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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
 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
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The Pulitzer Prize For Fiction, 2010 was Tinkers by Paul Harding. It’s hard to believe but this was Paul Harding’s debut novel. It’s a beautifully written story about a man’s long life and that of his father’s. You can see my review over on the group blog here: Quirky Girls Read. UPDATE: The link is [...]
Author: Fannie Flagg Audiobook Read By: Kate Reading Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2002 My Rating: B+ Standing In the Rainbow was, for me, a visit back home in both time and place. This story, set in the Midwest, was like taking a verbal photograph of a portion of my life. Standing In the Rainbow features Elmwood [...]
Author: Margaret Atwood Publisher: McClelland and Stewart, 1985 Genre: Dystopian and/or speculative fiction Book Format: Kindle Why I Read The Book: During a chat in The Bumbles Chat Room we agreed to read one of the books from the Banned Books list and this was it. Synopsis: The Handmaid’s Tale is a close-up look at [...]
Author: Louise Penny Publisher: Headline Book Publishing, 2005 Genre: Mystery/Police Procedural Source: I read this on my Kindle Short Synopsis: (from Amazon) Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec and his team of investigators are called in to the scene of a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montréal and yet [...]
Don’t you love the title of this book? Who wouldn’t want to spend a day eating all their favorite foods? Certainly women who are members of weight loss programs. It’s our fantasy! The author, Elizabeth Berg, and a friend were having lunch one day and observing all the women in the restaurant eating their salads. [...]
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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: 11/30
- 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: 2/50
- Persephone: 0/3
- Virago: 0/3
Total books read: 35
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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. 
