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
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The Big Four Agatha Christie Dodd, Mead and Co., 1927 My Rating: B Hercule Poirot is the star of this novel with his friend Captain Hastings as the narrator. The whole story starts with a strange man tumbling into Poirot’s rooms. He is barely able to communicate “The Big Four” before he dies mysteriously. Of [...]
True Blue David Baldacci Grand Central Publishing, 2009 Rating: A Many of you will remember that my husband Jay and I are big fans of David Baldacci. So far this year we’ve read and reviewed Divine Justice and First Family. And, now here is the new one, True Blue. I’ll tell you right up front [...]
The Cooking School Murders Virginia Rich E. P. Dutton, 1982 Rating: A Are you a cozy-mystery lover? Do you like that cozy-mystery mixed with talk of food? There are plenty of books available now that fill both of those qualifications. One of my favorites is from the early 1980′s. It’s The Cooking School Murders by [...]
Laced With Magic Barbara Bretton Penguin Books,2009 My Rating: B Most of you know I don’t normally read books about anything paranormal. You will be surprised that I read this book plus really like it. There are two reasons why I said I’d participate in this Blog Tour: One is that I’ve been a Barbara [...]
I saw a picture like this one and said to myself: “Looks like a challenge for people who love creepy and paranormal stuff. Not for me.” I confess I didn’t even go to the blog site to check it out. I ASSUMED it was a creepy and paranormal book challenge. Well, thanks to the ever [...]
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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: 3/30
- Agatha Christie: 29/87
- American Battle of Prizes: 0/3
- British Battle of Prizes: 0/3
- European Challengwe: 0/5
- Foodies Read 2: 1/20
- What’s In A Name 5: 0/6
- Classics: 0/6
- Persephone: 0/3
- Virago: 0/3
Total books read: 8
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