Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Lusitania

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This well written history was quite a roller coaster ride! First I was totally bored, then heavyhearted and somber, and finally was left t...
Thursday, June 21, 2012

OMG: Obscene Mind Games

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The author sent me a copy of this short story to review: C.I. Masuda writes a palatable short story of what could happen if you choose t...
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

A SECRET LIFE: the lies and scandals of President Grover Cleveland

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This is the fifth non-fiction book pertaining to presidents from the late 1800s that I've read recently, and it is a good one! It'...
Sunday, June 3, 2012

CANADA

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Yes, I know Richard Ford is a Pulitzer Prize winner; but to me, this novel was just adequate at best. This is the first novel I have read ...
Sunday, May 27, 2012

In One Person

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I don't know what caused John Irving to choose this subject matter, but coming from him you know it's not drivel. Does this novel ...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

11/22/63

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Stephen King touched on horror with It , tickled us with fantasy in Lisey's Story , emotionally stirred us with the apocalyptic T...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Thunderstruck

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Erik Larson juxtaposes a murderer and an inventor and makes it work! This author will never run out of ideas as witnessed by this historic...
Sunday, April 15, 2012

THE BATTLE of the CRATER

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Gingrich and Forstchen have written one of the most meaningful Civil War novels to date. It reveals the Union generals' blunders and a...
Saturday, April 7, 2012

DEATH on the NILE

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Eh bien, I figured it out! I actually came up with the correct killer, or killers, shortly after the millionaire heiress, Linnet Doyle, wa...
Monday, April 2, 2012

1Q84

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Japan's Haruki Murakami writes a surreal novel for the intellectual reader with a touch of fantasy. The story is neither completely lu...
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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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