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

Lost in Austen or Inside Austen (UK)

Amanda Price is a modern young woman living a not-too-happy life in London. To escape she reads her beloved Jane Austen novels. She has a boyfriend but he’s not very couth. She longs for the smoldering, romantic Mr. Darcy. One day another young woman walks through the wall of her bathroom. It’s Elizabeth Bennet who [...]

Everything Austen: Pride and Prejudice

It has been many years since I first read Jane Austen’s second novel. I’ve read it numerous times since. It is such a wonderful classic that it can handle repeat readings. However, for the Everything Austen Challenge I decided to watch one of the movie versions. I chose the 2005 production. In this movie version [...]

Everything Austen Challenge

It’s been a while since I’ve read anything by Jane Austin. Just as I was bemoaning that fact, I learned of the Everything Austen Challenge. It’s sponsored by Stephanie of Stephanie’s Written Word. The challenge is do-able. It only lasts six months (July 1 to January 1). I only have to pick out six Austen-themed [...]