“No one should be reduced to feeling as frightened as a hunted animal. Would she forever hold such fear inside?” After living a very sheltered life, Katrina is thrown into the snow after being assaulted by a family friend. Even though she is a college graduate in search of a […] Maiden’s Blush and Phantom Poetry by Kayla LoweThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Poetry Religious on July 6, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
1 “You can do everything perfectly. …And you still won’t get the results you deserve. Life is crazy and maddening and often makes no sense.” Jack is dying. He has a rare disease and is trying to hang on until after Christmas to enjoy one last holiday with his wife and […] One Summer by David BaldacciThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on July 2, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
“Every note played is a life and a death.” Most of us won’t get the time to reflect upon our lives and make amends before we die. Some people do and Richard is one of them. A renowned concert pianist, he first notices signs of his disease when his right […] Every Note Played by Lisa GenovaThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on June 1, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
[sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “Motherhood was like an end-of-semester project. There was always one more thing I should be doing.” Marti Trailor is not feeling fulfilled in her role as a doctor’s wife and mother to three school-aged children. Her husband is working longer and longer hours and seems detached from […] Best Intentions by Erika RaskinThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on May 28, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
1 [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “A ridiculous-looking little man. The sort of little man one could never take seriously.” Hercule Poirot has just finished helping solve a problem for a friend in an Eastern European army and has boarded a train to start heading home. A cry is heard, a man is […] Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction mystery on May 21, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
[sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “… passion is a strange thing, a thing that warps and twists everything with which it comes in contact.” An elderly woman dies in a nursing home, which would normally be a non-event to anyone outside of her family. Another resident wants her room set aside as […] Death Without Company by Craig JohnsonThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction mystery on May 18, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
[sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] For June, the Online Book Club will read and discuss One Summer by David Baldacci. I’ve only read one other David Baldacci book, which was not his typical style – The Christmas Train. I really enjoyed the book. I also read a book written by his sister […] June Online Book Club book announcement (One Summer by David ...This entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading and tagged Fiction Online Book Club on May 16, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
3 [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “The worst part will be the long drive, just me and Warren in the car, with so much history to cover and no desire to go there.” As the son of a Major League Baseball pitcher, Paul Tracey not only longs to follow in his father’s footsteps, […] Calico Joe by John GrishamThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Online Book Club on May 14, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
“The night can’t last forever. Just hold out a little longer. The night can’t last forever.” Jason Collins is part of an elite team that works out of the Vatican. He’s not a priest or a missionary or even a teacher – he’s a demon hunter, trained to track and […] Kingdom Come by Justin CoogleThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Religious on May 11, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
2 [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “The future reshapes the memory of the past in the way it recalibrates significance: some episodes are advanced, others lose purchase.” Brrr is the Cowardly Lion, taken from his mother as a cub to be shown at a university and studied to see if he is an […] A Lion Among Men by Gregory MaguireThis entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading and tagged Fiction Online Book Club on May 7, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter