Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Sunday, July 29, 2018

Call for the Dead

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This is a guest review from my eldest son, Deron: This is my first John le CarrĂ© novel as it was le CarrĂ©’s. In this spy thriller th...
Saturday, July 28, 2018

Caramel Part I

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The author sent his novella to me to read and review: If I was Haji Outlaw (he says that’s his real name) and had my druthers, I never wo...
Tuesday, July 24, 2018

THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED

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Wow, what a second novel! Coming off his first novel, This side of Paradise, no one expected F. Scott Fitzgerald to top the bestseller list...
Tuesday, July 17, 2018

ANIMAL FARM

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This is a guest review from my fifteen-year-old grandson, Kai O: George Orwell uses the animals of Manor Farm to re-enact the Russian Rev...
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...
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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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