Sarah Anne Carter

Author

Fiction

Underground Railroad — “Initially she assigned the devastation of Tennessee – the blaze and the disease- to justice. The whites got what they deserved. For enslaving people, for massacring another race, for stealing the very land itself. … But if people received their just portion of misfortune, what had she done to […]

Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction historical fiction on January 27, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

We Are Unprepared — “It was urgent, and living in a state of urgency can be invigorating. But the fear can be mistaken for purpose, which is even more dangerous than the threat itself.” A superstorm is coming unlike anything the Northeast United States has seen before. The warm air of a hurricane […]

We are Unprepared by Meg Little Reilly

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Dystopian Fiction on January 23, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Other Einstein — “Embedded in its secretive rules about the workings of the world – hidden forces and unseen causal relationships so complex that I believed only God could have created them – were answers to the greatest questions about our existence. If only I could uncover them.” The saying goes that behind […]

The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Historical on January 16, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

November 9 — “‘One of the things I always try to remind myself is that everyone has scars,’ she says. ‘A lot of them even worse than mine. The only difference is that mine are visible and most people’s aren’t.'” A young television star disappears from the public spotlight after she is […]

November 9 by Colleen Hoover

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on January 13, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Love and Gelato — “Sonia met my eyes in the mirror. ‘You know, people come to Italy for all sorts of reasons, but when they stay, it’s for the same two things.’ ‘What?’ ‘Love and gelato.’ ‘Amen,’ Howard said.” Lina finds herself spending the summer in Italy to fulfill her mom’s dying wish. […]

Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Young Adult on January 9, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Madwoman Upstairs — “We entered a vast, bottomless silence. I scrambled for better conversation topics. This all would have been far less stressful in the movie version of our lives. The long silences would have been edited out.” The last surviving Bronte heir is now attending college at Oxford University near where the […]

The Madwoman Upstairs by Catherine Lowell

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on January 6, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

Christmas in Cedar Cove — “Then, as if they’d known and loved each other all their lives, he reached for her hand and linked her fingers with his as they walked through the restaurant.” Two Christmas stories are tied together by Cedar Cove in Christmas in Cedar Cove. First, readers get a glimpse into […]

Christmas in Cedar Cove by Debbie Macomber

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Christmas Debbie Macomber Fiction on December 30, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

Reading — I usually have a goal of reading 52 books a year – a book a week. Most years I have accomplished that goal and have even surpassed it a few times. However, there were also many years when my children were very little that I did not reach that goal, […]

Sarah Anne’s 25 Top Reads from 2016

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Biographical Children Fiction Historical Inspirational Non-Fiction Recommended Reads Religious Young Adult on December 28, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

Belgravia — “‘Nonsense,’ said Maria. ‘All the world knows it is better to be gullible than suspicious.’ And with that she tilted her face up toward his, and he had the great pleasure of planting a kiss on her lips. They did not know it then, but he would love her with […]

Belgravia by Julian Fellowes

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on December 26, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

Mistletoe Secret — “She thought a moment, then said, ‘Maybe we get out of the habit of being around people faster than we think.’ She took a deep breath and smiled. ‘That got deep, fast.'” Heartbreak can bring loneliness and an unwillingness to open up your heart again. After sacrificing his career that […]

The Mistletoe Secret by Richard Paul Evans

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Christmas Fiction Richard Paul Evans on December 19, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter