Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Monday, August 25, 2014

WONDER

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This is a guest review from Patricia Koelmel, an accomplished artist and contending writer: Very few of us are comfortable in our skin 24...
Thursday, August 21, 2014

The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere

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John Chu’s Hugo Award (2014) winning short story is somewhat unusual. It seems that rain has decided to fall on anyone caught in a lie. Wow...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

THE BIOLOGY OF LUCK

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The author sent me a copy of his novel to review: The roots to Jacob M. Appel’s novel can be traced back to the eighth century BC. That ...
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

MR. MERCEDES

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Slowly I turned (the pages?), step by step, inch by inch... Hey Abbott! Yes, at times this slow moving novel by the great Stephen King remi...
Thursday, July 31, 2014

PATRIARCH RUN

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The author sent me an autographed copy of his novel to review: Benjamin Dancer writes a fast paced novel that rivals and apes Robert Lud...
Monday, July 28, 2014

Parsival or A Knight’s Tale

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This is a guest review from Deron O: I read Richard Monaco’s Parsival or A Knight’s Tale , the first of his Parsival series, many year...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

the BOYS in the BOAT

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Row, row, row your boat, gently down the Langer See. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream. Okay, I changed "stream...
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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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