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Christmas Morning–Top Ten Favorite Reads of 2014

Merry Christmas to all!! Today is a deal for meals.  We’re having some neighbors over for brunch in a few hours.  I’ve already made red flannel hash and a couple of chocolate babkas, there’s a batch of muffin cup eggs still to go and some cleaning.  Our basement was flooded in The Great California Rain of 2014 a few weeks ago–we’re still cleaning it up. … Continue reading Christmas Morning–Top Ten Favorite Reads of 2014

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American Fiction, Book Review, California, Classic, Fiction, Novel

Ask the Dust by John Fante

My new favorite book. Chances are, you’ve probably never heard of John Fante.  I only stumbled across him because Ask the Dust was included in a box set of novels set in California that I recently lusted after.  Though I couldn’t afford the box set, my library had a copy of Ask the Dust on the shelves.  Lucky for me. Written in 1939, Ask the … Continue reading Ask the Dust by John Fante

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