Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Friday, July 31, 2015

Still Alice

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This is the second guest review from artist and writer, Patricia Koelmel: Still Alice is a 2007 New York Times bestselling novel by Lis...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

THE WOMAN in WHITE

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This novel by Wilkie Collins took me the better part of a month to assimilate. It had to be savored...it was that good. This is the novel t...
Friday, July 3, 2015

FAILED MOMENTS

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The author sent me a copy of his novel to read and review: In Failed Moments ...is A. Robert Allen asking, “If you could, would you re...
Saturday, June 27, 2015

the MADMAN and the ASSASSIN

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Scott Martelle wrote a nonfiction book about a tragic occurrence that happened over 150 years ago...and yet he made it seem like a current ...
Friday, June 26, 2015

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

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This is a guest review from my eleven year old grandson, Kai O Gulliver’s Travels isn’t your typical “stranded on an Island” book and J...
Monday, June 15, 2015

THE TURN OF THE SCREW

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Is this 1898 ghost story by the great American writer Henry James the best ever? I don’t think so. Since American writer Henry James spent ...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Shadow's Fire: A Chance Beginning

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The author sent me a copy of his novel to review: This fantasy novel had a slight herky-jerky start...a tad quick for my hankering. Th...
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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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