1 [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “I think of Dr. Brulov in Spellbound: ‘My dear girl, you cannot keep bumping your head against reality and saying it is not there.’” Amanda Fox knows her neighbors very well – from watching them out her window, often with a zoom lens on her camera. She […] The Woman in the Window by A.J. FinnThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction thriller on April 30, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
[sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “We had a good day and won’t always be so lucky. What’s amazing is the traffic, the sheer number of people who get chewed up by the system.” Law school isn’t easy. The classes are tough, the student loans are high and then there is the bar […] The Rooster Bar by John GrishamThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction John Grisham on April 23, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
1 [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “Some people are completely normal before they come here, but when they arrive in this area, especially Jerusalem, they become a little psychotic and they think they’re a religious figure like Jesus or the Virgin Mary.” In Ellipsis, a love interest leads Journey to take a job […] Ellipsis by Gina RincavageThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Religious on April 20, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
3 [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “Very few people get a chance to quantify how much their father loves them. But I did.” Fast forward a few decades and picture a city built on the moon where people have lived most of their lives. Artemis is a tourist attraction, but in order to […] Artemis by Andy WeirThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction sci-fi on April 16, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
1 [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “Before falling into a fitful sleep, Fred wonders if he’s already dead. Perhaps this is Hell. But he can’t, for the life of him, remember what sin he ever committed to be punished this terribly.” Fred is dead, but his spirit has not been released from the […] Fred’s Funeral by Sandy DayThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction historical fiction on March 30, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
“This was a holy night she would remember as long as she lived.” For two years during college, Molly and Ryan were inseparable. Though they both had relationships with people back home, it was hard to deny that there was chemistry between the two of them. They would meet at […] The Bridge by Karen KingsburyThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Religious on March 26, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
“I had overlooked the propensity of the dying to tell their story. The need to be heard one last time.” Betsy’s world starts to fall apart after her brother dies on an MIA mission in Vietnam. She acts up at school and is told to spend the rest of the […] Revenants: The Odyssey Home by Scott KauffmanThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction historical fiction on March 23, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
“We do our part – where nature and the nation places us. Each of us to our own abilty … and thus ensure the wealth of the nation.” In Bakerton, most people don’t work. They are designated as Citizens and get a stipend and privileges because they are medically inferior. […] The Wealth of a Nation by T.B. O’NeillThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Dystopian Fiction on March 9, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
“With a huff, the bear backed away from the bank, and now I could clearly see that he’d made his own marks in the smooth soil. He’d written his own word, plain as day, easy to read. EMORY. ‘Oh boy,’ I said.” In Northern Idaho, a 13-year-old boy who recently […] Emory’s Gift by W. Bruce CameronThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Online Book Club on March 5, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
“He had everything a man – a very rich man – was supposed to have, need, or want. Except for time, of course.” A true collection of short stories should have some kind of underlying theme that ties them together so the reader feels he or she is reading a […] Uncommon Type by Tom HanksThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Short Stories on February 26, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter