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[Jaice]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: ":-) Welcome to the group Stacey Lynn!

Jason of the Borg, 54 seems like an insane amount of Koontz books - are you sure you really read that many? By your calculations, what is the total number of ..."

You can verify that number yourself in my initial post in the "What Koontz books do you own?" thread. I think he's written 120-130. The other 3 states are Pennsylvania (Twilight Eyes, etc.), New York (Strangers), and Massachusetts (Strangers).

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

You are simply a wealth of information. If I recall correctly, Shattered also starts out in an Eastern State - I think it was New York.

Nope. I just checked and it was Philadelphia.

[Jaice]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "...If I recall correctly, Shattered also starts out in an Eastern State - I think it was New York."

I haven't read that one yet.

[Carmen]

Hi,
My name is Carmen. I kinda come and go between the US and the Yucatan, bringing my suitcase of books with me.
Love Dean Koontz

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

Carmen wrote: "Hi,
My name is Carmen. I kinda come and go between the US and the Yucatan, bringing my suitcase of books with me.
Love Dean Koontz"

:-) Welcome to Koontzland Carmen!

[Jaice]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: ":-) Welcome to Koontzland Carmen!"

Here's an interesting bit of trivia: "carmen" means "song" in Latin. :-)

[Stacey Lynn]

Jason "plasborgma" wrote: "Stacey Lynn wrote: "Hi all! I'm Stacey Lynn and I'm a central Florida native. Koontz has been one of my favorite authors for years and I fall into just about everything I read by him. :) My firs..."

Jason, that is a lot of Koontz books! When did you start reading him?

[Jaice]

Stacey Lynn wrote: "Jason, that is a lot of Koontz books! When did you start reading him?"

I started reading Koontz's books in July 2008, so it will have taken me exactly 3 years by the end of this month to have read 57 of his books (almost 20 per year).

[Darlene]

Hi, I'm Darlene from South Central Texas. I just started reading Dean Koontz in May. A friend recommended him. I am a long-time mystery reader, but was looking for something that was faster-paced and scary. I read "Sole Survivor" and now am reading "Intensity." But I have collected 34 of his, new and used. They are keepers to read and reread.

[Dustin]

Hi, Darlene! Welcome to Koontzland.:)

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

Darlene wrote: "Hi, I'm Darlene from South Central Texas. I just started reading Dean Koontz in May. A friend recommended him. I am a long-time mystery reader, but was looking for something that was faster-pace..."


:-) Welcome to the group Darlene. We're very glad you discovered Dean Koontz and Koontzland!!!!!

[Nora aka Diva]

welcome to all the new people. :)

[Valerie]

Hello Everyone! I'm Valerie and have enjoyed Dean Koontz books for many years. My favorites are Seize the Night, Dark Fall, Tick Tock, Life Expectancy, and Brother Odd. I'm looking forward to August's choice of Life Expectancy...I think this one should be made into a movie. I'd volunteer to write the screenplay!

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

Valerie wrote: "I'm looking forward to August's choice of Life Expectancy...I think this one should be made into a movie. I'd volunteer to write the screenplay! "

Welcome Valerie :-) I think Life Expectancy would be an Awesome movie too. Do you have experience writing screenplays?

[Mary]

Hi everybody! I'm Mary from England and i really love Dean Koontz's books. I found one of his books searching the net last year and I've read most of his books. I think I'm hooked!

[Jaice]

Mary wrote: "Hi everybody! I'm Mary from England and i really love Dean Koontz's books. I found one of his books searching the net last year and I've read most of his books. I think I'm hooked!"

Welcome, Mary. It's nice to have another Brit in the group to increase diversity and make the discussions all the more interesting. :-) By the way, that's very impressive that you have read nearly all of Koontz's 120-130 books. How did you get all the rare and very expensive ones from his early scifi days?

[Dustin]

Greetings, Mary and Valerie! Welcome to Koontzland.:)

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

Mary wrote: "Hi everybody! I'm Mary from England and i really love Dean Koontz's books. I found one of his books searching the net last year and I've read most of his books. I think I'm hooked!"

Welcome to the group Mary. I think you're hooked too. Glad you found all us other Dean Koontz fans who are likewise hooked :-)

[Nora aka Diva]

Welcome Valerie & Mary.

[Tracy]

Welcome Darlene!

[Mark]

Hi everyone, Mark from London. I've been reading Koontz since 1988. Over the past year I've been re buliding my collection. Thanks to the internet I've been able to easily get my hands on the books. My two faves are Lightning and Strangers.

[Dustin]

Hi, Mark!

[Tina]

Hi my name is Tina, looking for some new friends that Love Dean like I do. Will be reading the group read book for august along with the group. My favorite Koontz book is Watchers. Right now i'm reading whispers.

[Tracy]

Hi Mark from London and Tina! You came to the right place for friendly faces.

[Dustin]

Good evening, Tina! Welcome!!

