Sarah Anne Carter

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Fiction

Necessary Lies — “I wished we lived right next to the ocean. When I said that, Mrs. Forrester said you could ruin a thing by wishing for something else.” Jane Forrester is newly married and starts work as a social worker in a rural county in North Carolina. Her husband does not approve […]

Necessary Lies by Diane Chamberlain

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

Beartown — “Hockey is never satisfied being part of your life, it wants to be all of it.” A small town is kept from fading into oblivion by hockey. The jobs are leaving, the talent is leaving, but there’s a youth hockey team heading to the semifinals and if they win, maybe, […]

Beartown by Fredrik Backman

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Online Book Club on August 21, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Nothing is Strange — “I think that maybe we only cry because we don’t understand what is going on. Maybe if we understood what is really going on we wouldn’t cry at all, ever.” Books of short stories are often fun to read. They require less commitment as you can read a story and […]

Nothing is Strange by Mike Russell

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

The Bourbon Thief — “And bourbon’s like the truth, you know.” “How’s that?” “The first taste burns, but once you get used to it, it’s the only thing you want in your mouth.” The Bourbon Thief is a story in a story. A woman entrances a man and after inviting her home finds she […]

The Bourbon Thief by Tiffany Reisz

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on August 14, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Small Great Things — “… Equality is treating everyone the same. But equity is taking differences into account, so everyone has a chance to succeed …” Ruth is a labor and delivery nurse who has worked hard for years to make a good life for herself and her son. Her husband died serving his […]

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on July 31, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Beartown — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup]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 Beartown by Fredrik Backman. Bear town was a very vivid book about a town where life revolves around hockey. […]

Online Book Club: Beartown by Fredrik Backman

This entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading and tagged Fiction Online Book Club on July 26, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Hobbit — “Then something Tookish woke up inside of him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking stick.” Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit living a pleasant life when […]

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Classic Fiction on July 24, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

A Man Called Ove — “Ove had never been asked how he lived before he met her. But if anyone had asked him, he would have answered that he didn’t.” Every once in a while, you come across a book that has everything – love, humor, sadness, relationships that start and end and an […]

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on July 7, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

July 2017 Bookshelf — I have 58 books on my have-read bookshelf so far this year – a lot more already than my usually 52 books a year! I really think that setting reading goals each month is not only helping me read more, but also read a wider variety of books. I’m glad […]

Sarah Anne’s Bookshelf: July 2017

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged bookshelf Classic Fiction Historical Inspirational Non-Fiction on July 5, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Broken Road — “The truth was, as much as I needed it, I was afraid to go to sleep. To sleep, perchance to dream. I was terrified of having the dream.” The saying goes, “The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.” How does a man become a person who willingly […]

The Broken Road by Richard Paul Evans

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on June 30, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter