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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.
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
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. It took me a while, but I finally finished reading Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. I’m so glad I stuck with this Pulitzer Prize winner. It’s truly a book worthy of thoughtful reading. The main character, Olive Kitteridge, is a complex person. I vacillated between hate and sorrow and love and some more hate [...]
It took me a couple of months, but I finally finished this multi-award winning novel. It is so rich and deep that I found myself needing to stop and absorb the book before I could go on. Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann is a character driven novel. It’s special for many reasons [...]
Jill (Rhapsody In Books) was right. This multi-award winning novel was fantastic – real characters, important issues, references to classic literature, and beautiful language. Come see my review on the group blog, Quirky Girls Read.
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 [...]
Author: Molly Peacock Publisher: Bloomsbury, 2010 Genre: Non-Fiction / Bioghraphy My Rating: A+ Summary (from the publisher): Mary Delany (1700-1788) was the witty, beautiful, and talented daughter of a minor branch of a powerful family. Married off at sixteen to a sixty-one-year-old druncken squire to improve the family fortunates, then widowed by [...]
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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: 13/30
- Agatha Christie: 31/87
- American Battle of Prizes: 2/3
- British Battle of Prizes: 2/3
- European Challengwe: 0/5
- Foodies Read 2: 5/20
- What’s In A Name 5: 0/6
- Classics: 3/50
- Persephone: 0/3
- Virago: 0/3
Total books read: 37
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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.
Contact me by email: joyfullyretired (at) gmail (dot) com. 
