While the book Servants (October 10, 2017 post) was a history of servants in general and what they did, They Also Serve is a personal memoir of just one person, author Bob Sharpe. Mr. Sharpe started with helping in the family garden, but soon moved to a 'big house' where he worked 16 hour days, 7 days a week (he got Christmas off) for 8 years. (He started when he was 8). He worked his way up through the ranks from hall boy, to valet, and finally, butler. A nice, respectful read.

If you like food and movies then here's a fun book ... and there are trivia quizzes, too! Lights! Camera! Cuisine!: Cooking Fabulous Food From the Films You Love, by Holly Erickson. Included with a synopsis for the film there is a recipe or two, a nice idea of a menu for a complete meal, and, sometimes, a way to substitute for a difficult recipe, or a hard to find item. The recipes look easy to follow (but do remember, I don't cook!). A couple of things bugged me though: the list of movies in the answer key in the back ... all the movies that start with 'The' were under T (or A if they started with that). And, one glaring error in the trivia quizzes ... so were there others? Still, a fun read.

From Canadian Reader came a recommendation for Cynthia Riggs and her Martha's Vineyard Mystery series. The first title was not available locally so I started with the second: The Cranefly Orchid Murders. Phoebe lives on a prime piece of land. She is old, and estranged from her family so decides to sell rather than let any of them inherit it. Many groups want it, from a developer who plans on a gated community with million dollar homes, to a group of doctors who plan on an exclusive golf course, to the conservation group who would leave it as is. Naturally this sparks all kinds of reactions! I had an "aha" moment and thought I'd figured it out, but I was wrong! A nice cozy. :-)

Reading Hermit With Dog