Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Friday, May 22, 2015

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

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The following is a guest review from my eleven year old grandson, Kai O:   What happens when an expedition to kill a giant narwhal is ...
Saturday, May 16, 2015

PASSIONATE CRUSADERS

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The author sent me a copy of her novel to review: Heather Voight has written an eye-opening book about America’s cavalier effort regardin...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015

RIDERS of the PURPLE SAGE

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Could this novel by Zane Grey be the most eminent western ever written? Could be. I haven’t read the two main challengers: Owen Wister’s ...
Friday, May 1, 2015

IRVING TITANS

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The author sent me a copy of his novel to review: I wasn’t entirely entertained by this (sort of) continuation of Peter Gent’s North Dal...
Friday, April 24, 2015

EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU

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The title of the book seems apropos because Celeste Ng almost put me to sleep by not telling me anything. Sometimes I was in a semi hypnoti...
Sunday, April 12, 2015

CHASING TEXAS

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The author sent me a copy of his novel for review: It’s self-evident that Reese Newton is a big fan of Cormac McCarthy (as am I). He writ...
Monday, March 30, 2015

ROOM (1219)

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This book (historical novel?) is much more than the three trials of Fatty Arbuckle for manslaughter...it is also about the history of silen...
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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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