Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: “Warlight” by Michael Ondaatje
A modern master tells a melancholy tale of post-WWII Britain. By Randy Kraft Everything we read about war is about the war –...
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: “Warlight” by Michael Ondaatje
A modern master tells a melancholy tale of post-WWII Britain. By Randy Kraft Everything we read about war is about the war –...
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Randy Kraft’s Top 10 Books for Summer Reading
Timely cultural fiction, short stories, a time-traveler tale and personal sagas round out the best in beach reading with stories that all...
OC Book Blog: “There There” by Tommy Orange
By Randy Kraft Gertrude Stein, in the Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, famously wrote of her childhood town of Oakland, there is no...
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: “The Overstory” by Richard Powers
The world had six million trees, when people showed up. Half remain. Half again more will disappear, in a hundred years. ~ The Overstory,...
OC Book Blog: “Asymmetry” by Lisa Halliday
A unique first novel by another mid-life accomplished writer (like Cherise Wolas’ recently reviewed debut The Resurrection of Joan...
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog — Strangers Among Us: Two Novels Explore the Search for Identity
So much has been written in recent years about the search for cultural identity. We are all descendants of “others” whether in distant...
The Ultimate Fashion Experience
A day with blogger Jacey Duprie at Montage Laguna Beach Experience the ultimate day of fashion with blogger and style icon, Jacey Duprie,...
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: “The Resurrection of Joan Ashby” by Cherise Wolas
This is Cherise Wolas’ first novel, an accomplished debut by an accomplished woman – a lawyer, film producer and now, novelist in the...
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: “A Horse Walks Into a Bar” by David Grossman
This remarkable novel sat on my pile for nearly a year, even though I am a great fan of the prolific, award-winning Israeli writer, David...
