One of my favorite lines from a movie is "I'll have what she's having." from When Harry Met Sally, so, when I found a book with that very name, it required a second look! It ended up in coming home with me that day and what a read it is/was! I'll Have What She's Having: How Nora Ephron's Three Iconic Films Saved the Romantic Comedy, by Erin Carlson is part biography, part history of how Ephron's most popular films were made. Wonderful insights on the actors and crew who brought the movies to life as well as insights as to what happens on set.

Minding the Manor: the Memoir of a 1930's English Kitchen Maid, by Mollie Moran caught my eye when it said that the author, born in 1916, was still cooking (and hosting Scrabble games)! Well, at the time of publication (2013), she was! Her book was written when she was 97! She started work at age 14 (15+ hours a day, six days a week). She rose through the ranks from scullery maid to cook. The work is hard, and the hours long, but it was the expectation of how one behaved that was the hardest ... she was a fun loving, energetic teenager after all! While she would leave service when she married, she always remembered this time fondly and this is a great read about a time and life style foreign to, well, just about anybody today. :-)

Reading Hermit With Dog