How did you get to know Dean Koontz ?

[Michelle T.]

I got hooked with Koontz when the cover of Odd Thomas call my attention. After that so far I have read The four Odd books at least twice... I also got my hubby into it... ;)

[Sean]

I was given By The Light of The Moon as a Christmas gift years ago and have been hooked ever since.

[Toni]

I read "The House of Thunder" while pregnant with my second child. I loved it, and I've been reading everything Dean Koontz writes since then.

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

Interesting Stories Y'all have shared here.

[PF]

Mine story is not interesting.
I just found him because he was just bellow Stephen King in fantasticfiction
as the most similar :D
lol

[E.]

I read Lightening a loooong time ago because Koontz was next to King at the book store. I never read another until someone loaned me Odd Thomas several years ago. I read the whole series and then about 20 more by Koontz.

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

Paola wrote: "Mine story is not interesting.
I just found him because he was just bellow Stephen King in fantasticfiction
as the most similar :D
lol"

That is interesting :-)

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

E. wrote: "I read Lightening a loooong time ago because Koontz was next to King at the book store. I never read another until someone loaned me Odd Thomas several years ago. I read the whole series and then a..."

I will be re-reading Lightning again soon :-)

[Cyl]

Only recently with the movie "Odd Thomas." My brother told me that before I saw the movie I had to read the first book by Dean Koontz. That first book had me and though I've not read many of Dean Koontz's books, his Odd Thomas series had held me captivated.

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

Awesome! :-) Welcome to the world of Dean Koontz Cyl!

[Charissa]

Honestly, I would run across Dean Koontz novels and would avoid them. I was afraid that they would be too much like Stephen King (can't stand the guy), but then, I kept running across reviews that ripped Mr. Koontz for being too hopeful. That kind of sold me on the writer, and my first book was "What the Night Knows." Been hooked ever since, and with only a couple of downer novels.

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

How very interesting :-) Thank you for joining us Charissa!

[Rebecca]

Rachel wrote: "I read my first book when I was about 11 or 12. It may have been Watchers or Lightning. It is hard to know because I started devouring them so quickly after that. I think it was Lightning though..."

Lightning was the first Koontz book I read as well. I can remember hiding that book in my school book in eighth grade and was hooked immediately as well! Just wish I liked Odd Thomas as much as everyone else does because I've read everything else!!

[Barbara]

Rebecca......I am a huge DK fan and I like the Odd books but they are nowhere near my favorite of his books so don't feel bad about that!!! He has wonderful books to choose from!!!

[Xen]

My mom was/is a fan of SK and DK, I was 12 when I finally convinced her that I'm not too young for DK (was watching horror movies since very, very young), so I grabbed the Watchers. The rest is history. My Golden Retriever was not named Einstein only cause it would be weird to yell after him at the park "Eins, come back here you mutt!" :D

[Barbara]

;D
I can never remember if Watchers or Phantoms was my 1st DK book.....it was one of those.....in my late teens or very early 20's. I don't think I will ever not read DK.....I do wish he would return to his earlier style but I guess an artist grows and he seems to be fascinated recently with humanity and a "State of Grace" theme. I will still buy his books!!! Stephen King after scaring everyone by saying he was retiring has come back strong the last few years and showing his phenomenal story telling talent again!!!

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

Great to hear from you: Becky, Xeniya and Barbara :-)

[Barbara]

;D

[Diane Lynch]

I have to figure that one out!

[Xen]

Thank you :)

[Jonathan]

"If you don't take this note to the police, I will kill a lovely blonde schoolteacher somewhere in Napa county
----------------
If you do take this note to the police, I will instead kill an elderly women
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You have six hours to decide

What more can I say, noticed this book in a supermarket about 10 years ago, this was on the front cover, had never really heard of DK before but the front cover got me (as the often do) bought it read it loved it!

[Jonathan]

Book was Velocity

[Mary]

Jonathan wrote: "Book was Velocity"

Oh yeah, loved Velocity as well. Watched my back for a while after that one.

[Diane Lynch]

Man I wish I could remember!!

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

Thank you Joss :-) Although Watchers was my first introduction to Dean Koontz, Velocity is the one that really hooked me & nailed me down as a Dean Koontz fan.

[Jessi]

My mama always loved Dean Koontz. She always keeps a few of his books in her closet. That's how I was introduced to him. I was going through Netflix one day was saw a movie called Odd Thomas. From that first moment, I was obsessed. Bought all the books, read them right away. They are some of the greatest works of art I've ever read.

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

Awesome Jessi :-)

[Corey]

My Mom used to read Dean Koontz and I'm always looking for new authors and we were in Goodwill one day and I was looking through the book section and she found a couple of books by Koontz and she recommended him to me, I bought both books and read one of them and I was hooked, and I've loved his books since.

[Barbara]

Welcome Corey!!

[Diane Lynch]

Welcome to a great group Corey.

[Corey]

Barbara wrote: "Welcome Corey!!"

Diane wrote: "Welcome to a great group Corey."

Thanks Barbara, great to be here.

[Corey]

Diane wrote: "Welcome to a great group Corey."

