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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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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver HarperCollins Publishers, 2007 I’m so glad I finally had a chance to read this book. I’m a big Barbara Kingsolver fan and when I heard she had written about this project, I had to read it. Plus my [...]
Comfort Me With Apples: More Adventures at the Table Ruth Reichl Random House, 2001 Genre: Non-Fiction, Books About Food A few months ago I read and thoroughly enjoyed Ms. Reichl’s Garlic and Sapphires (see my review here). This one is equally as good, although, of course, the story is different. Both are memoirs but Comfort Me [...]
American Pie: Slices of Life (and Pie) From America’s Back Roads Pascale Le Draoulec Published by Perennial, 2002 What began as a lark for the author and a friend, turned into a true quest, in this case, a quest for pie. Pascale Le Draoulec has three weeks to move from San Francisco to [...]
Teaser Tuesday means it’s time to play the “I’m only going to tell you a little about this book” game. You only get to hear two little sentences. This is hosted by the blogger at Should Be Reading. Here are the rules: Grab the book you are currently reading. Let the book fall open to [...]
Cheap. Fast. Good! By Beverly Mills and Alicia Ross Workman Publishing, 2005 This is my new favorite food book. Yes, there are tons of recipes in here but it’s so much fun to read that I won’t call it a cookbook. The basic premise of the author’s is that good food can be inexpensive without [...]
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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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