Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas #1) by Dean Koontz - Starting November 7, 2015

[Jackie]

"The dead don't talk. I don't know why." But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant. Odd Thomas thinks of himself as an ordinary guy, if possessed of a certain measure of talent at the Pico Mundo Grill and rapturously in love with the most beautiful girl in the world, Stormy Llewellyn.

Maybe he has a gift, maybe it's a curse, Odd has never been sure, but he tries to do his best by the silent souls who seek him out. Sometimes they want justice, and Odd's otherworldly tips to Pico Mundo's sympathetic police chief, Wyatt Porter, can solve a crime. Occasionally they can prevent one. But this time it's different.

A mysterious man comes to town with a voracious appetite, a filing cabinet stuffed with information on the world's worst killers, and a pack of hyena-like shades following him wherever he goes. Who the man is and what he wants, not even Odd's deceased informants can tell him. His most ominous clue is a page ripped from a day-by-day calendar for August 15.

Today is August 14.

In less than twenty-four hours, Pico Mundo will awaken to a day of catastrophe. As evil coils under the searing desert sun, Odd travels through the shifting prisms of his world, struggling to avert a looming cataclysm with the aid of his soul mate and an unlikely community of allies that includes the King of Rock 'n' Roll. His account of two shattering days when past and present, fate and destiny converge is the stuff of our worst nightmares, and a testament by which to live: sanely if not safely, with courage, humor, and a full heart that even in the darkness must persevere.

[Jackie]

Courtney and Rebecca will be starting this book on November 7. To join, just comment below and remember to hide all spoilers with spoiler tags. Enjoy reading!

[C.P.]

I'm about to get this started! This will be a reread for me, so I'm excited. :)

[Rebecca]

shit man completely spaced on this- I will start tonight but am a slow reader at the minute due to work and upcoming deadlines so please @Courtney stay with me through this read :)

*also sorry for my bad language

[C.P.]

That's alright. I'm rather slow at the moment too. :) I have another job and trying to write, also going to a book festival, so I'll be around. :)

[C.P.]

Through chapter 5 (view spoiler)[I really love Odd. Poor Penny though. :( and now these Bodachs hanging around. It definitely can't be a good thing. (hide spoiler)]

[C.P.]

Through chapter 13 (view spoiler)[The fungus man is seriously creepy. And something bad is going to happen. All these bodachs are a warning for something. (hide spoiler)]

[C.P.]

I finished this the other day. Definitely glad I decided to give it a reread. I love this book. The end though (view spoiler)[So sad that Stormy died. They are seriously one of my favorite couples ever. (hide spoiler)]