Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

FOOTFALL

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What is a Footfall? Would you believe that it's an asteroid pulled by a spaceship and then dropped on a planet! It's the ultimate ...
Sunday, March 13, 2011

And Then There Were None

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This is a guest review from my eldest son, Deron: After years of enjoying Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple on PBS, I've finally read m...
Thursday, March 10, 2011

WORLD WITHOUT END

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Ken Follett's sequel to The Pillars of the Earth is 1014 pages of unforgettable reading. I can't remember when I enjoyed a sequel...
Friday, February 25, 2011

TYRANNOSAUR CANYON

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It seems to me that Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child are engaged in a duel to see who can write the best thriller. This book is Preston...
Friday, February 18, 2011

WORLD WAR Z

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This is an intriguing way to write another book about zombies. The book consists entirely of interviews of three to seven pages with the s...
Friday, February 11, 2011

Valley Forge

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This is the sequel to To Try Men's Souls and the second book of their American Revolutions series by the prolific writers' Newt G...
Friday, February 4, 2011

UTOPIA

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The subtitle says it's a thriller , and that is a understatement! Lincoln Child, in his first solo book, has written what I call a des...
Sunday, January 30, 2011

The Windup Girl

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Paolo Bacigalupi has written a unusual but compelling novel involving the biotechnology of food sources, mutant animals and insects, and ...
Thursday, January 20, 2011

UNDER HEAVEN

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If Guy Gavriel Kay wanted to write a trilogy or adapt a novel for a TV miniseries, this was his chance. This great book is similar to Geor...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Abraham Lincoln: VAMPIRE HUNTER

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Seth Grahame-Smith writes another novel out of the new genre of books that marries historical fiction with fantasy/horror. What's next...
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rick o.
I started reading in earnest during high school, because of a wonderful English teacher. I basically read the classics. I would buy one Signet Classic after another. My favorite being David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. I stopped serious reading while serving four years in the U.S.Marine Corps. When I got out, I started reading every genre possible. I still like reading all types of novels including sci-fi, historical fiction, non-fiction and lately I like non-fiction that reads like fiction. A example would be 'Destiny of the Republic' by Candice Millard, or 'The Devil in the White City' by Erik Larson. But knowing me, a new genre of writing could get my interest and I'll start reading that. I still read sci-fi, even if I'm hot on a new genre. So my thanks goes out to my teacher for opening my eyes to the likes of Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Fenimore Cooper, Daniel Defoe, and my favorite name, William Makepeace Thackeray.
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