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Anywhere But Here
Meet Jana A recent college graduate who can't seem to get a grip on life. All of her plans for the future have fallen apart within two weeks of graduation. The only comfort she finds is in a mysterious music box sent to her by a friend. At first she looks to it for comforting memories of her past, but soon she's having strange dreams of a life where she's the queen of a world where everything she desires comes to pass. It seems ideal until elements of reality and her dream world start to merge, leaving her ill and confused. When she's confronted by attacks in both worlds, she must face her demons and choose which reality she prefers; and what price she'll pay to keep it.
157 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 3, 2011
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Sherri Fulmer Moorer
72 books95 followersMost writers use their bio an explanation of who they are and why they write. I’ll make this simple. My name is Sherri Fulmer Moorer. I write because I’ve always loved to do it, and ebooks gave me an opportunity to share those stories with readers that I just couldn’t pass up. The purpose of my writing is to escape reality and experience the adventure of ordinary people dealing with extraordinary circumstances.
I work full time in an administrative job, which is great for keeping me in touch with people and reality and, in turn, inspires to write more. I’m married with two parrots that keep our hearts, home, and lives filled with joy and silliness that most people find strange. I’m a borderline introvert/extrovert who’s kindred spirit, according to online quizzes, is Scooter from The Muppets when the introvert wins, and a Sith Inquisitor when the extrovert wins.
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I work full time in an administrative job, which is great for keeping me in touch with people and reality and, in turn, inspires to write more. I’m married with two parrots that keep our hearts, home, and lives filled with joy and silliness that most people find strange. I’m a borderline introvert/extrovert who’s kindred spirit, according to online quizzes, is Scooter from The Muppets when the introvert wins, and a Sith Inquisitor when the extrovert wins.
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January 13, 2013
Wow–totally unexpected–this book is fantastic!
Anywhere but Here by Sherri Fulmer Moorer is an intriguing story that brings back so many memories of my time working on my own MBA and working for a major accounting firm. The situations are so realistic. While the main character, who is trying to find her way into the future is scary, there are so many uncertainties about not only her job but her boyfriend that the reader immediately gets drawn into it. There is so much inter conflict in her life that it is great to see how she managed to use her dreams to escape reality. No one knows where love will lead, and to find out where this one does, you have to follow the twist and turns that keep you glued to the story. A must read!
Anywhere but Here by Sherri Fulmer Moorer is an intriguing story that brings back so many memories of my time working on my own MBA and working for a major accounting firm. The situations are so realistic. While the main character, who is trying to find her way into the future is scary, there are so many uncertainties about not only her job but her boyfriend that the reader immediately gets drawn into it. There is so much inter conflict in her life that it is great to see how she managed to use her dreams to escape reality. No one knows where love will lead, and to find out where this one does, you have to follow the twist and turns that keep you glued to the story. A must read!
March 17, 2014
Very interesting book. I enjoyed it and especially the characters. The writing style flows well and the events are well-timed. It's a great story about being at the bottom of your life and being stepped on my "friends" climbing the corporate ladder. It's also about friendship and trusting those friends would wish to lift your life. I want to thank the author for asking me to read and review. I would suggest this book for light mystery readers and also light romance readers.
September 25, 2021
Sherri Moorer's 'Anywhere But Here' is quite engaging. I really enjoyed the read! It starts off with a prologue that hooked my curiosity and desire to explore how Lana landed in hospital. The setbacks of a broken relationship, health, career and friendship that happen to Lana, the daughter of a pastor, are relatable and potrayed very realistically. When I think of characters like Mallory and Macy, I am reminded of 'wolves in sheep clothing' who were involved in very dirty office politics. It is an eyeopener for people to be very careful who they get close to in the work place. The author has a strong voice in the story through the character of Galen who reminds us that, 'change is scary and it could bring out the worst in people'. This is a read that potrays the physical and the spiritual world and how fighting off the demons that interfere with our well being could be defeated!
Moorer does not disappoint her readers at the end of the story when she shows readers that it pays to have integrity. I was really pleased with this.Really interesting and worth its 5 stars!!
Moorer does not disappoint her readers at the end of the story when she shows readers that it pays to have integrity. I was really pleased with this.Really interesting and worth its 5 stars!!
August 21, 2012
Anywhere but Here by Sherri Fulmer Moorer is an intriguing story about a sweet recent college graduate and her experiences after her application to a Master’s program is denied. She feels hopeless and empty, not knowing her life’s direction anymore. She goes to work and looks for friendship there, but nothing is what it seems. She tries to get promoted at work, because of her recent college degree, but it seems that everything is holding her back from what she is trying to accomplish. Will she ever move up in the corporate world? Will she find love again? Reading the story will tell you.
