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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
The Red Pony
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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As I’ve mentioned before, I like Mickey Haller. He’s Michael Connelly‘s favorite defense attorney. He might be just a notch above slimy but he’s smart and knows how to fight and manipulate a legal case in favor of his clients. Plus, he’s fun to follow. In The Fifth Witness, we find that Mickey has been [...]
I just finished listening to an excellent audiobook: Dance Hall of the Dead. It’s the second book written by Tony Hillerman in 1973. If you’ve read any of Tony Hillerman’s books, then you know Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn. In this story he’s dealing the murder of a Zuni boy and the disappearance of his best friend, [...]
Author: Cathi Stoler Publisher: Camel Press, 2011 Genre: Thrillers My Rating: B A Summary of the book (from the publisher): When a chance encounter in Florence’s Uffizi Museum plunges Women Now editor Laurel Imperiole and private investigator Helen McCorkendale into an investigation of missing persons and stolen Nazi art, the women find themselves ensnared in a [...]
Rachel Knight is a Deputy District Attorney in Los Angeles. She’s in the elite Special Trials Unit where they handle sensitive cases. Her two best friends are Toni, another Deputy DA in Special Trials and Bailey, a LAPD Detective. All three seem to be in their mid to late thirties and are pretty hip (Does [...]
Author: Ray O’Hanlon Publisher: GemmaMedia, 2011 My Rating: A Summary from the publisher: Nick Bailey considers himself a hardboiled reporter for London’s hungriest tabloid. But even Bailey is left reaching for answers when he gets a midnight assignment to investigate a body hanging from the infamous Blackfriars Bridge. Someone, it seems, is killing priests. It’s [...]
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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: 11/30
- 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: 2/50
- Persephone: 0/3
- Virago: 0/3
Total books read: 35
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