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

Saying It Well

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

Graphic Novel: Calamity Jack by Shannon Hale

Author: Shannon and Dean Hale Illustrated by: Nathan Hale Publisher: Bloomsbury Genre: Graphic Novel A few months ago I read my first Shannon Hale story, A Thousand Days. I thoroughly enjoyed it and decided to read more of Ms. Hale’s works. When I saw her name on a graphic novel, I grabbed it. Here’s the [...]

Graphic Novel: Meanwhile by Jason Shiga

Here is your decision: a vanilla ice cream cone or chocolate? Make that decision and, in this book, the adventure begins. Actually, I should say adventures. There are literally thousands (3,856) of adventures in this interactive book that the reader becomes completely immersed in them. I chose vanilla ice cream and my adventure there was [...]

Graphic Novel: The Plain Janes

by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg With lettering by Jared K. Fletcher Published by DC Comics, 2007 Cerrin and I read this graphic novel during the late hours of the 24 Hour Read-A-Thon. We knew we needed a change of pace from our regular reading to keep us going. It was short, quick, engaging and, [...]

Book Review: Persepolis 2

Persepolis 2: The Story Of A Return by Marjane Satrapi Pantheon Books, 2004 My Rating; B+ In the first Persepolis (I reviewed it last week) the author told us about her childhood in Iran during that country’s Islamic Revolution. Persepolis 2 is the  continuation of her story. This second book covers a ten year period, from [...]

Graphic Novel: Ethel & Ernest

by Raymond Briggs Alfred A Knopf, 1998 Ethel and Ernest is a lovely tribute to the author’s parents. Told in graphic novel form, the story stretches from the time they met until their deaths. The story takes place in London and covers the enormous changes that happened in the world from the 1930′s to the [...]