Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Thursday, April 26, 2018

the JOHNSTOWN FLOOD

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Awesome writing by America’s narrative nonfiction master, David McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of John Adams and Truman and...
Thursday, April 19, 2018

CHASING HINDY

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The author sent me a copy of his novel to read and review: Can a female patent lawyer from California be exciting enough to carry an enti...
Thursday, April 12, 2018

the CHALK MAN

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Okay, I knew C. J. Tudor wrote a bestselling whodunit , but a whodunit to the nth degree ? I was  trying to figure out who the murderer was ...
Wednesday, April 4, 2018

W a novel

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The author sent a copy of his novel to me to read and review: I don’t share the views of the other reviewers of this novel. It is written...
Monday, April 2, 2018

the WOMEN in the CASTLE

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Jessica Shattuck writes historical fiction that features plenty of bravery along with lots of regret  for most of the main characters in her...
Friday, March 23, 2018

DEATH of a Movie Star

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The author sent me a copy of his novel to read and review: Although I thought the TV show (the venue of the novel) televised from Ventura...
Tuesday, March 20, 2018

DEATH ON LAKE MICHIGAN

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The author sent his novel to me to read and review: Can an assistant editor of a small town newspaper single handedly solve a murder myst...
Tuesday, March 13, 2018

THE AFTERLIFE REVOLUTION

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The author sent me an autographed copy of his book to read and review: Not for nothing, Whitley Strieber has lived a remarkable life. Not...
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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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