By the Light of the Moon (Group Read - April 2011)

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

A favorite episode from By The Light Of The Moon, Chapter 17:

"-but give us two or three minutes before you call nine-one-one," Dylan finished.

This instruction baffled Marj. "But you are nine-one-one."

Jilly fielded that particular question: "We're one of the ones, Marj, but we're not the other one or the nine."

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

There is an idea of "psychic spoor" presented in the book and likening it to leaving finger prints behind. I find it very interesting.
Click here to read a paragraph from Chapter 15 of By The Light Of The Moon:
(view spoiler)[ "The certainty that fingerprints exist - all but invisible and yet sufficiently recoverable to convict a man of any crime from theft to murder - provided an analogy that allowed Dylan more easily to believe that with their very touch, people might leave behind something more peculiar but every bit as real as natural oils impressed with the patterns of skin ridges." (hide spoiler)]

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

Some entertaining dialogue from By The Light Of The Moon, Chapter 9:

"Serial killers don't always look crazy-violent," Jilly said. "They're cunning. Anyway, even if you're not a killer, you might be a rapist."
"You're a wonderfully cordial woman, aren't you?" Dylan said sourly.
"Well, you might be a rapist. How would I know?"
"I'm not a rapist."
"That's just what a rapist would say."
"For God's sake, I'm not a rapist, I'm an artist."
"They aren't mutually exclusive."

[Jaice]

Dustin Crazy wrote: "..."For God's sake, I'm not a rapist, I'm an artist." "They aren't mutually exclusive.""

I'm sure there's someone who considers rape to be an art and would consider him/herself to be a rape artist (instead of a rap artist). ;-)

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

Well, I did it. I got "By The Light of the Moon" tattooed on my right arm as a banner under my owl. I wish had used blue or green coloring in the banner rather than red but otherwise I am happy with the result :-)

[Tracy]

Dustin Crazy wrote: "Well, I did it. I got "By The Light of the Moon" tattooed on my right arm as a banner under my owl. I wish had used blue or green coloring in the banner rather than red but otherwise I am happy wit..."

Dustin Crazy, thus the name, are you going to put up a picture?

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

Tracy wrote: "Dustin Crazy, thus the name, are you going to put up a picture? "

I don't possess the technology to take pictures - well I probably do, but don't know how to use it. I was hoping I could use the picture that my tattoo artist takes and post it, but he wants to wait two more weeks for it to heal to take a picture. Maybe I figure out how to take a picture before that & I will post. I'm going to add more to this arm with the "By the Light of the Moon" theme probably another owl or two, maybe a tree and a moon , stars... I've got lots of ideas - I'm going to hold off a while and not get too crazy, but the plans are there. I'm thinking of putting "One Door Away from Heaven" on my other arm but I want to wait and re-read it first - I'm nominating it as group read for July :-)

[Tracy]

Dustin Crazy wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Dustin Crazy, thus the name, are you going to put up a picture? "

I don't possess the technology to take pictures - well I probably do, but don't know how to use it. I was hoping I c..."

Well then, that would be great. What about Relentless? Isn't that one of your favorites? No owls or anything in that one but still. Sounds kind of dangerous and racy, RELENTLESS.

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

Several Koontz titles have crossed my mind but I can't see tattooing the words Relentless, Life Expectancy or Mr. Murder on me.

[Maciek]

Dustin, is that you in your profile pic? Pure class, man!

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

I finally figured out how to use my built-in camera on my computer. Now I can actually have profile pictures that are of me. Tattoo to be posted shortly :-)

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

Okay, now I just have to figure out how to post my picture. Be back later.

[Maciek]

You can upload it to your profile, if you want to.

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

Maciek wrote: "You can upload it to your profile, if you want to."

Okay, the picture of my tattoos is now available on my goodreads profile :-) sorry the image isn't the clearest but It'll give you a good idea and I'll update as I add more in the future.

