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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 The Confession
Gods In Alabama
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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I’ve been able to sponsor two giveaways in the last two weeks. It’s time to announce the winners. God’s Guest List by Debbie Macomber: Kay at My Random Acts of Reading Stacy at Stacy’s Books The Provence Cure For the Brokenhearted by Amused By Books Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone who expressed [...]
Author: Debbie Macomber Publisher: Howard Books/Simon and Schuster, November 2010 Genre: Non-Fiction/Inspirational Summary: Debbie Macomber is well known for her women’s fictional stories, primarily romances and relationship novels. I’ve reviewed several here on my blog. In the past few years she’s branched out into non-fiction with knitting books, a cookbook and inspirational stories. I first [...]
I’m not going to claim this as a “senior moment.” The truth is I simply forgot. I promised to announce two winners of Anna Quindlen’s newest book, Every Last One, and here they are at last: JoAnn at Lakeside Musing and Tami at Just One More Thing The books will soon be on their way. [...]
I’m happy to be able to share Radio Shangri-La with three fellow readers. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. I suspect your feet will be feeling itchy and you will be wishing you could see the country of Bhutan too. Copies will be sent to: Stacy from Stacy’s Books Nan from [...]
Author: Lisa Napoli Publisher: Crown Publishing, 2011 Genre: Memoir/Travelouque Format: Hardcover Source: From the publisher for a TLC Book Tour My Rating: A Radio Shangri-La is the uplifting story of a journey, one that is both physical and internal. Lisa Napoli, a well-known public radio journalist (Market Place) takes us along with her as she [...]
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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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