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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.
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Currently Reading Persepolis
Work Song
My Book Rating System A = Exellent Book . . . .
B = Very good story . . .
C = Good/Average. . . . .
D = Poor . . . . . . . . . . .
F = So poor I couldn’t finish it
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My husband, Jay, and I read this book together – he with his eyes and I with my ears. Jay is a Louis L’Amour fan. He owns all 105 of the books and has read all of them at least three or four times. He’s even met the author twice and has done lots of [...]
by Jean Davies Okimoto
Endicott and Hugh Books, 2009
My Rating: A
Have you ever read a book that felt like it came from your own life? The Love Ceiling felt like that for me. Well, maybe not all the exact details, but in the general concepts.
Imagine a main character who -
is in her mid-sixties,
has grown children [...]
by Mark Twain
Originally published in 1876
Synopsis: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a classic American tale of childhood in the mid-1800s. Tom Sawyer is mischievous, wily, he skips school and he sneaks out of the house at night. The story follows Tom and his friends through one adventure after another. The most serious adventure occured [...]
Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It and Other Cooking Projects
by Karen Solomon
Ten Speed Press, 2009
A
Back in the ‘olden days’ when we were back-to-the-landers I did a ton of preserving food. I canned tomatoes, green beans and peaches, froze corn, apples and shredded zucchini, made jams and pickles and sauerkraut. It was a lot of work [...]
By Erick Setiawan
Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: August 2009
What the book is about(from the publisher):
OF BEES AND MIST is part love story, part female-driven family saga, and part fantasy about three generations of women in two families living in a nameless town during a timeless era, where spirits and spells, witchcraft and demons, and [...]
The last six months I have been re-reading my favorite books from my childhood. It has been a wonderful stroll through my youthful memories and, because I read most of these books to my children, I’m remembering those times as well. I recommend the practice to anyone with fond recollection of childhood books.
I want to [...]
To begin, let me say that Kitchen Confidential is not exactly a book about food. Yes, the author is a chef but, in this book, food is sort of incidental. This is a story about a guy who fell into a career having to do with food. At the age of 20 he picked this [...]
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What You’ll Find On My Blog: *Book Reviews
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CHALLENGE PROGRESS
- 100+Books: 66/100
- Library: 22/25
- Agatha Christie: 17/87
- Women Unbound: 3/5
- Social Justice: 3/6
- Mysteries: 9/12
- Take a Chance: 2/6
- What's in a Name: 1/6
- Book to Movie: 3/4
- Awesome Authors:3/10
- 451 Challenge: 0/3
- 18th & 19th Century Women Writers: 0/4
- Global: 2/6
- Amy Einhorn: 3
- Cozy Mysteries: 3/7
- 1930s: 2/3
- All Things Alcott: 3/6
*Food Talk
Every Saturday
Where Are We?
NORTHERN CALLIFORNIA
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