[Maciek]

Great pictures!

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

Maciek wrote: "Great pictures!"

Well, Thank You :-) I'm glad you like them.

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

Wow! It's hard to believe that our By The Light of the Moon topic hasn't had any activity in nearly two years!!!!

Well, that's about to change. By The Light of Moon is scheduled to be featured as a mini-group read tentatively with a start date of May 15th. Please feel welcome to join us as we read and discuss this amazing novel :-)

[Holly]

Can't wait to read this one!!

[Karen B.]

I had read this for the second time, back in January so I am on my third reading.

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

I still have to read Shadowfires so don't start without me!

[Amy S]

This is one of my all time favorite books. Not just DKs books, but all books I've read so far. I've read it at least 3 times previously and would love to read it again and join the discussion. I've never listened to the audio book version. Has anyone listened to it, and if so what is your opinion? I am considering this instead of reading it.

[Shannon]

read this on last month i really like it. I am hoping he write another one to this one

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

Amy S wrote: "This is one of my all time favorite books. Not just DKs books, but all books I've read so far. I've read it at least 3 times previously and would love to read it again and join the discussion. I've..."

Yes Yes Yes. I like the way you think. I love love love By The Light of the Moon! Do you have a potted plant that you take with you on trips? I own the audiobook and it is great! I will be listening to By The Light of the Moon after I finish Shadowfires :-) I have the title "By The Light of the Moon" tattooed on my right arm - the story is so damn good!!!!!

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

Shannon wrote: "read this on last month i really like it. I am hoping he write another one to this one"

I would also love a sequel :-) but it's not likely.

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

Holly wrote: "Can't wait to read this one!!"

Yes! Yes! Yes! By the Light of the Moon!!!!!

[Holly]

Yes, will be checking this one out on my next trip to the library...can't wait!!

[Holly]

Started this one yesterday..very interesting so far.

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

Holly wrote: "Started this one yesterday..very interesting so far."

Isn't it though :-)

Sorry, I am behind schedule. Still reading Shadowfires, so I'll have to see if I get to By the Light of the Moon before I get my hands on a copy of Deeply Odd this coming week. We'll have to see how long I resist purchasing a copy of Deeply Odd down the street at Barnes & Noble.

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

Currently Re-Reading :-)

[Karen B.]

Sometimes with Koontz I love the little details that just add some zip to the story. I thoroughly enjoyed re-reading this book. The little "zippy" thing that had me chuckling was this great scientist, bordering on brilliant using cartoon character band-aids.

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

Karen B wrote: "I thoroughly enjoyed re-reading this book. The little "zippy" thing that had me chuckling was this great scientist, bordering on brilliant using cartoon character band-aids.
"

I just experienced that part today :-) I thought along the same lines how that little thing really added to the fun of By The Light of the Moon

[Karen B.]

I've seen it in some of the other books too, those odd little things but can't think of an example right now.

BTW, Dustin, I thought you might get a kick out of this: I have now become obsessed with highlighting every time he uses "susurration" or one of its forms in a book I am reading. Having the dictionary in the Kindle makes me so lazy because I don't have to look up when he uses a word not commonly used. Kindle just makes it too darn easy.

[Holly]

Loved this one!

He sure uses that word a lot Karen.

[Karen B.]

That's become my "look for it" in every book of his I pick up lately. I've also found some that I just wasn't quite sure of the meaning and when I hit the dictionary, there's a perfectly good synonym that would have done the job just as well. I've found a couple too that list the usage as "arachaic". I just love his use of metaphors however. I think it takes me longer to read the books now because I will hit one and just stop and think about how beautiful the expression is.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

This is one of my favorite Koontz reads. There's a block of books that he wrote during this time that I liked.

I must admit that about the 3rd or 4th time I read it though (view spoiler)[ Brother got a lot harder to read as the scenes got a bit frustrating once I knew what was coming, LOL. (hide spoiler)]