Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Thursday, February 26, 2015

MALIA'S MIRACLES

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The author sent me an autographed copy of her novel to review: This is by far the most exciting novel of the series to date. I think t...
Saturday, February 21, 2015

CAT'S CRADLE

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Kurt Vonnegut’s 1963 novel satirizing the complete destruction of the world is the cat’s meow. It was as funny as Joseph Heller’s, Catch-2...
Saturday, February 14, 2015

The Graveyard Book

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This is a guest review from my eleven year old grandson, Kai:   Nobody Owens would be a perfectly normal boy if he didn’t live in a grave...
Thursday, February 12, 2015

The Wallcreeper

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Nell Zell writes a novel that is  Much Ado About Nothing (sorry Shakespeare), although there are some funny spots in the novel like the co...
Monday, February 9, 2015

the ALCHEMIST

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Awesome! What did I just read? Was it a variation of an Aesop fable? A tale about an early entrepreneur? Or, a philosophical look at man’s...
Sunday, February 8, 2015

The Supernatural Enhancements

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This is a guest review from Deron O: This epistolary novel by Edgar Cantero starts off strong from its beautiful cover art to its in...
Wednesday, February 4, 2015

BECOMING HUMAN

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The author sent me a copy of her novel to review: I was surprised with the author’s storytelling ability and a little discontented with...
Monday, January 26, 2015

FAR FROM the MADDING CROWD

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Can anybody write better prose than Thomas Hardy? The descriptive writers of the 1800s were truly amazing. When I compare their works with ...
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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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