Dean Koontz

Goodreads Reading Challenge 2026 [May]

May 31, 2026 — Leave a comment

I read eight books this month! I’m getting back up to my usual speed, which is pretty amazing considering how busy I’ve been.

I’m still on track to finish the challenge, but I don’t know if I’ll be increasing my goal like I had to last year. If things stay this hectic (in a good way this time), then I’ll barely reach 80.

Anyway, here are the books I finished in May, with my ratings.

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1. The Island (Natasha Preston)

Rating: 2.5/5

2. Odd Hours (Dean Koontz)

Rating: 3/5

3. What Moves the Dead (T. Kingfisher)

Rating: 4/5

4. Dead Girls First (Zia Rayyan)

Rating: 3.5/5

5. The Queen (Nick Cutter)

Rating: 4/5

6. The Ghostly Grounds: Murder and Breakfast (Sophie Love)

Rating: 3/5

7. Odd Apocalypse (Dean Koontz)

Rating: 2.5/5

8. The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)

Rating: 5/5

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I am currently reading What Feasts at Night (T. Kingfisher) and The Lying Game (Ruth Ware).

Progress: 33/80

Goodreads Reading Challenge 2026 [April]

April 30, 2026 — Leave a comment

I only completed six books in April, but I’m still on track to hit 80 by the end of the year! Here is what I read this month, with my ratings.

1. Stay in the Light (A.M. Shine)

Rating: 4/5

2. Brother Odd (Dean Koontz)

Rating: 2/5

3. Heads Will Roll (Josh Winning)

Rating: 3/5

4. My Husband’s Wife (Alice Feeney)

Rating: 3.5/5

5. The Dead Girls Book Club (Zia Rayyan)

Rating: 4/5

6. Arson, Old Lace, and Murder (Michele Pariza Wacek)

Rating: 3/5

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I am currently reading The Island (Natasha Preston) and Odd Hours (Dean Koontz).

Progress: 25/80

Goodreads Reading Challenge 2026 [March]

March 31, 2026 — Leave a comment

I read eight books this month! I feel pretty proud of myself, ha ha. Oh, and after re-reading Odd Thomas because of my coworker, I am now going to finish the entire series because she insisted I should. It’s fine, as long as they aren’t all as heartbreaking as the first one…

Anyway, here are my reads and ratings for March!

1. An Unwanted Guest (Shari Lapena)

Rating: 3/5

2. The Homewreckers (Mary Kay Andrews)

Rating: 3/5

3. We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)

Rating: 4/5

4. The October Society: Season Three (Christopher Robertson)

Rating: 5/5

5. The Good Girl (Mary Kubica)

Rating: 4.5/5

6. Sleep Tight (J.H. Markert)

Rating: 4/5

7. The Lost Village (Camilla Sten)

Rating: 5/5

8. Forever Odd (Dean Koontz)

Rating: 4/5

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I am currently reading Brother Odd (Dean Koontz) and Stay in the Light (A.M. Shine).

Progress: 19/80

30 Day Film Challenge: Day 14 – A Film That Gave You Depression

January 14, 2023 — Leave a comment

Okay, when I watched Odd Thomas (2014), I already knew it would rip my heart to shreds because I’d read the book. I have cried during books before, shedding a few tears over fictional deaths or whatever, but I literally sobbed at the end of that one, and that unhappiness lasted days. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that the film had a similar effect on me.