Welcome 
Hi! My name is Margot. My blog is about the things I love to do. That could be what I'm reading, places we visit, my family, food, or whatever else is happening. I hope you'll stay and visit a while.
Contact me by email: joyfullyretired (at) gmail (dot) com.
What I’m Reading Saying It Well
Justice
Forever
The Sense of an Ending
Wish You Were Here
A Moveable Feast
Clarissa
The Odyssey
My Book Rating System A = Excellent in every way
B = Very good story
C = Good/Average
D = Poor
F = So Bad I couldn't finish it
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Author: Kamaia Nair Publisher: Grand Central, 2011 My Rating: A Rakhee is a girl of Indian descent who’s lived in Plainfield, Minnesota all of her ten-plus years. Things seem to be going as normal until her mother starts getting mysterious letters from India. And then, when school is out for the summer, Rakhee finds herself [...]
I’ve already told numerous people in person about this book, so I may as well start off by telling you that I really liked this book. I think you should read it too because if you don’t, you’ll be sorry and wish you had. So first, let me tell you about the story. Joy for [...]
One of the signs of enormous love for a book is how many times you renew it at the library. I’ve renewed this book three times. That’s nine weeks, which is the library’s limit for renewals. I checked it back in and asked if there was a hold on the book. No? Can I check [...]
Author: A.B. Guthrie Publisher: William Sloane Associates, 1947 Genre: Western My Rating: A Two years ago I read The Way West by A.B. Guthrie. It was a moving historical fiction about one of the first treks of settlers over the Oregon Trail. (My review is HERE.) That book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in [...]
Rachel Knight is a Deputy District Attorney in Los Angeles. She’s in the elite Special Trials Unit where they handle sensitive cases. Her two best friends are Toni, another Deputy DA in Special Trials and Bailey, a LAPD Detective. All three seem to be in their mid to late thirties and are pretty hip (Does [...]
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What You’ll Find On My Blog: *Book Reviews Click the button to go to my 2012 Book List
2012 CHALLENGES:
- Library books: 3/30
- Agatha Christie: 29/87
- American Battle of Prizes: 0/3
- British Battle of Prizes: 0/3
- European Challengwe: 0/5
- Foodies Read 2: 1/20
- What’s In A Name 5: 0/6
- Classics: 0/6
- Persephone: 0/3
- Virago: 0/3
Total books read: 8
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