LIGHTNING (Group Read - November 2015)

[Diane Lynch]

Yes I love creepy books Dustine. Movie too.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Diane Lynch wrote: "Yes I love creepy books Dustine. Movie too."

I like the way you think kid. Give the following book a try but do not read if you are afraid of spiders :-) I own the hardcover and it glows in the dark. Freaked me out when I first bought it and had to move it out of the bedroom.

[Diane Lynch]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "Diane Lynch wrote: "Yes I love creepy books Dustine. Movie too."

I like the way you think kid. Give the following book a try but do not read if you are afraid of spiders :-) I own the hardcover an..."

Oh yeah. My kind of book! TY

[Mary]

Rachel wrote: "Karen B. wrote: "Diane that's interesting. I didn't think of negative but it certainly could have been. While reading it this time I was reminded of the movie the Terminator."

Although I read [boo..."

Me too

[Mary]

Tricia wrote: "Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "Tricia wrote: "I liked this book. It showed me how Koontz's style has changed over the years."

And what is your preference? Do you prefer the old-style or the..."

A few of his early books are great but I am sort of leaning to the last 10 years for the best. His very very early stuff is pretty bad but enough to keep me reading him. And come to think of it , his early books must have been good because I never have stopped reading them. I think of him as a great storyteller.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

There are still a few more days to read Lightning in November :-) I will start the book later today.

[Darlene]

Thank goodness there are still some days left in November! I just finished One Door Away From Heaven and it took a bit longer than expected...but oh so worth it! Going to start Lighting today! Just another thing to be Thankful for!

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Darlene Bedell wrote: "Thank goodness there are still some days left in November! I just finished One Door Away From Heaven and it took a bit longer than expected...but oh so worth it! Going to start Lighting today! Just..."

You are reading some great books :-)

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Mary wrote: "A few of his early books are great but I am sort of leaning to the last 10 years for the best. His very very early stuff is pretty bad but enough to keep me reading him. And come to think of it , his early books must have been good because I never have stopped reading them. I think of him as a great storyteller."

Yes. I think he learned very early in his life that he had a gift for storytelling - a lot of this is shared in his memoir, A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog, which is not only a memoir of Trixie but also the other Koontz family members.

I think there are great books that stand out from every part Dean' writing career. There are some group polls where you can choose favorites and I think this helps illustrate the point. If you look at all the books he wrote during a particular period there will be one or two that stand out. I don't have the earlier out of print titles on the polls. I haven't read any of them and they are not readily available.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Thank you to everyone who read Lightning in November.
Odd Thomas is our December Group Read. Also, Dean's new book, Ashley Bell, will be released on December 8th and we will feature it for two months.

[Jen]

I didn't get it read. Sorry! I'm not sure where my copy is and I just wasn't able to work up the will to find and read it. I think this needs to be a summer read for me. All those longest days of sunlight would be best for reading a book that I know will seriously creep me out. ;-)

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Jen wrote: "I didn't get it read. Sorry! I'm not sure where my copy is and I just wasn't able to work up the will to find and read it. I think this needs to be a summer read for me. All those longest days of s..."

I think there is too much snow and too many winter scenes in the book to read Lightning in the summertime, but that's just how I see it :-)