Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Friday, June 29, 2018

SOMETHING IN THE WATER

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Finders keepers, losers weepers! That seems to be the premise of Catherine Steadman’s maiden novel. The above phrase tightens its noose aro...
Saturday, June 16, 2018

the DEATH of Mrs. WESTAWAY

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A thriller doesn’t get any better than Ruth Ware’s latest nail-biter. Winner Winner chicken dinner if you can identify the murderer within ...
Thursday, June 7, 2018

COMPLICITY

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The author sent a copy of his novel to me to read and review: Since I’m a reviewer that believes in limited characters per novel (aka Cor...
Monday, May 28, 2018

Rambling Comments #6

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If you missed AMC’s recent ten part miniseries adaptation of Dan Simmons’ 2007 novel The Terror , you have my condolences...it was a blockbu...
Saturday, May 26, 2018

Varina

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Wow, just reading a Charles Frazier novel with his remarkable writing style on display is worth the price of admission , so to speak! The be...
Thursday, May 17, 2018

WAIT for the LIGHT

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The author sent me an autographed copy of her novel to read and review: Erin Adams wrote a easy to follow rudimentary story with mostly p...
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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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