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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
Sizzle
Poems by Emily Dickinson
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
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Author: Hallie Ephron Publisher: William Morrow, February 28, 2012 Summary: Diana has become a recluse ever since her boyfriend died a little over a year ago. She is vey tech-savvy and spends all of her time in cyberspace. She’s a former hacker, but now she is a partner in an online security business. All of [...]
Author: Lisa Lutz Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2007 Genre: Mystery My Rating: B+ Summary (from the author’s website): Isabel Spellman, the uncompromising—okay, obstinate—twenty-eight year-old San Francisco private eye in Lisa Lutz’s riotous debut novel, THE SPELLMAN FILES has her share of problems. And those problems all happen to be named Spellman.Her parents, Albert and Olivia, [...]
Author: Vanetta Chapman Publisher: Zondervan, October 1, 2011 Genre: Amish, Mystery My Rating: B+ I like to read an occasional Amish novel, although lately I’m on an Amish roll. They are usually a good clean, non-complicated story with a background of faith. Falling to Pieces is all of that and then some. There are some [...]
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 [...]
Author: C.C. Harrison Publisher: Five Star Publishing, 2011 Genre: Mystery My Rating: B Summary: Journalist Keegan Thomas has been given an old photo of her grandfather. In addition to her grandfather, a group of people, adults and children, are in the photo. Keegan doesn’t know any of them. The picture was taken in the 1950s [...]
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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: 13/30
- Agatha Christie: 31/87
- American Battle of Prizes: 2/3
- British Battle of Prizes: 2/3
- European Challengwe: 0/5
- Foodies Read 2: 5/20
- What’s In A Name 5: 0/6
- Classics: 3/50
- Persephone: 0/3
- Virago: 0/3
Total books read: 37
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