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: Walter’s Muse by Jean Davies Okimoto

In 2010 I read a charming book by Jean Davies Okimoto, The Love Ceiling. (Click the title for my review.) It was filled with characters who came to life and made me care about them. I still think of them from time to time. I hated it when the book ended. It was set in [...]

Book Review: The Love Ceiling

by Jean Davies Okimoto Endicott and Hugh Books, 2009 My Rating: A Have you ever read a book that felt like it came from your own life?  The Love Ceiling felt like that for me. Well, maybe not all the exact details, but in the general concepts. Imagine a main character who – is in [...]