I was in the cooking section at Village Books because that's where Canadian Reader was ... and I found a couple of books that looked interesting ... which was something of a surprise to me. Driving Hungry: a Delicious Journey, from Buenos Aires to New York to Berlin, by Layne Mosler is about something that is far, far out of my comfort zone. Ms. Mosler is able to pick up and move, taking just one suitcase, renting rooms online from strangers, and going to countries where she knows little, if any, of the language. At one point she starts asking the taxi drivers where they like to eat and her blog, Taxi Gourmet, was born. Just an amazing read!

Seems Canadian Reader jumped into the middle of this series because Mrs. Roosevelt's Confidante, by Susan Elia Macneal is not the first of her Maggie Hope Mystery books. It is mid-December, 1941 and Prime Minister Churchill is in Washington, D.C. to meet with President Roosevelt. There is a letter that would bring things to a screeching halt should it be made public, an execution that many want stopped (and just as many want to proceed), spies, rockets ... just a lot going on! Well written, nice historical touches, I think we'll both be reading more of this series in the months to come.

I've been on a train trail recently, it seems, and here's the most recent entry there: All Aboard: the Wonderful World of Disney Trains, by Dana Amendola. Walt Disney, and many of his animators loved trains. Most of them had toy trains, model trains, rode trains on their vacations so naturally many show up in the parks and films (live and animated). While the stories and pictures here were wonderful, by favorite part came at the end and a glossary of common words and phrases that are so familiar ... and all started in the railway industry! Don't miss it! (It includes "going on line")! :-)

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