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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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Hello fellow word-lovers. After three weeks off to mend my aching hand, I’m back to share a few words I’ve discovered in my reading. While reading The Red Pony I found some interesting new-to-me words: 1. bandy-legged: He was a broad, bandy-legged little man . . . A person who is bandy-legged is someone whose [...]
It’s Wednesday! Time for me to share my new-to-me words. Today I’m paying tribute to the New York Times and their big word writers. Here are three new words from three articles I read recently: 1. I found vicissitude in a review of the book Half-Broke Horses. Walls revisits the adrenaline-charged frontier background that gave [...]
Welcome to Wondrous Words Wednesday, a weekly meme designed so we can share new-to-us words we find in our reading. I’ve been reading Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls. Here are a few words I found. 1. quirting: Cowboys who could ride anything caught the horses and ran them on fear, spurring and quirting them [...]
Thanks for stopping by to check on my new-to-me words. I love words. This weekly game of finding new words as I read adds to the joy of reading. A couple of months ago I told you about a new book I received for Christmas. It’s Grammar Girl’s 101 Words to Sound Smart. I’ve been [...]
Welcome to Wondrous Words Wednesday. I only have a couple of words this week. They are two left over from my last short story post: Chefoo, China by Thornton Wilder 1. tiffin: There was leisure for talk at the clubs on the Bunds, at the eternal tiffins, and teas, and dinners. A tiffin is a [...]
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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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