it.
“You’ll make mistakes because it’s impossible to know what is or isn’t a mistake until it’s made.” Her real name is almost forgotten to her, but she is known as The Chemist. With no family left by the time she was in college, she was a target recruit of the […]
Louis L’Amour left behind many pages of writing that his son, Beau, has decided to sort through and release certain well-crafted stories in Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures, Vol. 2.
Almost everyone knows the story of Dorothy visiting the land of Oz from the movie, but the movie was based on a series of books written in the early 1900s.
The Light After the War won’t be released until Feb. 4, 2020, but I was able to get an advanced copy through NetGalley. I love reading historical fiction, so I jumped at the chance to read an advanced copy. The plot sounded intriguing with two women trying to rebuild their lives after WWII.
You Can’t Make Me gives a lot of examples and stories from real life, which make the book very relatable. By first explaining how strong-willed children think, a parent gains insight into why the child acts like he or she does. It’s in their nature to fight for a choice in life because deep down, they know they can’t be made to do anything if they’re willing to face the consequences.
In The Rosie Effect, Don Tillman is married to Rosie, the woman he found while searching for a wife in The Rosie Project. They have moved from Australia to New York City to work and study at Columbia. He’s a professor and she’s a med student. Life can be hectic, but they start to find a routine just as the unexpected happens.