Reading
Another great year of reading complete! I was aiming for 125 books, but got to 103 🙂 What were my favorites? I picked 12 – six fiction and six non-fiction – books that stood out as ones I recommended to people after I read them. (Okay, maybe there are 2 […]

Sarah Anne’s Top Reads of 2025

I read 11 books in December and finished another two that I slowly read through the year. A lot of them were short, holiday books. I really enjoy ending the year reading books set around Christmastime. Here’s what I read in December: Trouble Island by Sharon Short Trouble Island is […]

Sarah Anne’s Bookshelf – December 2025

I read some very fascinating books in November. Some of them were longer than my typical reads. I read about the Vanderbilts, read a very convicting study book, and read some very unique fiction plots. Some of these will be my favorites for the year. Here’s what I read last […]

Sarah Anne’s Bookshelf – November 2025

Soccer season came to an end and with a few weeks until basketball starts, I had more free evenings to do some more reading. One of my new favorite books was read this month – A Canticle for Leibowitz. I read some really good fiction and some very interesting non-fiction […]

Sarah Anne’s Bookshelf – October 2025

A Summer in Springfield is set in Springfield, Ohio, and I used many of the local businesses and people in the story. Some names were changed, but if you live here or know Springfield, you can probably guess many of the places mentioned in the book. Here are some of the […]

A Summer in Springfield Inspirations

I read some longer books in September, so I have just four to share this month. It’s a great balance of two fiction and two non-fiction books. I did start two that I ended up putting down after deciding not to read them. Here is what I read in September: […]

Sarah Anne’s Bookshelf – September 2025

“Can I spend my birthday money on a hotel room so we can go to NYC?” Our oldest asked the question and there was one weekend open that we could both go, so we planned another trip to NYC. There’s always more to do and see there. Of course, it […]

Two Days in NYC

I took just a few trips in August, which lent itself to more reading time on airplanes. I read just one non-fiction book about the Astors and the rest were all very interesting fiction books. Here are the books I read in August: The Storm Breaker by Victoria Kimble The […]

Sarah Anne’s Bookshelf – August 2025

It was time for another senior trip and this child of mine loves the beach. We made a plan to go to San Diego for three nights with one of her friends and her mom. The night before when I went to check our flights, they had filled up, so […]

Summer in San Diego

My husband’s work schedule was a bit crazy in July and I had yet to be a passenger on a flight he was piloting, so I decided to go and visit him on the road.  He had an overnight stay in White Plains, N.Y. that landed before noon, giving him […]

An Afternoon in NYC