Sarah Anne Carter

Author

Fiction

After You — “I gazed around me, like someone suddenly handed clear glasses, and I saw that pretty much everyone bore the brutal imprint of love, whether it was lost, whipped away from the, or simply vanished into a grave.” SPOILER ALERT: If you plan to read Me Before You, please don’t read this review […]

After You
by JoJo Moyes

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on September 23, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

Night Road — “Every woman had felt some version of it: the end of first love. It was when you learned, for good and always, that love could be impermanent.” Jude’s life revolves around her children. Mia and Zach are twins and are quite the opposites. Zach is popular and outgoing while Mia […]

Night Road
by Kristin Hannah

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on September 12, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

Tiger Rising — “It was like having his own personal shooting star, but he didn’t ever make a wish on it. He was afraid that if he started wishing, he might not be able to stop. In his suitcase of not-thoughts, there were also not-wishes. He kept the lid closed on them, too.” […]

The Tiger Rising
by Kate DiCamillo

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Young Adult Fiction on September 9, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

Harry Potter Cursed Child — “Sometimes costs are made to be borne.” – Severus Snape The boy who lived is now an adult with children of his own. The confidence that allowed the reluctant hero to defeat Voldemort is lacking when it comes to raising his own children, especially with his youngest, Albus. Harry doesn’t […]

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
by J.K. Rowling

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Young Adult Fiction on September 2, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Great Gilly Hopkins — Life is not perfect, nor happy, but good things can come out of any situation. Gilly Hopkins is a foster child who is being placed in her third home. Her mother is alive and sometimes contacts her through the mail, but never comes to see her. Gilly felt loved in […]

The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson

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

Because of Winn-Dixie — “Just about everything that happened to me that summer happened because of Winn-Dixie.” “’There ain’t no way you can hold on to something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.’” One day, shortly after moving to Florida with her […]

Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Young Adult Fiction on August 22, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

Edward Tulane — “If you have no intention of loving or being loved, then the whole journey is pointless.” A China rabbit doll is loved and doted upon by a little girl, yet all the doll can feel in return is a sense of entitlement because it is loved more than the other […]

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
by Kate DiCamillo

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Young Adult Fiction on August 15, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

Miss Peregrine — “The present seemed suddenly strange to me, so trivial and distracted. I felt like one of those mythical heroes who fights his way back from the underworld only to realize that the world above is every bit as damned as the one below.” Jacob is a peculiar who can see […]

Library of Souls
by Ransom Riggs

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Young Adult Fiction on August 12, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

Murder in Time — “If she were honest, she’d thought little of her nineteenth-century counterparts. She’d judged them and, because they were different, had found them wanting. It shamed her. These people might not have the sophisticated tools of her era, but they were all intelligent. She might not be able to trust them […]

A Murder in Time
by Julie McElwain

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction mystery on August 5, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

Magician's Elephant — “Life was so short; so many beautiful things slipped away.” One night in a small, quiet town, a magician intends to summon up a bouquet of flowers and instead conjurs up an elephant. The townspeople can talk of nothing else, but to one boy, the elephant is a sign of […]

The Magician’s Elephant
by Kate DiCamillo

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Young Adult Fiction on July 29, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter