JUNE reads

[colls]

Hello!! Sorry that's it's been quiet in here... must be those lazy summer days. ;)
Perfect for getting some reading done, right?



What books did you read this past month?
Would you recommend any of them? Why or why not?

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Comments

[skieswideopen]

Hmm...I've never read any Koontz. If I were going to try him, which book would you recommend? I'm guessing not this one...

[ruuger]

I think the Moonlight Bay series is probably the best example of Koontz at his best - it's got all his trademark elements from pop-culture-savvy characters to super-intelligent pets and disturbing horror imagery, but it lacks the overt right-wing politics of his later books.

Phantoms was the first one I read, and still one of my favourites, but I think it suffers the same problem that most of Koontz's books (even his best ones) suffer in that it would be a much better book if he'd left the last 50 or so pages out...

[skieswideopen]

Thanks! The Moonlight Bay series looks interesting; I'll add it to my list of books to read.

[entwashian]

I'd rec his stuff from the early 90's. Dragon Tears, Cold Fire, Intensity, etc.

[ruuger]

I really need to reread his 90's stuff. I remember liking them a lot more than his later (or earlier) books, but it's been over 15 years since I've read most of them.

[entwashian]

My thoughts are that he was still polishing his writing style before that time (his early, early stuff reminds me of Stephen King, whom I very much dislike), and after that time period, he's kind of just been re-arranging and spitting out the same story ideas.

[skieswideopen]

Thank you! (Sorry; apparently I'm way behind on comments.)