Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Sunday, December 31, 2017

A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW

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What a wonderful novel. What marvelous prose. I likened Amor Towles’ writing style to the writers of yesteryear. I can’t remember when I rea...
Thursday, December 28, 2017

Rafe Rebellius and the Clash of the Genres

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The author sent an autographed copy of his novel to my fourteen  year old grandson, Kai O to read and review: Rafe Rebellius never sta...
Sunday, December 17, 2017

Bird of Prey

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The author sent me a copy of his novel to read and review, the review was done by Book Review contributor, Pat Koelmel: Most days, I ...
Saturday, December 16, 2017

the NEGLECTED ONES

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The author sent her novel to me to read and review: This novel was mainly a dissertation on today’s atrocious nursing home conditions. I...
Saturday, December 9, 2017

The ELIXIR

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The author sent me an autographed copy of his novel to read and review: Bud Hutchins is back and better than ever! JB Michaels, writer of...
Sunday, December 3, 2017

HYPNOSIS a return to the past

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The author sent me a copy of her novel to read and review: I think Maria Ines Rebelo’s first novel was somewhat of a menza menza effort ...
Friday, December 1, 2017

Memory of a Bygone Christmas

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A very short Christmas story by review contributor, Pat Koelmel: A DAY IN DECEMBER My father was known by most who knew him as a mean...
Monday, November 27, 2017

ARTEMIS

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Andy Weir’s new novel moves from the world of Martian astronaut/potato farmer Mark Watney to the safer confines of Earth’s moon. I did lik...
Friday, November 17, 2017

then SHE was BORN

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The author sent me a copy of his novel to read and review: When I finished the last page of Cristiano Gentili’s novel, I said to myself....
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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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