Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

GO SET A WATCHMAN

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This novel should have passed muster (when originally submitted to the publisher) but it didn’t for whatever reason. I thought Harper Lee’s...
Wednesday, February 17, 2016

the WRIGHT BROTHERS

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It doesn’t get any better than the genre of narrative nonfiction. Award winning author David McCullough provides many cliffhanging chapters...
Wednesday, February 10, 2016

The Nth Day

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The author sent me an autographed copy of his novel to review: Wow, what a story! Can anybody write a darker story than this Jonathan Hu...
Wednesday, February 3, 2016

REDSHIRTS

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Did you ever notice that on the TV show Star Trek that an Ensign or lower ranked person wearing a redshirt got killed in every episode? In...
Monday, January 25, 2016

CATHARSIS

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The author sent me a copy of her novel to read and review: Is Aurora Fox the female equivalent of Dirty Harry ? Maybe. Okay, I know Harr...
Thursday, January 21, 2016

WOOL

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This is the definitive dystopian novel that all challengers will be compared to. Hugh Howey has written the ultimate novel for this genre. ...
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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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