Outsourced

I would recommend Outsourced to anyone who has ever traveled to India, or anyone who enjoys travel or other cultures. In this romantic comedy, Todd Anderson's job has been outsourced to India, and he must travel there to train his replacement. He arrives to find the office only partially built and a cow standing in the training room. Unfortunately, he can not return home until the numbers maintain a certain level. The scenes of daily life are very accurate and the collision of cultures very funny. It is rated PG-13 because of some sexual references, and it has won numerous awards. I found it quite touching, and it "reminds us that sometimes getting lost is the best way to find yourself."

Wild Indigo by Sandi Ault

A new mystery author has emerged that is a cross between Nevada Barr and Tony Hillerman, Sandi Ault. Her character, Jamaica Wild, works for the Bureau of Land Management in New Mexico, and she arrives on the scene to witness a Tanoah Pueblo man being trampled to death by stampeding buffalo. She thinks this is not an accident and starts looking into it, only to get wrapped up in a world of tribal traditions and feisty curanderas. My favorite character in the book is Mountain, the wolf cub Jamaica adopted after its mother was killed; he causes all manner of mischief and amusement. I am eagerly awaiting the second book, Wild Inferno.