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

Archives

Book Review: Spare Change

Author: Robert B. Parker Publisher: Putnam, 2007 Genre: Mystery/Thriller Format: Audio (Narrated by XX Source: Public Library My Rating: B+ So many people have recommended this series to me that I just had to give it a try. First I checked the Robert Parker website to see how many books were in the series (6) [...]

Book Review: The Postmistress

by Sarah Blake Penguin Group February 9, 2010 My Rating: C This is a World War II era story which centers around some of the people of a coastal New England town. The story is told primarily from the viewpoint of three of the young women in the town. Frankie Bard: Prior to the entry [...]

Book Review: 20 Boy Summer

20 Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler Little, Brown and Company, 2009 C From the back cover: According to her best friend Frankie, twenty days in Zanzibar Bay is the perfect opportunity to have a summer fling, and if they meet one boy ever day, there’s a pretty good chance Anna will find her first summer [...]