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

Sizzle

Poems by Emily Dickinson

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: Murder In Mesopotamia

Author: Agatha Christie Publisher: Originally published in the UK by Collins Crime Club, 1936/ Cover on the left is a copy of the original dust jacket My Rating: B+ Summary:  Amy Leatheran is a nurse. She’s just finished a job in Baghdad but, before she can return to London, she secures another position. This time [...]

Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders

In this 1936 story, we see that Hercule Poirot has received an anonymous letter that taunts him and lays down a challenge. The letter warns that something will happen on the 21st in Andover. Although Poirot has had similar letters in the past, he takes this one seriously. I think he has a hunch and [...]

Agatha Christie: Death In the Air

Agatha Christie Makes a Mistake Agatha Christie is well known for her “locked door” mysteries. Death In the Air is a version of the locked door. Passengers are in the air flying from France to England. During that flight a woman is murdered and everyone on the plane is a suspect, includine Hercule Poirot. The [...]

Book Review: Murder In Three Acts

Author: Agatha Christie Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1935 Genre: Cozy Mystery My Rating: C+ Murder In Three Acts (or Three Act Tragedy) is considered one of Hercule Poirot’s stories but I think it’s quite a different role for him. He’s always been the keenest observer of little details, but that’s to be his major [...]

Book Review: The Hound Of Death

Author: Agatha Christie Publisher: Originally published by Odhams Press in 1933 in the UK. Published in the US by HarperCollins in 1964. Genre: Mystery Format: Hardcover Source: Library Short Synopsis: This is a book of twelve short stories all written in the 1920′s and published in magazines in England. What is unique about these stories [...]