Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Saturday, June 24, 2017

Kidnapped

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Sharpen up your Gaelic and colloquial language skills if you want to get through this classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson set in 1751 Sc...
Tuesday, June 13, 2017

A CHILD MADE TO ORDER

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The author sent me an autographed copy of his novel to review: Norwegian filmmaker and author Piotr Ryczko offers the literary world ...
Saturday, June 3, 2017

the BEAR and the NIGHTINGALE

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Although Katherine Arden is a Texan by birth, she writes like a seasoned Russian novelist. I presume studying Russian literature in Moscow...
Wednesday, May 31, 2017

HOTEL BRUCE

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This review is done by my Children’s Picture Book Specialist, Pat Koelmel: Not every sequel, be it a sequel to a movie or a book, can live...
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

WE GOT IT ALL WRONG: death and grief, heaven and hell and mental illness

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The authors sent me an autographed copy of their book to review: I’m sure Beverly Hafemeister and Kym McBride are very discerning ladie...
Sunday, May 21, 2017

INTO THE WATER

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Whoa Nellie (no pun intended)...Did Paula Hawkins write this book or did somebody else write it? It has an almost separate style and tempo t...
Monday, May 15, 2017

Rascal Farms

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The author sent me a copy of his book to review. The review is done by Children's Picture Book Specialist, Pat Koelmel: Well, Mr. And...
Friday, May 12, 2017

HEART of GOLD

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The author and his editorial manager sent me a copy of his novel to review: Warren Adler, the best selling author of The War of the Roses...
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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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