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

Book Review: God’s Guest List

Author: Debbie Macomber Publisher: Howard Books/Simon and Schuster, November 2010 Genre: Non-Fiction/Inspirational Summary: Debbie Macomber is well known for her women’s fictional stories, primarily romances and relationship novels. I’ve reviewed several here on my blog. In the past few years she’s branched out into non-fiction with knitting books, a cookbook and inspirational stories. I first [...]

Book Review: Family Affair

Author: Debbie Macomber Publisher: William Morow (Imprint of HarperCollins), 1994 & 2011 Genre: Romance Format: Hardback Source: Public Library Short Synopsis Lacey Lancaster has always longed to be a wife and mother. However, after a painful divorce, she decides it’s time to lay low for a while in her charming San Francisco apartment with her [...]

Holiday Reading: Call Me Mrs. Miracle

Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Jennifer Van Dyck Publisher: Mira Publishing, 2010 Genre:  Christmas Format: Audio Source: Library Why I Read The Book: The synopsis appealed to me. Short Synopsis from the author’s website: (Debbie Macomber) This Christmas, Emily Merkle (call her Mrs. Miracle!) is working in the toy department at Finley’s, the last family-owned department store [...]

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 [...]