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....yes I did, and I would suggest his Frankenstein series....I have been trying to go through his catalog of books and read the ones I haven't read. I bought False Memory recently. There are probably forty others I haven't read. When I was at the used bookstore (which had every title of his in stock) I was a bit overwhelmed. Out of his newer novels, do you have any suggestions? Besides the Odd books and Christopher Snow books, that is.
*btw, you may know this since you get his newsletter but Wikipedia says The Husband is going to be a movie. Did you like that one?
I went to 2nd and Charles twice last week. I'll add that to my list. I want to get all of Straub's Blue Rose books and any of McCammon's Matthew Corbett series. Fljoe has inspired me to pick up John D. MacDonald's books again.
Some of the Koontz books I have my eyes on:
From the Corner of His Eye
Tick Tock
The Face
The Husband
The Taking
The Darkest Night of the Year
Any of these any good? I'd love to read some of his old ones again, too. Like listening to a song on the radio, certain books take me back to where I was when I read it, where I bought it, what was happening in my life.
Tick Tock is a quick and fun read. Lots of humor in this one.I went to 2nd and Charles twice last week. I'll add that to my list. I want to get all of Straub's Blue Rose books and any of McCammon's Matthew Corbett series. Fljoe has inspired me to pick up John D. MacDonald's books again.
Some of the Koontz books I have my eyes on:
From the Corner of His Eye
Tick Tock
The Face
The Husband
The Taking
The Darkest Night of the Year
Any of these any good? I'd love to read some of his old ones again, too. Like listening to a song on the radio, certain books take me back to where I was when I read it, where I bought it, what was happening in my life.
Yes! YES!!!!! Koontz takes the mythos of the Frankenstein novel and gives it his own twist, which IMHO is fantastic.....yes I did, and I would suggest his Frankenstein series....
....yes I did, and I would suggest his Frankenstein series....
....get the rest and finish....he admittedly lost his pacing around the third novel-but he found the groove again and finished strong....I read the first and absolutely loved it. Could not find more. My sister got them for .christmas a few years ago and loaned them to me. Reread first, loved it. Read second, liked it. Started third, yawn. Never finished.
I think it kind of felt like there wasn't enough story to warrant so many words.
Of those, I've only read The Husband, The Taking, and Tick Tock. I enjoyed them all. The Taking is my favorite, of those.I went to 2nd and Charles twice last week. I'll add that to my list. I want to get all of Straub's Blue Rose books and any of McCammon's Matthew Corbett series. Fljoe has inspired me to pick up John D. MacDonald's books again.
Some of the Koontz books I have my eyes on:
From the Corner of His Eye
Tick Tock
The Face
The Husband
The Taking
The Darkest Night of the Year
Any of these any good? I'd love to read some of his old ones again, too. Like listening to a song on the radio, certain books take me back to where I was when I read it, where I bought it, what was happening in my life.
Same here. I tore through Velocity in a day.Yikes, don't hold back.
I loved it. Maybe I was in the right mood because I ripped through it. He's just entertaining to me. If he can keep surprising me (regardless of his let down endings) I'll keep reading.
Yes, I did notice. I loved it, too. When I walk in those doors I always hear the Hallelujah chorus in my head, lol. I have to be dragged out of there.Of those, I've only read The Husband, The Taking, and Tick Tock. I enjoyed them all. The Taking is my favorite, of those.
I went to 2nd & Charles maybe three weeks ago! Did you notice the layout of the store has been rearranged? I love it
The only Koontz book I really like is Intensity. Have you read it?
....get the rest and finish....he admittedly lost his pacing around the third novel-but he found the groove again and finished strong....
Rereading finders keepers? That book zapped me of virtually all my will to read. I also have end of watch but I think it will be a while before I read it, mostly because of how much I didn't enjoy finders keepers, but also because of the way it looks like it's going.I think I gave them all back.
Rereading the second of the Hodges trilogy, and have the third book waiting for it's first read.
Rereading finders keepers? That book zapped me of virtually all my will to read. I also have end of watch but I think it will be a while before I read it, mostly because of how much I didn't enjoy finders keepers, but also because of the way it looks like it's going.
Bill appears to be sick, maybe terminally (holly is concerned about his weight loss in FK, and in the excerpt of EOW he is at the doctors with a bad stomach and the doctor says this is the part of my job I don't like). Both the title and the working title (suicide Prince) suggest a finality that comes from the death of a main character, something king seems to be fond of doing.
I thought when this would be a trilogy it would be 3 different antagonists for 3 different stories so I'm a bit disappointed that it's Brady again. I also thought it was meant to be all out 'cat and mouse' crime thriller, now it looks like it's back to the supernatural with brady's esp.
It just seems like book 3 is going back, but after book 2, maybe that's a good thing.
Of course I could be wrong on those assumptions, and we shouldn't judge a book by its cover etc. But that's just how FK made me feel.
I read the first and absolutely loved it. Could not find more. My sister got them for .christmas a few years ago and loaned them to me. Reread first, loved it. Read second, liked it. Started third, yawn. Never finished.
I think it kind of felt like there wasn't enough story to warrant so many words.