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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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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 [...]
by Rosy Thornton Published by Headline Review, 2010 My Rating: A Last year I read and reviewed Rosy Thonton’s Crossed Wires. I thoroughly enjoyed that book, particularly the characters. I especially loved the three little girls. When she asked me if I’d like to read her new book, I didn’t hesitate to say yes. As [...]
I am so grateful to those of you who recommended I read a book by Shaun Tan and, in particular, The Arrival. I sat out under a tree for a couple of hours just absorbing this book. I read the whole book three times and some parts several more times. That’s a lot of reading [...]
by Alexandra Fuller Random House, 2001 Rating: A It’s the 1970′s and Bobo (Alexandra) has been living in Rhodesia since she was two. She’s a young white girl, born to English parents. That’s her on the cover of the book. Don’t you love that expression on her face? She is curious, feisty while still being [...]
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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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