Jaime Olmos's Blog
January 4, 2021
SONORA PASS BOOK VIRAL REVIEW
https://bookviralreviews.com/book-reviews/best-graphic-novels-sonora-pass/
The BookViral Review:
An extraordinarily accomplished debut, intelligent and beautifully executed, Sonora Pass is a showcase for what graphic novels can deliver when narrative and illustration style are in sync. A must-read for fans of the medium and murder mysteries it is recommended without reservation!
Available in COMIXOLOGY
Available in AMAZON and KINDLE
November 9, 2018
2018 Readers’ Favorite Award Winner !
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Congratulations Jaime Olmos!
“Sonora Pass”
is a 2018 Readers’ Favorite Honorable Mention in the Fiction – Graphic Novel/Comic genre and an Illustration Award Winner!
June 25, 2018
Kevin Nichols
Kevin,
Your kindness and talent will be very much missed !
July 4, 1954 – Junes 13, 2018
November 26, 2017
September 13, 2017
SONORA PASS BOOK VIRAL REVIEW !
Please Check it out …
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Our review……
An intriguing debut graphic novel, Sonora Pass proves a genuine gem with author Jaime Olmos and illustrator Kevin Nichols pulling out all the stops to deliver a corker of a story. Boasting an eclectic cast of characters and a ton of intrigue the art seems effortless with each chapter unfolding in a straight forward artistically uncluttered style that’s easy to follow. And though there is lots of dialogue none of it feels belaboured with Nicholls succinctly matching expressions, movements and gestures to Olmos’ words, but does it work as a murder mystery? The short answer is yes, and a compelling one to boot with Olmos ensuring it doesn’t become over simplified. The plot is nicely nuanced with no infuriating loose threads, the dialogue is sharp, the humour well pitched and between them, Olmos and Nichols do well to capture the progression of their characters. From emotions, to physical reactions they not only solicit an emotive response, readers don’t have to use their imagination to immerse themselves in a scene. They simply have to absorb the images and words to be part of an extraordinary novel.
Wholly original and an utterly entertaining read, Sonora Pass is, by any definition, an accomplished debut and a must read for fans of the genre. It is recommended without reservation.
August 5, 2017
Inflationary Universe
This is more Anecdotal than a rigorous scientific review.
Technical but FUN read …
I occasionally saw Dr. Guth at MIT in Grad school ( I was still an undergrad).
I nevertheless knew relatively well his colleague Dr. Henry Tye who went on to become a String Theorist at Cornell.
I am (like many others) uncomfortable about hyper-inflation (whether it is economic or cosmic :-)).
With cosmic hyperinflation space expands (but it is a void expansion????) at speeds much greater than the speed of light.
Could this be a dark energy/ dark matter phenomenon ?
You heard it here first folks !
But yes, cosmic inflation explains the near “isotropy” of the Universe ….
The Inflationary Universe
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August 1, 2017
Goodreads conversation on KIRKUS review
SONORA PASS KINDLE/AMAZON GRAPHIC NOVEL KIRKUS REVIEW
Here is a list of items I regrettably have identified in the SONORA PASS KIRKUS review !
(https://cms.kirkusreviews.com/book…/jaime-olmos/sonora-pass/)
I will be very happy if I succeed at getting other Indie authors to question the benefit and hence avoid an unsavory experience while at the same time saving $450 .
ITEMS –
The KIRKUS review focused heavily on piddly trivial handwritten “typos” in a 20,000 word graphic novel.
The KIRKUS description/highlights of the story is terrible.
A high school senior could have done a better job. It is as if the reviewer wanted to make sure to prove that he did read the whole script. However, he read it so quickly that he did not understand or follow the plot very well.
More than likely it is the case that the reviewer had very little time to complete the job and so he focused on looking for “flaws”.
For example there is an illustrated banner that has “1974-1996” JABBERWOCKY reunion but elsewhere the banner shows as “1971-1996” JABBERWOCKY reunion.
Is this something important to review? This is the sort of review a grade school teacher would do on a kid’s paper …
(You may not believe this but I was aware of this irrelevant discrepancy, but had decided to keep it because I liked how KEVIN NICHOLS illustrated the number 1974 versus the actual real number 1971 
Indie Authors Beware !
I recently had my graphic novel SONORA PASS reviewed by KIRKUS.
My honest and humble opinion is that the reviewer assigned by KIRKUS should stick to reviewing PHONE BOOKS !
July 28, 2017
Remote Area Medical Founder Stan Brock
All the Cowboys Were Indians
by Stanley E. Brock
4.5 · Rating Details · 6 Ratings · 1 Review
All the Cowboys Were Indians is adventurer Stan Brock’s account of his life in the Amazon rain forest on the Dadanawa, the world’s largest tropical cattle ranch. You will meet him as a fugitive schoolboy from England, longing to become a real vaquero. You will agonize with him as he learns bone-crushing lessons the hard way. You will share his triumph as he tames a killer …more
Hardcover, 320 pages
Published December 15th 1999 by Synergy South, Inc
Original Title
All the Cowboys Were Indians
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189232900X (ISBN13: 9781892329004)
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Stan Brock is a most remarkable man !
As a young man he became a cowboy in Guyana, not an easy thing to do for an English kid.
I loved reading about his life experiences in Guyana. As a cowboy he befriended the local “cowboy” Amerindians.
He decided to do something about the near complete lack of health care available to these Amazonian people. He wound up founding Remote Area Medical which today busily operates in the USA providing health care to people in need !
He is in addition a wild animal …more
Skye Skye Great review, Jaime!
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Jaime Olmos Thanks Skye !
Not enough people know about RAM and about Mr. Brock ..
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Skye Skye That’s what’s good about belonging to a book group.
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