Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: “Ask Again, Yes” by Mary Beth Keane
I was at first surprised this novel received early praise. The set-up is familiar: Irish immigrant cops in NYC in 1973, a dark time for the...
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: “Ask Again, Yes” by Mary Beth Keane
I was at first surprised this novel received early praise. The set-up is familiar: Irish immigrant cops in NYC in 1973, a dark time for the...
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Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: Summer Beach Reads
Elizabeth Gilbert adds to her canon a sexy coming-of-age story set in early 20th century NY, and Kaira Rouda sticks close to home with a...
Randy Kraft’s OC BookBlog: Two Big Stories from Mexico to Zambia
For your summer reading pleasure, here are two big stories from Mexico to Zambia. ...
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog | “The Weight of Ink” by Rachel Kaddish
Rachel Kaddish's "The Weight of Ink" is a literary journey for those who like to snuggle into a big book with sufficient twists and turns,...
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: “Elmet” by Fiona Mozley
Now and then a debut novel knocks your socks off. Without fuss or complexity, told in humble descriptive prose, you are from the first in...
OC Book Blog: “A Ladder to the Sky” by John Boyne
The Irish writer John Boyne is on a winning streak. Following the commercial success of "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas," he published a...
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: “Uncommon Cause: General George Lee Butler”
An uncommonly fascinating memoir of military life. By Randy Kraft We all assume we know something of military life. We’ve seen...
OC Book Blog: “The End of Days” by Jenny Erpenbeck
Too often the great works of other languages to do not come to the English-speaking reader. We miss out on a lot of great fiction and...
Randy Kraft’ OC Book Blog: “Educated” By Tara Westover
By Randy Kraft Tara Westover is a PhD from the School of Hard Knocks. Truth, in this memoir, is definitely stranger than fiction. If...
