
Velocity by Dean Koontz
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
My first Dean Koontz novel I've read in a while and it did not disappoint. Billy Wiles is an easy-going bartender with an ordinary job. That is until one day a note is left on his car. The note threatens to kill a different person based on what action Billy takes or doesn't take. Billy calls his friend, a cop, who thinks it's a crank and nothing is done about it. But when a young schoolteacher is killed less than 24 hour later, he knows better. As more ominous notes appear and more innocent people are killed, evidence is planted to incriminate Billy.
The hunt is on to find the psychopath before the madness comes to an end and Billy is killed. There is plenty of suspense, mystery, and a surprise ending. Definitely worth the read.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
My first Dean Koontz novel I've read in a while and it did not disappoint. Billy Wiles is an easy-going bartender with an ordinary job. That is until one day a note is left on his car. The note threatens to kill a different person based on what action Billy takes or doesn't take. Billy calls his friend, a cop, who thinks it's a crank and nothing is done about it. But when a young schoolteacher is killed less than 24 hour later, he knows better. As more ominous notes appear and more innocent people are killed, evidence is planted to incriminate Billy.
The hunt is on to find the psychopath before the madness comes to an end and Billy is killed. There is plenty of suspense, mystery, and a surprise ending. Definitely worth the read.

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Sixteen year old Starr Carter has to carefully navigate two worlds. One is the poor neighborhood she lives in, the other is the suburban prep school she attends. She is adept at keeping the two separate until one day she witnesses her childhood friend, Khalil, shot by a police officer when his car is pulled over. Khalil dies at her side and is her second closest friend to die from a shooting. She tries to keep all this a secret from her friends at school, but it eventually comes out.
Her two worlds collide as the shooting of the unarmed black man garners national attention. Racial tensions rise and a grand jury is called to determine if the officer will be charged, putting Starr in the middle of it all. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, the book vividly describes the cultural and racial differences that divide us. It was made into a movie, but the book adds so much more depth. I was thrown into a world I know very little about. Great read.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Sixteen year old Starr Carter has to carefully navigate two worlds. One is the poor neighborhood she lives in, the other is the suburban prep school she attends. She is adept at keeping the two separate until one day she witnesses her childhood friend, Khalil, shot by a police officer when his car is pulled over. Khalil dies at her side and is her second closest friend to die from a shooting. She tries to keep all this a secret from her friends at school, but it eventually comes out.
Her two worlds collide as the shooting of the unarmed black man garners national attention. Racial tensions rise and a grand jury is called to determine if the officer will be charged, putting Starr in the middle of it all. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, the book vividly describes the cultural and racial differences that divide us. It was made into a movie, but the book adds so much more depth. I was thrown into a world I know very little about. Great read.