Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Saturday, October 22, 2016

SPARX Incarnation: Mark of the Green Dragon

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The author sent an autographed copy of his novel to my thirteen year old grandson, Kai, to review: The Mark of the Green Dragon is an ex...
Monday, October 17, 2016

HEART OF DARKNESS

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As with this 1899 classic novella, sometimes too much descriptive writing can somewhat muddy the waters. Written by Joseph Conrad (pen name...
Tuesday, October 11, 2016

they SERVE BAGELS in HEAVEN

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The author sent me a copy of her novel/book to review: This is the third novel that I’ve read in the last three years exploring the poss...
Saturday, October 8, 2016

AYAHUASCA

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The author sent me a copy of his novel to read and review: After reading Jonathan Huls previous novel, The Nth Day (see my review of 2...
Wednesday, September 28, 2016

PUDD'NHEAD WILSON and THOSE EXTRAORDINARY TWINS

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This 1894 novel by Mark Twain was written during his dark period. His mom had recently died and his publishing company had just failed, le...
Tuesday, September 13, 2016

The Demon Conspiracy

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The author sent me a copy of his novel to read and review: I’m not going to say this story was banal, but the concept of demons living und...
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Wednesday, September 7, 2016

THE WOMAN IN CABIN TEN

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Not in a hundred years would I have figured out who the victim was; or for that matter, who the murderer was in this whodunit, yet when it...
Friday, September 2, 2016

MISSION: SRX Before Space Recon

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The author sent me an autographed copy of his short story to review: Matthew D. White’s short story preludes his three volume space oper...
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...
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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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