Anywhere but Here is an exciting story, because of the twists and turns in the plot. It speaks of the aggravating and drama-filled social politics that comes with working in a business office. The main character is in hell with what she is dealing with at work and in life. A small gift from her best friend allows her to visit another world in her dreams, which she enjoys more than her real life. In general, the story is realistic with a fantasy spin to it.
I recommend Anywhere but Here to all readers in favor of a quick, easy read that will take them to another time and place. Most people will be able to relate to the main character, especially young women trying to find their place in the world after college graduation and those experiencing heartache. This is an enjoyable read and the ending left me feeling satisfied.
Anywhere but Here is an exciting story, because of the twists and turns in the plot. It speaks of the aggravating and drama-filled social politics that comes with working in a business office. The main character is in hell with what she is dealing with at work and in life. A small gift from her best friend allows her to visit another world in her dreams, which she enjoys more than her real life. In general, the story is realistic with a fantasy spin to it.
I recommend Anywhere but Here to all readers in favor of a quick, easy read that will take them to another time and place. Most people will be able to relate to the main character, especially young women trying to find their place in the world after college graduation and those experiencing heartache. This is an enjoyable read and the ending left me feeling satisfied.
April 4, 2012
I'd be hard-pressed to pick a genre for Anywhere But Here, because it blends together two very separate worlds into one whole story. I felt some of what the book's heroine was feeling as I was pulled and pushed between the two settings, but I did finally get some answers just before my confusion was pushed to its breaking point. The story takes readers into a modern-day setting with some very heartfelt themes: trying to pick up the pieces, trying to find the right path, trying to establish a new career. Then, the reader is ripped from this reality to find another: a fantastical land with psychic dragons (or, at least one psychic dragon). Somehow, the two fit together, but by the end of the book I was practically screaming at the story to reveal its secrets to me. Eventually, it did. Moorer has a vision all her own and a unique take on what it's like to face a very real demon. What the book lacks in editing and formatting, it makes up for in creativity. Some of the office scenes are even more fantastical, and even harder to believe, than those that take place in the fantasy world, but I think this may be from a lack of experience rather than bad writing. If you're willing to swallow a little bit of the unbelievable with your fantasy-slash-contemporary fiction, you'll enjoy the ride of reading Anywhere But Here.
October 14, 2012
A woman named Jana Lanning is at the center of this fascinating novel. When her boyfriend breaks up with her, and her application to graduate school is rejected, bad news starts to cascade. The “here and now” become so relentlessly nasty, Jana’s survival instinct kicks in and she retreats to another, safer place.
Jana works in an office that is drawn with horrifying realism: the lying; the doublespeak; the naked plays for power. At first, she is oblivious to the manipulations going on around her, but somehow her subconscious is fully aware. Scenes in Jana’s nightmarish real world and her far more satisfying dreamworld are interspersed.
The writing is skillful and well edited, and the dialogue in Anywhere But Here is a highlight. The way Jana has to defend herself against the repeated attacks of her co-workers reminded me of events I’ve experienced myself in offices. The ending pulls it all together in a way that makes perfect sense. A highly enjoyable read.
Jana works in an office that is drawn with horrifying realism: the lying; the doublespeak; the naked plays for power. At first, she is oblivious to the manipulations going on around her, but somehow her subconscious is fully aware. Scenes in Jana’s nightmarish real world and her far more satisfying dreamworld are interspersed.
The writing is skillful and well edited, and the dialogue in Anywhere But Here is a highlight. The way Jana has to defend herself against the repeated attacks of her co-workers reminded me of events I’ve experienced myself in offices. The ending pulls it all together in a way that makes perfect sense. A highly enjoyable read.
June 1, 2013
I'm not sure how to classify this book. Parts of it clearly belong in the fantasy genre but the major portion is set in the real world. The heroine is a flawed, sometimes weak, but entirely likable young woman. Perhaps it is because I have daughters of my own but I instantly appreciated and sympathized with her. She has to deal with an unfaithful and obnoxious ex-boyfriend and some genuinely nasty office politics. Having lived in the corporate world for many years, I understand the office politics part.
The fantasy story-line intrudes from the beginning and makes her life even worse. It takes a while to find out exactly what is happening (nicely done in my opinion). I don't give spoilers so you'll have to read it yourself to find out what the secret is and whether or not she has a happy ending. Overall, I liked this book which equates to 4 stars on Amazon's rating scale and I'm leaving it at that for Goodreads as well.
The fantasy story-line intrudes from the beginning and makes her life even worse. It takes a while to find out exactly what is happening (nicely done in my opinion). I don't give spoilers so you'll have to read it yourself to find out what the secret is and whether or not she has a happy ending. Overall, I liked this book which equates to 4 stars on Amazon's rating scale and I'm leaving it at that for Goodreads as well.
