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

Gods In Alabama

The Red Pony

Read-A-Longs

Clarissa

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: American Fried

American Fried: Adventures of a Happy Eater Calvin Trillin HarperCollins, 1974 All of us are eaters. Calvin Trillin claims to be a happy eater. I think he’s more than that. Based on this book, I’d say he is an Eater-Extraordinaire. Whether he is on the road, in a neighborhood in his home city of New [...]

Reading 100 Books in 2009

Now this is a CHALLENGE! I honestly don’t know if I can do it but I’m going to give it a solid try. My list of challenges is already long (see my list here), but that makes the book list long. You hear me talking myself into this, don’t you? I’ll post my books read [...]