Imagine moving into a new apartment and when the door to the elevator opens you are met by a cow! And so starts The Milk Lady of Bangalore: an Unexpected Adventure, by Shoba Narayan. When it got too hard for the grandparents to come for visits, the author and her family made the decision to move back to India. Needless to say, it is very different than living in New York! I learned a lot about milk, and why the cow is so important there. Fascinating, funny, well written.

I’m not exactly sure what to say about this book … it’s part history, a bit of travel, and philosophy, and some life lessons! And it’s about board games! I guess I’ll just sort of wimp out here and say that Tortured Cardboard: How Great Board Games Arise From Chaos, Survive By Chance, Impart Wisdom, and Gain Immortality by Philip E. Orbanes (with the Games Gnome) was an interesting read! :-)

Reading Hermit With Dog