[Nora aka Diva]

Welcome to all the new people! :)

[Amy S]

Tina wrote: "Hi my name is Tina, looking for some new friends that Love Dean like I do. Will be reading the group read book for august along with the group. My favorite Koontz book is Watchers. Right now i'm re..."

Hi Tina, my name is Amy and I'm also looking for friends that love to read Dean's books. From your profile, it looks as if we like alot of the same authors.

[Lana]

Did anyone else love the Odd Thomas books? I thought that they were funny!

[Nora aka Diva]

Lana wrote: "Did anyone else love the Odd Thomas books? I thought that they were funny!"

I did. Some of my favorites actually. :)

[Tina]

Thanks to everyone for all the welcomes and friendship.

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

:-) Welcome to Koontzland Mark and Tina! Hope to see the both of you in many more Koontzland discussions. FYI Life Expectancy is our August Group Read and it's gonna be a blast!

We will start nominating/voting on our September group read on August 1st. We have four days of nominating and then a 3 day poll - it all happens fast, so be ready for it!

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

Lana wrote: "Did anyone else love the Odd Thomas books? I thought that they were funny!"

Hell Yeah. I actually like books 3 & 4 the best. Dean is currently working on book 5, It'll be called Odd Apocalypse :-)

[Tracy]

Lana wrote: "Did anyone else love the Odd Thomas books? I thought that they were funny!"

Yes Lana, several of us are Oddie fans!

[Nora aka Diva]

Welcome Shannon

[Dustin]

Hi, Shannon! Welcome!!

[Danell]

Hi! I am Danell and am new to good reads. Never been in a reading group before and decided that now was a good time to start. Actually signed up for two groups, this one and a Stephen King group. Both are two of my favorite authors and would like to read most if not all books by both of them. My first and favorite book by Koontz is "Intensity" LOVE that book!!

[Nora aka Diva]

Welcome Danell :)

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

Shannon wrote: "Read "What The Night Knows" back in the beginning of July and I'm hooked! I have since picked up the Frankenstein series and have been averaging a book a week."

Welcome to Koontzland Shannon! Since you're reading these Koontz books so fast, please consider joining us in reading Life Expectancy during August and Twilight Eyes in September. We pick a book every month :-)

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

Danell wrote: "Hi! I am Danell and am new to good reads. Never been in a reading group before and decided that now was a good time to start. Actually signed up for two groups, this one and a Stephen King group..."

Welcome to Koontzland Danell! Glad you found us! Like I mentioned to Shannon in the above post, we read a Dean Koontz book every month - we started back in 2009 and are trying to read all of Koontz's available books as a group. Hope you'll consider reading Life Expectancy and/or Twilight Eyes with us soon :-)

[Danell]

Thank you for the warm welcome!! Already started Life Expectancy and am enjoying it! Read Twilight Eyes last year and enjoyed that one as well, will have to find another copy or go to the library, as gave my copy of that book to another Koontz fan. What was I thinking!!

[Tracy]

Welcome Shannon and Danell! Glad you guys are here!

[Jewel]

I'm Jewel from Tucson, Arizona. I first got introduced to Dean Koontz, by "Watchers".. and that got me hooked. Twilight Eyes is ok, imo. I haven't read much else...or can't remember. But he is a great author. Any suggestions? I think I've read Lightening too...

[Dustin]

Hi, Jewel! Welcome.:)

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

Jewel wrote: "I haven't read much else...or can't remember. But he is a great author. Any suggestions? I think I've read Lightening too... "

:-) Welcome to Koontzland Jewel!

I suggest you read Life Expectancy that's my personal favorite and our current group read for August - there's still time.
I also recommend By the Light of the Moon that's my second favorite. Another great one is Cold Fire, just to name a few. I enjoyed Lightning - hope you did too.
From the group homepage, you can check out our favorites & recommendations threads for more ideas.
Thanks for joining us in Koontzland!

[Nora aka Diva]

Welcome Jewel
I highly recommend the Odd Thomas series. :)

[Jewel]

they look interesting, I believe I only have 1 of the series... Odd Thomas...

The book that got me hooked was Watchers ;)

[Sasha]

Hello everyone! My name is Sasha, I'm just a baker from a small town in southeastern Kentucky ;) I'm new to Goodreads and hoping to make some new friends, especially those who adore Dean Koontz!
I received my first Koontz novel ("The Door to December") from a friend for my 15th birthday and devoured it! I have since read nearly everything by Koontz (except for several of the older/rare books) and have a collection that I'm quite proud of. My absolute favorites are the Chris Snow books and the Odd Thomas series, but what can I say? I love them ALL! Life Expectancy, The Good Guy, Velocity are also very high on the list ;) So anyway, HI!

[Nora aka Diva]

Welcome Sasha:)
Are you planning on joining the Sept read of Twilight Eyes?

[Sasha]

Hi Nora! I suppose I could! Twilight Eyes is one that I really liked! Made my brother-in-law read it a couple of years ago and he was spooked for days ;p

[Nora aka Diva]

It's been a long time since I read it. Not sure if I even remember much, so I am glad it got selected. Def looking forward to the Sept. read. :)