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

Justice

Forever

The Sense of an Ending

Wish You Were Here

A Moveable Feast

Clarissa

The Odyssey

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

Agatha Christie: Cards On the Table

From the very first sentence in the Foreward to this book, I felt drawn into this story. Christie seemed to be offering us, “her faithful readers”, a simple invitation: step in as one of the sleuths and solve this case. “There are only four [suspects] and any one of them, given the right circumstances, might [...]

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 [...]

Book Review: Retirement Can Be Murder

Author: Susan Santangelo Publisher: Baby Boomer Mystery Press, 2009 Genre: Cozy Mystery Format: Paperback Source: The author My Rating: B+ Summary: Carol Andrews has a dilemma: her husband wants to retire and she’s worried he’s going to be hanging around the house with nothing to do. She’s concerned that he might interrupt her freedom and [...]

Two Cozy Mysteries by Sandra Balzo

A few years ago, prior to blogging, I read a couple of Sandra Balzo’s cozies. Both were in her Maggy Thorsen Coffee Shop Mystery series. I remember them as being lighthearted and a little funny. When the author asked me if I’d like to read the first book in her new series, I said yes. [...]

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 [...]