1 “Well-bred girls from good southern families are not supposed to get shot. Vivien Armstrong Gray’s mother had never come out and actually told her this, but Vivi had no doubt it belonged on the long list of unwritten, yet critically important, rules of conduct on which she’d been raised.” […] Magnolia Wednesdays by Wendy WaxThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on April 17, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
1 “I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow. I see how peoples are set against one another, and in silence, unknowingly, foolishly, obediently, innocently slay one another.” Can writing about […] All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction historical fiction on April 14, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
2 “But maybe every life looked wonderful if all you saw was the photo albums.” A lot happens in 10 years. And, Alice has forgotten it all. Falling off an exercise bike, Alice wakes up thinking it’s 1998 where she is pregnant with her first child and happily married to Nick. […] What Alice Forgot by Liane MoriartyThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on April 7, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
2 Three years after EMP attacks change the balance of power in the world, America is starting to settle into a world without power. Those who have survived are now parts of communities that work together to farm, hunt, tend to the wounded and try to make things better for the […] The Final Day by William R. ForstchenThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Dystopian Fiction on March 13, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
“He felt a deep swelling of pride but also anguish. It was the torment all loving parents feel when they see their child making a difficult and perhaps dangerous decision as an adult when, in memory, they still see the small innocent child of years long gone.” It’s been two […] One Year After by William R. ForstchenThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Dystopian Fiction on March 10, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
1 “The enemy will never attack you where you are strongest. . . . He will attack where you are weakest. If you do not know your weakest point, be certain, your enemy will.” This book is scary. It tells the fictional story of one town after an EMP takes out power to […] One Second After by William R. ForstchenThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Dystopian Fiction on March 6, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
4 “Summer decided not to worry about Pilar. Everything that had happened was over. Her friends were all back together and everything was back to normal. Cammie was just a jokester; Summer knew that. She always had been. Surely Pilar knew that it was just a joke that went horribly wrong. […] Soprano Trouble by Victoria KimbleThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Religious Young Adult on February 17, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
3 “If I’d known what the future held for me, I certainly would have gone up to see her. I might even have given her the kiss that had been flirting in the air between us for the last couple months. But of course I didn’t know. Life turns on […] 11-22-63 by Stephen KingThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction historical fiction on February 10, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
1 “It was impossible to know if what I thought was the truth.” – Willa Sometimes a lie goes undiscovered for so long that it becomes the “truth.” This kind of lie can affect the worldview of everyone who believes it. If the truth does finally come out, everyone’s world […] The Truth According to Us by Annie BarrowsThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Online Book Club on February 6, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
5 “Everyone was so sickly from so little nourishment and bleak from wondering if it would ever end. We clung to books and to our friends; the reminded us that we had another part to us.” During World War II, the Channel Islands were occupied by the Germans in hopes […] The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary ...This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction historical fiction on February 3, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter