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

The Bridegroom by Linda Lael Miller

Back when Lydia was eight years old, a sixteen year old boy befriended her at a time when she truly needed a friend. He also gave her a self-addressed letter and told her to send it to him at anytime if she was in trouble and needed his help again. That was ten years ago. [...]

Book Review: Blue Smoke by Nora Roberts

“Catarina Hale’s childhood ended on a steamy August night a few hours after the Orioles demolished the Rangers at Memorial Stadium, kicking their Texas butts — as her dad said — nine to one.” Reena (Catarina) was eleven-years-old that night when she witnessed the horror of the fire that was deliberately set in her family’s [...]

Book Review: Royal Blood

From the inside cover: In the Tudor Court of 1518, your friends and enemies can be one and the same…During the annual celebration of the Order of the Garter, Sir Michael Devereaux arrives in King Henry VIII’s court on a mission for his benefactor. The celebration’s endless feats and sumptuous women delight the charismatic newcomer, [...]

Book Review: Long Time Coming

I always feel compelled  to explain myself every time I talk about reading a romance novel. Why is that? Okay, I know it’s not Literary Fiction, but it’s reading a book for fun. Maybe it’s because they are predictable. I already know that boy and girl are going to meet, be attracted to each other, [...]

Book Review: Summer By The Sea

Summer by the Sea Susan Wiggs MIRA Books, 2004 I needed a light romance book to read. I found it in Summer by the Sea and some yummy Itaian food as well. I should say it’s a description of yummy Italian food. The plot is fairly simple: boy and girl become good friends as children, [...]