Sarah Anne Carter

Author

Fiction

Sweet Water — “I used to want to forgive, but now all I want is to be left alone. I don’t have forgiveness left in me. My forgiveness ran out with her blood on that long backwoods stretch of highway …” Cassie barely remembers her mother or any of her relatives from that […]

Sweet Water by Christina Baker Kline

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Online Book Club on June 9, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Cold Dish — “I pulled my hat down straight and told Ruby that if anybody else called about dead bodies, we had already filled the quota for a Friday and they should call back next week.” Sherriff Walter Longmire watches over Absaroka County, Wyoming, with the help of his secretary, deputies, his […]

The Cold Dish: A Longmire Mystery by Craig Johnson

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction mystery on June 5, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Life We Bury — “I thought that by going to prison, I might silence my ghosts – bury that part of my life, those things I did in Vietnam. But in the end, there’s no hole deep enough.” He looked up at me. “No matter how hard you try, there are some things […]

The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens

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

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things — “I wanted a fairy tale ending for Wavy, because if she could find happiness, there would be hope for me, too.” Some scars from childhood can never completely fade away. Neglect can hurt children more than abuse in some ways because the lack of love changes their souls. Wavy […]

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on May 26, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Forgetting Time — “Perhaps it was the foundational law of nature that they were proving, what he’d been documenting and analyzing for over thirty years without knowing it: the force of love.” When a child tells you something he or she shouldn’t know, how do you explain that without sounding crazy? Janie has […]

The Forgetting Time by Sharon Guskin

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

Michael Vey — “Why is it that good always has to fight an uphill battle?” I thought for a moment, then said, “I don’t know. Maybe that’s the point. Good things are higher up.” (From Michael Vey 5: Storm of Lightning) Michael Vey is electric. He has known since he was young that […]

Michael Vey Series (Books 1-6) by Richard Paul Evans

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Young Adult on May 19, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Alto Secrets — “She hated lying to her friends, but she wasn’t ready to share her dream yet.” Her family and friends know Maddie as a girl who is good at sports, especially volleyball. She’s developed a new interest, though, and she doesn’t know if the people who love her will understand […]

Alto Secrets by Victoria Kimble

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Religious Young Adult on May 5, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Strange Medicine — “Sometimes the suffering of one individual is so great that it renders unjustifiable any purpose that the universe could possibly have.” Described as “weird and wonderful stories for all that ails you,” Strange Medicine is exactly that. The book consists of eight short stories, each with a twist and […]

Strange Medicine by Mike Russell

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on April 28, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Sunshine in Spring — “Her heart rate doubled. If her response to his touch was any indication, guarding her heart would prove to be more difficult than she anticipated.” Sunshine is a morning radio host for a Christian radio station in Denver. Jilted on her wedding day, she has a hard time opening […]

Sunshine in Spring by Joi Copeland

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged christian Fiction romance on April 24, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Orphan Train — “You can’t find peace until you find all the pieces.” A not so well known part of American history are the orphan trains that took children from the East Coast to the Midwest in the 20s and 30s. Many were children of immigrants who either passed away or couldn’t find […]

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction historical fiction on April 21, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter