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

Women Unbound Reading Challenge

I’m a few weeks late but I’ve decided to join in on the Women Unbound Challenge. The goal of this reading challenge is to read fiction and non-fiction books related to the broad idea of ‘women’s studies.’ What is women’s studies? According to Merriam-Webster, it is . . . the multidisciplinary study of the social [...]

Favorite Books From Childhood

The past six months I have thoroughly enjoyed reading favorite books from my childhood. When I first decided to join this challenge I knew I had hundreds of books to choose from. I decided to choose those books that really stuck in my head and in my heart.I read these books as a child, I [...]

Happy Spring

And to celebrate I’m joining Katrina at Callapidder Days in her Spring Reading Thing 2009. This is not a challenge, it is a “thing”. Since reading books is my thing I decided to take this time to look at my book list and my challenges and do a little assessment. Since this is my first [...]

Reading 100 Books in 2009

Now this is a CHALLENGE! I honestly don’t know if I can do it but I’m going to give it a solid try. My list of challenges is already long (see my list here), but that makes the book list long. You hear me talking myself into this, don’t you? I’ll post my books read [...]

Favourite Books From My Childhood

  I have a passion for children’s books. It is especially nice if I can read them to children. But, if none are available, I will read them to myself. So, I am especially pleased to join Lynda at The Holistic Knitter as she sponsors a six-month Childhood Favourite Book Challenge.  The challenge is to [...]