Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

The Footsteps of Cain

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The author sent me a copy of his novel to review: Derek Kohlhagen has written a gem of a horror fiction novel. The Horror Writer’s Assoc...
Monday, February 27, 2017

MORTY'S TRAVELS

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The author sent me a copy of his book to review. Review done by Children's Picture Book Specialist, Pat Koelmel: Author/illustrator A...
Saturday, February 18, 2017

Who Was Joseph Pulitzer?

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The author sent me a copy of his novel to review: The lack of notes in this somewhat historical novel impinges on the validity of the ge...
Friday, February 17, 2017

EVERYBODY BEHAVES BADLY

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Mon Dieu, Lesley M. M. Blume has written more than an historical novel revolving around Ernest Hemingway’s writing of The Sun Also Rises ...
Thursday, February 16, 2017

HELLO, MY NAME IS OCTICORN

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This is a guest review from Children’s Picture Book review specialist, Pat Koelmel: Most children, if not all, at one time or another feel...
Tuesday, February 7, 2017

DAVE! parts 1-3

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The author sent me a copy of his novel to review: Initially, I didn’t think Marc Richard’s novel was very funny...until I warmed up to h...
Friday, February 3, 2017

the GIRL BEFORE

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This is the best psychogenic thriller I’ve read in a long time. Not only is this story avant-garde (I love that word), it also has a taste...
Friday, January 27, 2017

the OARSMAN

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The author sent me a copy of his novel to review: Okay, get your thinking caps on, because Zubin Mathai decided to write his novel metap...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

I Remember? a short story

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Recently I was remembering my two year Marine Corp tour of duty in Hawaii from November 1964 to November 1966. Not the whole tour, just the...
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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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