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

Book Review: Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled

Author: Dorothy Gilman Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2001 Genre: Mystery Format: Audio, read by Barbara Rosenblat Summary from publisher: After facing down hijackers on a flight to the Middle East and saving the lives of the passengers on board, a young American woman steps off the plane in Damascus in a blaze of celebrity and disappears. [...]

Short Story: Brother Robber by Helene Christaller

I went looking for simple, classic short stories centered on the celebration of Christmas. I found a nice collection of them called Home For Christmas. Some of the stories from the collection are available for download at The Plough. One story in the collection is this one, a very old tale handed down through many [...]

Let the Christmas Spirit Begin

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving feast day. We did and, of course, we’re still eating the leftovers. I love ‘em. I know lots of people love the day after Thanksgiving – Black Friday. It’s not for me. I’ve never cared much for competitive shopping. I leave that to the Super Shoppers. If that [...]

Book Review: Dumb Witness

Author: Agatha Christie Publisher: Harper Collins Original Copyright Date: 1937 Genre: Mystery My Rating: B Dumb Witness starts out like many other classic novels. It’s set in a small village, in one of the old family houses. The story is concerned with the last remaining family member, Emily Arundell, a wealthy woman in her seventies, [...]

Book Review: Drop Shot by Harlan Coben

I’m not sure why I haven’t read one of Harlan Coben’s books before but, I saw an audiobook of his at the library prior to the Read-A-Thon and decided to try it. It was just right for the Read-A-Thon. I had chicken-duty and other chores that day, so it made a good accompaniment. There were [...]