Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Elizabeth Kostova avoids the sophomore jinx with her second epistolary novel. While this volume isn't the fearsome novel that The Hist...

The deadliest natural disaster in America is told by one of the rising stars in literature, Erik Larson. The time is 1900; the place is Ga...

Wee, wee, wee, I had the right murderer, but then I changed my mind; I shouldn't have. Mais voyons, I made a faux pas that Hercule n...

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

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...

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'...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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...