Sarah Anne Carter

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Sarah Anne Carter

About Sarah Anne Carter

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.

Bookshelf — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] I read a variety of books in October. I read self-help, fiction, parenting and scary books (it is October after all). With the change in the weather, I feel like I read slower and enjoyed not rushing through any books. I’m about caught up on all book […]

Sarah Anne’s Bookshelf – October 2018

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged bookshelf on November 7, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Man's Search for Meaning — “They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” As a survivor of the […]

Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Inspirational Non-Fiction Religious on November 5, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Kelegeen — “I hate this famine,” Meg whispered in his ear. “’Tis the cruelest thing in all creation.” The village of Kelegeen in Ireland is struck by the potato famine and each family does what it takes to survive. The first year isn’t so bad as most have pigs or services they […]

Kelegeen by Eileen O’Finlan

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction on November 2, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

At the Water's Edge — [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 October Online Book Club. This month we’re discussing At The Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen. Maddie has lived a life devoid […]

Online Book Club: At The Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen

This entry was posted in Online Book Club and tagged Online Book Club on October 31, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Aviator's Wife — “Were we women always destined to appear as we were not, as long as we were standing next to our husbands?” Anne and Charles Lindbergh were America’s favorite couple when they were making strides in the aviation front. Together, they charted new routes and went places no airplane had gone […]

The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction on October 29, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

TwoSpells — “As they crested the next hill, a set of towering gates rose in the distance. TwoSpells.” Sarah and Jon are taken by their mother to visit their grandparents in Wales for summer vacation instead of somewhere fun, or so they think. Near their grandparents’ house looms a castle called TwoSpells […]

TwoSpells by Mark Morrison

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Young Adult Fiction on October 26, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Four Tendencies — “It’s been freeing to focus on what works for me rather than what’s wrong with me.” Every once in a while, I stumble onto a book that leads to many more books, but also changes my perspective on life. I didn’t know when I picked up The Happiness […]

Gretchen Rubin’s books: The Happiness Project, The Four Tendencies and ...

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Inspirational Non-Fiction on October 22, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

A Light So Lovely — “As Madeleine taught more and more aspiring writers, she began articulating a unique, transformative understanding of art as a spiritual discipline.” Madeleine L’Engle is probably best known as the author of A Wrinkle in Time. However, she was also a wife, mother, believer in God, artist, mentor, speaker, teacher […]

A Light So Lovely: The Spiritual Legacy of Madeleine L’Engle ...

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Biographical Non-Fiction on October 19, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Husband's Secret — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] For November, the Online Book Club will read and discuss The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty. I have read one other book by this author – What Alice Forgot. It’s been several years since I read that one, but it was also for a book club. Here is […]

November Online Book Club Book Announcement (The Husband’s Secret by ...

This entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading and tagged Online Book Club on October 17, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Carnegie's Maid — “What did it say about society that the best a lowborn educated girl could hope for was respectable servitude?” Clara Kelly leaves Ireland to find a better life for her in America and to send money back home to her family. Wandering the streets, not knowing where to look for […]

Carnegie’s Maid by Marie Benedict

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction on October 15, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter