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

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

Archives

Book Review: Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight

by Alexandra Fuller Random House, 2001 Rating: A It’s the 1970′s and Bobo (Alexandra) has been living in Rhodesia since she was two. She’s a young white girl, born to English parents. That’s her on the cover of the book. Don’t you love that expression on her face? She is curious, feisty while still being [...]

Book Review: Prime Time

By Hank Phillippi Ryan MIRA, 2009 My Rating: A I’m feeling pretty smug right now but I’ll try not to strut in an obnoxious way. Why am I smug? Because, for once, I have a great book that is number one in the series. Not only the first book – I have all four books! [...]

Book Review: The Perfect Christmas

by Debbie Macomber MIRA Books, 2009 My Rating: B I think I’ve read almost all of Debbie Macomber’s stories. I get her newsletter and follow her website (especially the knitting section). So I guess you could call me a fan. It was a real treat when her publicist sent this Christmas book. Debbie always writes [...]

A Food Book: Home Cooking

HOME COOKING: A WRITER IN THE KITCHEN Laurie Colwin Perennial/Harper Collins, 1988 My Rating: A+ “One of the delights of life is eating with friends; second to that is TALKING about eating. And, for an unsurpassed double whammy, there is talking about eating WHILE you are eating with friends. People who like to cook like [...]

Book Review: Spinning Forward

Terri DuLong Kensington Books, 2009 My Rating: B+ Ever since Sydney married she has lived the good life in Boston with her doctor husband. She has not been employed outside the home since her wedding day twenty-eight years earlier. Now she finds herself a widow with no home, no money and no job. A good [...]