Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Something Wicked This Way Comes

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Ray Bradbury ask this question...Can love combined with happiness, laughing, and dancing conquer evil? It will take 290 terrifying pages to...
Friday, September 12, 2014

Nadia's Tears

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The author sent me an autographed copy of her novel to review: Julie C. Gilbert’s second YA novel concerning Dr. Devya’s Children is a bi...
Tuesday, September 2, 2014

THE KEPT

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This novel kept me alert and interested in the beginning, kept me dozing off in the middle, and then kept me nonplussed at the end. What i...
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...
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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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