Sarah Anne Carter

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I love to read and here you will find book reviews of what is on my bookshelf.

The Alice Network — I read at a much slower pace this January than I did last year and I really enjoyed it. I read some books that had been on my list for a while, this month’s Online Book Club book and some books that were requested to be reviewed. I ended up […]

Sarah Anne’s Bookshelf: January 2018

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

Talking to Kids About God — “My kids were going to need a lot more from me, and I had to find out what that was.” When it comes to faith, children all come to a point where they want to dig deeper into the questions surrounding faith. How do we know God is real? How […]

Talking With Your Kids About God by Natasha Crain

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

The Rosie Project — “Restaurants are minefields for the socially inept.” Don Tillman is a smart man – a professor of genetics – yet, he is both socially and emotionally challenged. While he would like to start a long-term relationship with a woman, he never seems to keep their attention for more than a […]

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on February 2, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Emory's Gift — 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 online book club for Emory’s Gift by W. Bruce Cameron. “With a huff, the bear backed away from the bank, and now I could clearly see […]

Online Book Club: Emory’s Gift by W. Bruce Cameron

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

Grown-Ups Guide to Teenage Humans — “One of the most powerful things to teenagers is people proving they are devoted to them.” Parenting is hard. Parenting babies is tiring. Parenting toddlers is time-consuming. Parenting children is an adventure. Parenting teenagers is like visiting a different planet. The world teenagers are growing up in today is much […]

The Grown-Up’s Guide to Teenage Humans by Josh Shipp

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction parenting on January 29, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Handmaid's Tale — “For the ones to come after you, it will be easier. … Because they won’t want things they can’t have.” The world is much different than it used to be, but those women living in the changed world still remember how it used to be – walking freely in the […]

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Dystopian Fiction on January 26, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Life As We Knew It — “At that second, I think we all realized that it was Our Moon and that if it was attacked, then we were attacked.” Like any other rare phenomenon in outer space, the whole world gathers to watch as an asteroid is about to hit the moon. The calculations have been […]

Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Dystopian Fiction on January 22, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

John Adams — “The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.” Most people can name the first president of the United States, but who was the second president? John Adams did a lot for America, but is not always a figure that is […]

John Adams by David McCullough

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

The Casual Vacancy — Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling I have read all of the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling but have not read any of her other fiction writing and I thought it was time to give it a try. I already know I want to be able to discuss the book with […]

Online Book Club February Book Announcement (Casual Vacancy by J.K. ...

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

Middle of the Mess — “How do you live an authentic life with God? It always starts with the truth.” There is some mess in all of our lives. We often try to hide it and show others a life that is put together. If we were to share our truth about our messy, broken […]

In the Middle of the Mess by Sheila Walsh

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Inspirational on January 15, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter