Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: “Jack” by Marilynne Robinson
Jack is best read in a quiet space. Slowly. Pensively. Because it is a quiet novel, told almost in a whisper. An interior narrative by one...
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: “Jack” by Marilynne Robinson
Jack is best read in a quiet space. Slowly. Pensively. Because it is a quiet novel, told almost in a whisper. An interior narrative by one...
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Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: “A Burning” by Megha Mujumdar
This is one of the most hard to put down novels I’ve read, and that’s saying something, considering all the good fiction that’s been...
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: “Transcendent Kingdom” by Yaa Gyasi
Yaa Gyasi’s debut novel, Homegoing, was a hard-hitting study of four generations of African women descending from a slave ship. It moved...
Laguna Beach Live! Introduces Inspiring Musical Talent to Budding Musicians
Laguna Live! announces a new partnership with the Susi Q Senior Center to present classical music in a new and entertaining way.
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: “Fresh Water for Flowers” by Valerie Perrin | Translation by Hildegarde Serle
How wonderful to discover a new voice—not new in Europe, but to us. Valerie Perrin is a French screenwriter and photographer, also an...
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog | “Here We Are: My Friendship with Philip Roth” by Benjamin Taylor
When it comes to the writer Philip Roth, there are two camps: those who dismiss him as a sex-obsessed east coast Jewish highbrow, and those...
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: “Death in Her Hands” by Otessa Moshfegh
Otessa Moshfegh writes mostly about seemingly ordinary people trapped in bizarre circumstances. ...
Randy Kraft’s OC Book Blog: “Unfinished Business” by Vivian Gornick
In Vivian Gornick's memoir, "Unfinished Business," a master reader-writer in late life revisits influential literature.
Signature Author Series Becomes a Virtual Reality
Laguna Beach Books launches a new virtual author event series. Hosted via the Zoom video/web conferencing application, featured authors...
