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Barchester Towers – Anthony Trollope

I’m afraid I read Trollope like some people read Barbara Cartland. I find the personalities and gossip as irresistible as reading about Arnold’s love child in Us Magazine. Only Trollope’s voice is funny and wry and you don’t have to … Continue reading

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Arizmendi Bakery

Arizmendi Bakery — a worker’s cooperative with warm breads and baked goods throughout the day. I first discovered it at the Cheeseboard in Berkeley and then Arizemendi opened in San Rafael, right on my way home from picking up my … Continue reading

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Wolf Hall

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel: An elegant, deft, yet slow – very slow – gavotte through the court and religious intrigues of Henry VIII’s reign, seen through the eyes of Thomas Cromwell, who was sort of a mashup between Henry … Continue reading

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