April 3, 2012
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April 1, 2012
Jana Lanning seems to be in a rut—a loser rut, as some might call it. A graduate-school reject, she was still working at the same part-time job, still living at home with her parents, and her boyfriend seemed to be carrying on just fine without her in the life she always wanted. It was obvious to her that everybody she knew seemed to have it better than she did. And what did she have? Nothing, not a full-time job, not a place of her own, not even the love of her life. And when she suggested the idea of marriage to Darren, he dismissed it, claiming that he was still settling into his new life at a new school in a new city. Things were just not going the way she planned.
What I liked best about Jana was that she was experiencing what everybody else was experiencing in this economy—job settlements (she had to settle for anything that paid,) communal living arrangements (technically, Jana was living at her parent’s vacation house, but having to settle for a place, any place, was still the same for many,) and, the clincher of them all, the dreadful feeling that nothing will ever work out no matter how hard you try. This is a place we all know too well, a place where we feel things couldn’t possibly get any worse, and, of course, when they eventually do, we just want to say “forget it” and jump into a volcano. The worst part for Jana came when she discovered her relationship with Darren was over—but not from the source of his own mouth, but from the racy picture of him and a topless blonde on his website.
Yep, we can all join Jana Lanning as she screams to the world: why me? However, I discovered that the true courage lied in the fact that she exerted the dithering strength to get up every morning and go to work—for dying would be easy, whereas living is the real hard part.
It’s at this point that Jana starts having dreams—about Darren, about work, about things that really didn’t make much sense. The ambiguity was distressful in a way where I couldn’t see how they pushed the plot forward. Were they a reflection of her hopes, her fears, or perhaps some future insight? What was the dragon a metaphor of? Why were her dreams of knights and kingdoms?
From here on out, Jana begins to suspect that she might never move up in the company as promised and that everyone (even the co-worker who called herself her “friend”) was seeing to it. Eventually, I understood the meaning of the title; if I were accused of something stupid, I would want to be “anywhere (far, far away) but here.” And all the while, I kept hearing Jana’s voice: why me, why me, why me?
The fiery tension in that office was what grabbed my interest and captivated me ‘til the end. Suddenly, Jana’s world takes on a fast, descending, whirling spiral into a big, black hole. ¡Ay, chihuahua! You just won’t be able to move on until you know what happens.
A few minor corrections were needed here and there, but, overall, I found it to be well-written with a profound (and mysterious) impact in the end.
What I liked best about Jana was that she was experiencing what everybody else was experiencing in this economy—job settlements (she had to settle for anything that paid,) communal living arrangements (technically, Jana was living at her parent’s vacation house, but having to settle for a place, any place, was still the same for many,) and, the clincher of them all, the dreadful feeling that nothing will ever work out no matter how hard you try. This is a place we all know too well, a place where we feel things couldn’t possibly get any worse, and, of course, when they eventually do, we just want to say “forget it” and jump into a volcano. The worst part for Jana came when she discovered her relationship with Darren was over—but not from the source of his own mouth, but from the racy picture of him and a topless blonde on his website.
Yep, we can all join Jana Lanning as she screams to the world: why me? However, I discovered that the true courage lied in the fact that she exerted the dithering strength to get up every morning and go to work—for dying would be easy, whereas living is the real hard part.
It’s at this point that Jana starts having dreams—about Darren, about work, about things that really didn’t make much sense. The ambiguity was distressful in a way where I couldn’t see how they pushed the plot forward. Were they a reflection of her hopes, her fears, or perhaps some future insight? What was the dragon a metaphor of? Why were her dreams of knights and kingdoms?
From here on out, Jana begins to suspect that she might never move up in the company as promised and that everyone (even the co-worker who called herself her “friend”) was seeing to it. Eventually, I understood the meaning of the title; if I were accused of something stupid, I would want to be “anywhere (far, far away) but here.” And all the while, I kept hearing Jana’s voice: why me, why me, why me?
The fiery tension in that office was what grabbed my interest and captivated me ‘til the end. Suddenly, Jana’s world takes on a fast, descending, whirling spiral into a big, black hole. ¡Ay, chihuahua! You just won’t be able to move on until you know what happens.
A few minor corrections were needed here and there, but, overall, I found it to be well-written with a profound (and mysterious) impact in the end.
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July 12, 2013This was a did not finish for me. I read the first 27% and the only hint of the paranormal was a flash of red in someone's eyes during a dream. The writing's pretty good, but I only do contemporary lit if there's a lot of humor or suspense/mystery.
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