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

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

Archives

Book Review: Three Junes by Julia Glass

I finished reading Julia Glass’ debut novel, Three Junes. It won the 2002 National Book Award. It’s a beautifully written, character-rich story about a Scottish family. My review is up at the Quirky Girls Read blog. Hit the button below or go HERE.  

Classic Cookbook Survives a Century

One of the signs of enormous love for a book is how many times you renew it at the library. I’ve renewed this book three times. That’s nine weeks, which is the library’s limit for renewals. I checked it back in and asked if there was a hold on the book. No? Can I check [...]

Graphic Novel: Calamity Jack by Shannon Hale

Author: Shannon and Dean Hale Illustrated by: Nathan Hale Publisher: Bloomsbury Genre: Graphic Novel A few months ago I read my first Shannon Hale story, A Thousand Days. I thoroughly enjoyed it and decided to read more of Ms. Hale’s works. When I saw her name on a graphic novel, I grabbed it. Here’s the [...]

Book Review: Sweet Revenge

Author: Diane Mott Davidson Publisher: HarperCollins, 2007 Genre: Cozy Mystery Form: Audio {Barbara Rosenblatt, narrator] Sweet Revenge is book #14 in Diane Mott Davidson’s Goldy’s Catering Series. I’ve been reading them one at a time for at least a decade. I like Goldy and her family and friends and her nice Colorado community. But – [...]

Graphic Novel: Meanwhile by Jason Shiga

Here is your decision: a vanilla ice cream cone or chocolate? Make that decision and, in this book, the adventure begins. Actually, I should say adventures. There are literally thousands (3,856) of adventures in this interactive book that the reader becomes completely immersed in them. I chose vanilla ice cream and my adventure there was [...]