Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Dream Faces

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The author sent me an autographed copy of his novel to be reviewed: I’m sorry, I just couldn’t buy into this story. Why this story had t...
Tuesday, August 23, 2016

TREASURE ISLAND

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“Shiver Me Timbers” , this novel was a treasure! Sorry for the pun, but I couldn’t help myself...I enjoyed myself immensely reading this 188...
Tuesday, August 16, 2016

A WAVE FROM MAMA

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The author sent me a copy of his novel to read and review: The second novel of A. Robert Allen’s The Slavery and Beyond Series is a strai...
Sunday, August 7, 2016

the FIREMAN

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This novel was literally on fire for 747 pages. Well, at least it seemed that way with spontaneous human combustion running amok in the appe...
Sunday, July 24, 2016

TAKING on WATER

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The author sent me an autographed copy of his novel to review: What started out to be a somewhat typical hackneyed small town drug myster...
Saturday, July 16, 2016

THE VOYAGE OUT

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What does this novel have in common with the Seinfeld TV show? The show and the novel are about nothing . The novel and show are concerned w...
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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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