Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

When I reviewed Thomas Hardy’s novel, Far from a Madding Crowd (see my review of 1/26/2015), I asked the question, “Can anybody write bett...

This is a long dissertation on what it’s like to be a poor white living in a Rust Belt town in Appalachian Kentucky. This somewhat boring (a...

It’s been a little over three years since my last Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O was published. Well get ready, because Volume three is...

What would you do if you ordered condensers from your regular supplier (Continental) and instead received superior condensers from another s...

The author sent me a copy of her novel to read and review: I have a menza menza opinion on Susan St. John’s first novel. I assumed that a...

George Saunders’ avant-garde novel gives me plenty of fodder to chew on...so to speak. Since Abe Lincoln is in it, one would say the genre i...

This is a guest review from my eldest son, Deron: This is my first John le Carré novel as it was le Carré’s. In this spy thriller th...

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...