Blessed are the Cheesemakers by Sarah-Kate Lynch

At the beginning of this book I was a little confused and was not sure how all of the little story lines were going to connect.  Well, connect they did and what a wonderful story.  There are people on different sides of the earth that all end up together at a small cheese making factory.  It had been in the business of making cheese and milking cows for generations.  Through out the book you learn more of the history and intricacies of the families and the people working the farm.  It is a fun loving bunch that will make you laugh and cry.  The folks all meld together and you feel like you know them in the end.  You just keep on rooting for all those involved.  Very fun and I was sad to see it end.

One Book in the Grave by Kate Carlisle

This is part of a series and I have started near the end.  I did not feel like I was missing out on much by doing this, but much has happened over the series.  Brooklyn is a book binder and repairs old books.  She is a very colorful character with a colorful upbringing.  She goes to a bookseller to see where a book had come from and discovers that he is dead.  This leads to  hiding out, finding people she did not think were around and at times just all out chaos.  It was very fun and Carlisle did a great job tying everything together, the ending was not what I expected.  I also liked the fact that I did not feel like I jumped into the middle of a story and was missing a bunch of background.  The other books in the series should be great and I hope to find some soon.