Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

THE MARTIAN

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What would you do if you were presumed dead and left stranded for 549 sol days (that’s an Earth day plus 39 minutes) on the planet Mars? We...
Monday, March 31, 2014

A Young Man in the Wild Blue Yonder

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The publisher sent me a copy to read and review: David K. Hayward writes a epistolary non-fiction work that reads like a scrapbook your ...
Friday, March 21, 2014

THE EVOLUTION OF REPTILIAN HANDBAGS

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The author sent me a copy of this novel to review: If Melanie Lamaga wrote these ten short stories to show off her creative writing skil...
Saturday, March 15, 2014

UNDER THE WIDE AND STARRY SKY

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Nancy Horan writes an historical novel charged with the emotional ups and downs of the love affair between Robert Louis Stevenson (for the ...
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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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