Sarah Anne Carter

Author

Fiction

Louis L'Amour Lost Treasures — “A man had to talk to somebody and most cow-horses received a lot of confidential chatter which they were in no position to repeat.” A prolific writer like Louis L’Amour almost always leaves behind unfinished stories and drafts of ideas. His son Beau has gone through all the writings Louis […]

Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures: Volume 1 with commentary by Beau ...

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on February 9, 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

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

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

Camino Island — “Plans – nothing ever goes as planned, and the survivors are the ones who can adapt on the fly.” Mercer Mann is a struggling writer. She has two books published and is struggling to get the third written. In the meantime, she is teaching to pay off her student loans. […]

Camino Island by John Grisham

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on January 8, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Skipping Christmas — “We skip Christmas, save the money, and go splash in the Caribbean for ten days.” Luther and Nora Krank are facing a Christmas that will be a little bit lonely. Their only daughter is going to another country to serve in the Peace Corps and will not be home. As […]

Skipping Christmas by John Grisham

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction holiday on December 29, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Noel Diary — “I felt a little like an archaeologist, digging through sedimentary layers, uncovering the past. But not someone else’s past. My past.” Famous and lonely. Rich but living with the pain of a rough childhood. Writing about love without anyone to love in life. That is the world of J. Churcher. […]

The Noel Diary by Richard Paul Evans

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on December 25, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Merry and Bright — “Christmas is a condition of the heart.” In Merry and Bright, Merry is working a temp job to save money for school that will end just after Christmas. Her boss, Jayson, just seems to make her and her coworkers lives difficult as he makes overtime mandatory, won’t let them eat […]

Merry and Bright by Debbie Macomber

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction holiday on December 22, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

A House Among Trees — “Secretly famous. Which is the best kind of famous, believe me.” A chance meeting on a playground leaves Tomasina (“Tommy”) and her brother forever connected to a famous children’s author. The brother is captured in a book that makes author Mort Lear famous. Tommy is offered her first job by […]

A House Among the Trees by Julia Glass

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on December 18, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter