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Forever Odd Bantam Books
Customer Reviews — Rating: 4 Date: 2009-06-23
Summary: An enjoyable audio-book read
Review: ... Although I liked Brother Odd better, I liked this one so much I immediately followed it up with the aforementioned novel. We learn a good deal more about Odd and ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 5 Date: 2009-06-14
Summary: Forever Odd by Dean Koontz
Review: ... Following the awesome first book, Odd Thomas, Forever Odd is equally enjoyable. I am still reading this novel so I can't give a definite thumbs up, but so far it ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 5 Date: 2009-05-27
Summary: Men Dont Cry
Review: ... Im 57 yrs of age and this and all of the Odd Thomas books give me a lump in my throut and a tear in the eye and that does not happen . ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 4 Date: 2009-05-12
Summary: Ignore the Negative Reviews... This was GOOD!
Review: ... I am amazed at some of the other reviewers here - how could any of you find this book unappealing? No, this is not the same impactful book as Odd Thomas (book one ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 5 Date: 2009-05-11
Summary: The "Odd Thomas" series is forever.
Review: ... I am a huge Dean Koontz fan, he is at best one of my favorite fictional writers. I think I have almost every book he has written. I especially like the Odd Thomas ...more
Odd Girl Out The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls
Product Description: ... Dirty looks and taunting notes are just a few examples of girl bullying that girls and women have long suffered through silently and painfully. With this book Rachel ...more
Review: ... There is little sugar but lots of spice in journalist Rachel Simmons's brave and brilliant book that skewers the stereotype of girls as the kinder, gentler gender. ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 3 Date: 2009-06-08
Summary: found it wanting
Review: ... I decided to read this book because I thought it might help me deal with the issues my daughter is starting to face in elementary school. I saw myself in this book ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 4 Date: 2009-04-30
Summary: Should be read by every parent of a young girl
Review: ... In this fascinating book, author and social critic Rachel Simmons expounds her theories on the social interactions and prevalence of bullying within the culture ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 4 Date: 2009-03-04
Summary: A Analysis of Aggression in Girls
Review: ... As a Clinical Social Worker, this is a book I loan to clients who are curious about the type of aggression that their daughters deal with in school or in social ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 5 Date: 2009-03-02
Summary: Odd Girl Out
Review: ... This book could not be more perfect in explaining how women have their little cliques and can make others feel out of place, unworthy, and unwanted. When women ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 3 Date: 2009-01-28
Summary: A First order Analysis of Violence and Aggression in the Y-chromosome
Review: ... Motivated by the girl bullying she experienced in her own life as a pre-teen, the author makes a small dent in advancing understanding in this important corner ...more
Odd Girl Speaks Out Girls Write about Bullies Cliques Popularity and Jealousy
Product Description: ... The national bestseller Odd Girl Out exposed a hidden culture of cruelty that had always been quietly endured by American girls. As Rachel Simmons toured the country, ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 2 Date: 2009-02-21
Summary: It is about status not anger
Review: ... I read Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls a number of years ago and often recommend it to my therapy clients. This follow up I found disappointing. ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 3 Date: 2008-08-09
Summary: a helpful read for my teenage daughter
Review: ... I like this book because it has stories submitted by other teenagers so my daughter knows she is not the only one dealing with the issues. ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 4 Date: 2008-07-23
Summary: "Odd Girl" Lives Everywhere
Review: ... Odd Girl Speaks Out is a book that I can use as a reference in my position as a middle school administrator. The stories told by the teenagers in this book truly ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 4 Date: 2007-07-10
Summary: Don't be a parent who doesn't get it...
Review: ... It is inevitable that our daughters will experience some sort of emotional bullying. Prepare yourself and the ones you love by reading this book and understanding ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 5 Date: 2007-05-21
Summary: Helpful conversation starter
Review: ... This book was recomended by my 6th grader's school counselor after she started making some questionable friend choices. We moved to a new area about a year ago ...more
Odd Man Out A Year on the Mound with a Minor League Misfit
Product Description: ... A Season on the Mound with Minor League Baseball’s Most Unlikely Pitcher Matt McCarthy never expected to get drafted by a Major League Baseball team. A molecular ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 3 Date: 2009-06-04
Summary: a very very easy read, somewhat entertaining
Review: ... This book took 3 days to finish- it was a very easy read. It wasn't complementary to those who are described in it, but it was educational in demonstrating the ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 4 Date: 2009-06-03
Summary: Better be a baseball fan
Review: ... Heard the author interviewed on the radio and bought the book. Interesting concept - Ivy league grad and future MD's hiatus into minor league baseball. Nothing ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 5 Date: 2009-05-29
Summary: Great minor league baseball narrative
Review: ... A great book for any baseball fan or any parent out there who has a child dreaming of one day playing ball in the majors. McCarthy's minor league experiences are ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 1 Date: 2009-05-24
Summary: Minor League Disappointment
Review: ... I am glad I did not buy this book and took it out of the library. I found this book so offensive that I had to write a review of a book I didn't even buy. As a ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 4 Date: 2009-05-16
Summary: Almost there...and then start again!
Review: ... Matt McCarthy "almost" made it in baseball. His account of his year in professional baseball was informative and entertaining. As someone who has played baseball ...more
In Odd We Trust
Product Description: ... “Meet a young man named Odd . . . who helps the dead get even." From the infinite imagination of #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes the suspenseful ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 5 Date: 2009-07-02
Summary: Warning Odd is addicting
Review: ... If you start to read Koontz's Odd Thomas novels, I warn you, it is addicting and you can not wait until the next one is published. There are 4 novels in this saga ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 2 Date: 2009-06-16
Summary: Koontz not best work
Review: ... I guess it's my fault that I did not read the description. It is a very short comic book and took all of 15 minutes to read. The illustrations while good does not ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 1 Date: 2009-05-15
Summary: It's a comic book.
Review: ... I can't imagine what Dean Koontz was thinking. In Odd We Trust is a comic book. However, I received the book in a timely manner and in perfect condition. ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 5 Date: 2009-05-14
Summary: This was my 1st ODD Read
Review: ... I did enjoy this, it was different, it made you think, and parts made you sad. ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 1 Date: 2009-05-11
Summary: Didn't know it was styled like a comic book,never would have bought it
Review: ... In Odd We Trust It wasn't even newer..no real new adventure like i n past Hard cover books..we're back in Pico Mundo. The illustrations make the book difficult ...more
Brother Odd Odd Thomas Novels
Product Description: ... Loop me in, odd one. The words, spoken in the deep of night by a sleeping child, chill the young man watching over her. For this was a favorite phrase of Stormy ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 5 Date: 2009-06-23
Summary: Couldn't put my iPod down
Review: ... I listened to the audio version, which uses a great narrator who captures Odd's voice perfectly. This book was better and more suspenseful and action-packed than ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 5 Date: 2009-05-20
Summary: Awsome read
Review: ... This one goes right next to the first Odd Thomas book. This book was exciting riveting on the edge of your seat at times. One of Dean koontz's best novels AWSOME ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 4 Date: 2009-05-19
Summary: Yet Another Fantastic Odd Tale
Review: ... I'll keep this short and sweet, seeing there are many lengthy reviews here already: I really enjoyed this book. I am one of the few fans who enjoyed Forever Odd ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 5 Date: 2009-04-23
Summary: Odd is back, for another adventure...
Review: ... Well ok! Oddie is back for a third "manuscript", and it's a darn good one. I'm glad that Dean has created this character, and decided to make several books with ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 4 Date: 2009-04-13
Summary: Odd On!
