6-11-09 Outside Class Reading

I love to read, and often have a book with me. It's one of the reasons I have to carry such a large purse. Well, that and I like to have a bottle of water at all times too.
I am currently reading a book in a series by Dean Koontz called "Odd Hours". It started with a book called "Odd Thomas". I believe this book is the 4th in the series. The name of the main character is Odd Thomas. It is written as a first person narrative. Odd is a simple kind of guy but multi-faceted. He has several psychic abilities, but nothing that would be thought of as outrageous. The conundrums he finds himself in are bizarre. It reads quickly and at the end leaves you with a pleasant feeling, but missing Odd and his quirky sense of humor.
In all of the books Odd, when explaining who he is and about his life aspirations, calls himself a "simple fry cook". He says that because of all of the weird situations he finds himself in that he should have a job as a tire salesman or the retail shoe business. He approaches everything optimistically and non judgmental.
The other characters help give Odd depth. Dean Koontz surrounds Odd with colorful people who allow Odd to use his psychic talents and once again become the hero of the story.
I won't ruin the story in case you want a great and easy read. The imagery and sensory words Odd uses really put you in his head. It's easy to see and feel his world thorough his words, like a movie playing inside your brain.
Unlike a lot of Dean Koontz's books, he doesn't use complicated story lines or totally out of this world characters. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the previous books in this series, and hope Odd never dies, but just fades away like all legendary characters.