Thanks Diane.

[Barbara]

Off topic.....but how do I shelve my books??? Lol. Do I have to do it from my laptop?? I'm usually on here on my phone but Goodreads won't let me scan anymore books till I shelve some already here ?!?!?!?

[Diane Lynch]

Barbara wrote: "Off topic.....but how do I shelve my books??? Lol. Do I have to do it from my laptop?? I'm usually on here on my phone but Goodreads won't let me scan anymore books till I shelve some already..."

Click on the book. Underneath you will see want to read, reading or read. Click on that and move books to read. Or currently reading Are all of yours set as want to read. Once you change a book to read you have the option to rate it and write a review. Hope that helps.

[Barbara]

Diane. I have done that and the app tells me I have too many books and need to "shelve" them. I can't figure out how to move the books to a shelf I created.....lol. I will keep trying
Thanks

[Jen]

Barbara wrote: "Diane. I have done that and the app tells me I have too many books and need to "shelve" them. I can't figure out how to move the books to a shelf I created.....lol. I will keep trying
Thanks"

Barbara, if you're in an app (and if it's anything like my Android Goodreads app), then you need to go to each individual book and "change shelves" from their individual screens.

The other way to do it is to rescan them all, only this time choose the "scan multiples" and set which shelves you want your books to go on. I do this when I have multiple books for my "PCPL checked out" shelf (library books) or "gifted to nieces" shelf.

I hope this helps! :-)

[Barbara]

Thank you Jen...... I think I moved read books to another shelf and now I'm trying to figure out how to move them out of the "read" shelf. LOL
technically challenged over here!!!

[Jen]

Barbara wrote: "Thank you Jen...... I think I moved read books to another shelf and now I'm trying to figure out how to move them out of the "read" shelf. LOL
technically challenged over here!!!"

If you've read them, you don't need to move them to a different shelf. You can just create new shelves to help you sort the books. For instance, I have books on "read" and "horror" shelves, or "read" and "thriller."

You can also clear your scanned books from the "Scan" page. This option is in the "Scan History" section, which is below the "Scan Many Books" section.

(That is, the above is true if your app is like my Android app.)

[Barbara]

Thanks Jen. I have the iPhone app so not sure if they are the same. I will look for scan history.

[Diane Lynch]

Barbara wrote: "Thanks Jen. I have the iPhone app so not sure if they are the same. I will look for scan history."

Go to the page that lists the places you can go on your iPhone Goodreads. On the bottom of the phone click on the thing all the way to the right. The paragraph of lines. When that list comes up go to Settings. The last choice. When you choose that and go to the very bottom of the screen you will see FAQ and you can submit a question. We don't have that scan and create shelves as far as I know.

[Barbara]

Thanks Diane
I managed to create a shelf and I don't know how I did it!!! Lol
I'm not sure I successfully moved all the books I wanted too and I have not tried scanning any again. I have been enjoying chatting with all of you here and work.....work has been tough.....I worked 16 hrs Friday and that's double my usual day. Yay!!!

[Christopher]

My first Koontz books were as follows. The Husband, Prodigal Son, Odd Thomas, Darkest Evening Of The Year.

PS and Odd were good. The Husband and Darkest Evening were awful, with stupid idiotic villains that can't be taken seriously. With Darkest Evening, especially, Koontz builds up the entire story telling us how evil and scary these villains are but they get shot in less than two pages. It's lame.

I've read Forever Odd and Brother Odd; but Lightning, which I read a couple years ago, was the only one to make me think GOSH DARN THIS IS AWESOME. Now, I've sampled many of his works in the Good Reads preview section, and its no question that his earlier work interests me more.

[Barbara]

Christopher. Lightening is a fav of mine. Try The Bad Place.....From the Corner of His Eye......One Door Away From Heaven.....By The Light of the Moon.....Fear Nothing and Seize the Night (set)........Servants of Twilight.....there are so many good ones!!!

[Diane Lynch]

Barbara wrote: "Christopher. Lightening is a fav of mine. Try The Bad Place.....From the Corner of His Eye......One Door Away From Heaven.....By The Light of the Moon.....Fear Nothing and Seize the Night (set)..."

Christopher I haven't read all the books Barbara has. I just finished Fear nothing. Great boos. I've started Seize the Night which is the second book. This is the Chris Snow series. Really good!

[Diane Lynch]

Barbara now I have to check out Lightening.

[Barbara]

You will enjoy it Diane!!!!

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

Diane wrote: "Barbara now I have to check out Lightening."

I will add my recommendation to Lightning as well :-) A most excellent novel. I hope you enjoy the book as much as we did.

[Lisa]

I found out about Dean Koontz through the library although i had not read him in a long time going back to his early books

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

Lisa wrote: "I found out about Dean Koontz through the library although i had not read him in a long time going back to his early books"

Lots of Dean Koontz at the library :-)

[Lisa]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "Lisa wrote: "I found out about Dean Koontz through the library although i had not read him in a long time going back to his early books"

Lots of Dean Koontz at the library :-)"
yes there is he is such a good writer