Review: ... This is my second book from the Odd Thomas series and I loved it! I loved the witty banter between Odd, the Russian, and Mother Superior. This was great writing ...more
Forever Odd Odd Thomas Novels
Product Description: ... Every so often a character so captures the hearts and imaginations of readers that he seems to take on a life of his own long after the final page is turned. For ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 4 Date: 2009-06-23
Summary: An enjoyable audio-book read
Review: ... Although I liked Brother Odd better, I liked this one so much I immediately followed it up with the aforementioned novel. We learn a good deal more about Odd and ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 5 Date: 2009-06-14
Summary: Forever Odd by Dean Koontz
Review: ... Following the awesome first book, Odd Thomas, Forever Odd is equally enjoyable. I am still reading this novel so I can't give a definite thumbs up, but so far it ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 5 Date: 2009-05-27
Summary: Men Dont Cry
Review: ... Im 57 yrs of age and this and all of the Odd Thomas books give me a lump in my throut and a tear in the eye and that does not happen . ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 4 Date: 2009-05-12
Summary: Ignore the Negative Reviews... This was GOOD!
Review: ... I am amazed at some of the other reviewers here - how could any of you find this book unappealing? No, this is not the same impactful book as Odd Thomas (book one ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 5 Date: 2009-05-11
Summary: The "Odd Thomas" series is forever.
Review: ... I am a huge Dean Koontz fan, he is at best one of my favorite fictional writers. I think I have almost every book he has written. I especially like the Odd Thomas ...more
Odd Thomas
Product Description: ... “The dead don't talk. I don't know why.” But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant. ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 5 Date: 2009-06-28
Summary: One of the best titles by Koontz
Review: ... For a book about death, this novel gives off a lighted hearted vibe that makes the main character Odd Thomas an endearing figure, which explains why so many more ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 5 Date: 2009-06-26
Summary: Fun read
Review: ... Odd Thomas, the title character, is a humble fry cook who happens to see dead people, and he has some other supernatural talents. What I liked about this book is ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 5 Date: 2009-05-17
Summary: Fun book
Review: ... My brother recommended this book to me. I had never read Dean Koontz and this really isn't my first choice in book genres, but it was a nice change after reading ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 4 Date: 2009-05-17
Summary: A Masterful Writer With A Very Likable Character
Review: ... Few writers can master a language & narrate a story as well as Mr. Koontz. His writing & descriptions throughout the book have the reader really understand how ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 5 Date: 2009-04-23
Summary: Laugh and cry
Review: ... I have listened to the series twice....all four books. Each time, I laugh when Odd explains that the fork flicked his forehead and cried as Stormy says (sort of) ...more
Odd Hours
Product Description: ... Only a handful of fictional characters are recognized by first name alone. Dean Koontz’s Odd Thomas is one such literary hero who has come alive in readers’ ...more
Review: ... Amazon Exclusive Essay: Destiny and Odd Hours Odd Thomas came to me as a gift, the entire first chapter of his first book having poured out of me as I was in the ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 4 Date: 2009-06-26
Summary: too surreal
Review: ... I just wasn't into this book as much as I was in the other 3. Odd is still his charming fry-cook self, but the mysterious fog adding to the concepts make the story ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 5 Date: 2009-06-25
Summary: Beach Read
Review: ... I grabbed this book on a road trip to the beach. It was a quick read. I had no idea it was a series until about 60 seconds ago. It was crazy, jumped right into ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 4 Date: 2009-06-24
Summary: More Adventures With Odd
Review: ... IT'S ONLY LIFE. WE ALL GET THROUGH IT. The first two sentences of Koontz's latest Odd adventure, ODD HOURS. And just like that, I was hooked! Whether he's great, ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 5 Date: 2009-06-23
Summary: My favorite of the series
Review: ... Odd just gets better as it goes along. At first I was luke warm to this character but with each book he has grown on me. His simple view of life is so wonderfully ...more
Customer Reviews — Rating: 2 Date: 2009-06-20
Summary: Very disappointed
Review: ... So that was how it ended?? Really? Just sort of petered out there. The dialogue is starting to get to me, people don't talk to each other this way! I miss the days ...more