Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Monday, May 30, 2016

MY JOURNEY THROUGH WAR AND PEACE

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The author sent a copy of her book to me for review: Melissa Burch, you are one gutsy lady! Besides putting yourself in harm’s way in Af...
Sunday, May 29, 2016

THE GEMINI EFFECT

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The author sent an autographed copy of his novel to my twelve year old grandson Kai O for review: The Gemini Effect is two interconnected...
Friday, May 20, 2016

CLARENCE OLGIBEE

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The author sent me an autographed copy of his novel to review: Although I didn’t dislike this novel, I wasn’t enamored with it either. Th...
Wednesday, May 11, 2016

THE SOUL OF AN OCTOPUS

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This is a guest review from past contributor and artist, Pat Koelmel: I picked up this 2015 memoir by naturalist Sy Montgomery to learn mo...
Saturday, May 7, 2016

THE VIRGINIAN

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Is this 1902 story by Owen Wister the blueprint cowboy (the author designates them as cow-boys or cow-punchers) novel for thousands of nove...
Tuesday, April 26, 2016

THE BOOK OF THREE (THE CHRONICLES OF PRYDAIN ONE)

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This is a guest review from my twelve year old grandson, Kai O: The Book of Three is an ever changing story. It starts out with a young ...
Wednesday, April 20, 2016

YEAGER'S LAW

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The author sent me his novel to review: For some reason Scott Bell’s Yeager’s Law reminded me of the days long ago when I bought my thri...
Thursday, April 14, 2016

BEYOND CLOUD NINE

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The author sent me a copy of his novel to review: Greg Spry’s maiden attempt at a space opera went better than I expected. I thought the...
Sunday, April 3, 2016

JAMAICA INN

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Sometimes I wonder why I'm wasting my time reading contemporary novelists when I can read classic authors such as Daphne Du Maurier (19...
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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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