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

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

Archives

A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table

Author: Molly Wizenberg Publisher: Simon and Schuster, 2009 Genre: Non-Fiction / Food Writing Last Spring I discovered a great blog written by a young woman who talks about her life and the food she likes to prepare. In particular, I like the way she talks about her family, friends, and everyday life. In addition to [...]

Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

Author: Louise Penny Publisher: Headline Book Publishing, 2005 Genre: Mystery/Police Procedural Source: I read this on my Kindle Short Synopsis: (from Amazon) Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec and his team of investigators are called in to the scene of a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montréal and yet [...]

Book Review: Easily Amused by Karen McQuestion

Ever since Kaye at The Road Goes Ever Ever On clued me into the Kindle Daily Post blog, I’ve downloaded quite a number of books. The Kindle Daily Post reviews a variety of books, magazines, games and so forth that are available on Kindle. I’m a real sucker for the free and inexpensive ones. This [...]

Louisa May Alcott: An Old Fashioned Girl

As I mentioned the other day, I’ve had a hard time reading the past two weeks. Louisa May Alcott pulled me back from the scary edge of the cliff – again. When I was a child and starting a new school, not knowing anyone, Little Women came into my life and provided me with comfort [...]

Book Review: Sweet Dreams At The Goodnight Motel

by Curtiss Ann Matlock Mira Books, 2004 My Rating: B So many people have suggested I try a book, any book, by Curtiss Ann Matlock that I finally did. I picked Sweet Dreams At the Goodnight Motel because I liked the cover. I thought it would be a fun, light-hearted read. It was, but I [...]