Under the Dome by Stephen King → Start Date: February 8th 2017

[Maddie]

(view spoiler)[Or that he wanted to uphold his reputation as a man of the town if he put his son forward to work. Jim didn't step forward himself. (hide spoiler)]

[Drishti]

Yeah, exactly! What frightens me the most is thought of (view spoiler)[ a psychotic murderer like Junior in the police. (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

Yeah I know right! And it's weird how (view spoiler)[he was adamant that he's not a killer, when he actually killed Angie. Still not totally sure what happened with Dodee. He must've let her go? I can't remember :p Mind enlightening me? (hide spoiler)]

[Drishti]

(view spoiler)[ Junior tried to choke Dodee. The exact details weren't given but it was mentioned that the corpses were kept in the pantry. I feel pity for poor Andy Sanders. First his wife died and now daughter. (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

(view spoiler)[Assuming Dodee's dead. And I thought only Angie was in the pantry. I don't even know.. Let's just forget about it for now. (hide spoiler)]

[Drishti]

Maddison wrote: "[spoilers removed]"

LOL, okay. I think I further confused you.

[Maddie]

Yeah possibly :p But algood.

[Emma]

junior and angie (view spoiler)[ wow a death already, didn't expect her to die so soon. I have watched the first season of the TV show and finding it difficult to seperate those characters in my head. (hide spoiler)]

[Amanda]

I totally forgot about this book. I think I would be way to far behind so I will just read it another time. I hope you all enjoy it though. :)

[Emma]

Amanda, I have only just finished chapter 2, you're more than welcome to join in.

[Maddie]

Alright Amanda. Hopefully you like it when you read it, and that you can catch up Emma :p Chances are I'll get behind again this weekend. Might go back to my boyfriend's.

[Amanda]

Alright I might start it tomorrow then, I'm pretty tired tonight.

[Maddie]

Prayers (Wednesday's chapter) (view spoiler)[Wonder what a Geiger counter is that Barbie wants.
Interesting hearing from the religious people's views. Strange about Lester and hearing God.
Straaaange about Jannie's seizure too! And how Audrey could sense it! (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

Alright hope you can catch up. I'm on page 147 of my copy, which it 14% and I've been reading it for 8 days. Taking aaaages.

[Drishti]

Up to Prayers
(view spoiler)[ Interesting that Colonel Cox was Barbie's boss. I really didn't think about digging underground tunnels to escape the Dome. Surprising that Colonel Cox thinks that somebody in Chester's Mill hasp a hand in this Dome's existence. Who could have the high tech equipment to make this Dome? Anyway, I searched what a Geiger counter is. It is a device which detects radioactivity. Exactly what Barbie needs. Lester hearing God was really strange! I think it was a hallucination or something. Anyway, Audrey is a quite smart dog to know about Jan's seizure. (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

Really not liking the long chapters coupled with the small font :/ It makes for a drag of a read, in my opinion, and I have no time for other books. Hoping I can get today's chapter read today, otherwise I'll have probably about 60 pages to read tomorrow and I'm not sure I can get through that.

[Emma]

Maddison, just read as much as you can each day, if it not a full chapter then fine, I am way behind. Got loads going on just now and constant headaches aint helping. I will try to get to some tomorrow.

[Maddie]

That sucks about the busyness and the headaches. Hope they go away soon :/

Yeah but I can't get behind on schedules. I'm gonna try and read it now. I probably won't read the whole lot though.

[Emma]

Okay cool, I will try and read the next chapter today, possibly tomorrow.

[Maddie]

Awesome.

So I haven't read yesterday's chapter, and I'm not reading today's chapter, so tomorrow I'll have to read 3 chapters. I looked through and realised it was 100 pages. So I'm not too excited about that. So far, this book just isn't hooking me. I'd probably prefer it to be 3 littler books with larger font, because it's mainly the small font and the amount of pages, because it makes me feel like I'm reading really slowly.

[Drishti]

No problem, Maddison. Even I haven't read yesterday's chapter and I'm not entirely sure if I can cover up today. And, I too feel that three smaller books would have been appreciated better.

[Maddie]

So we're up to the same deal, Drishti?

Madness, Blindness and Astonishment of the Heart (Thursday's chapter) (view spoiler)[Interesting about Joe. I think I like him. Smart hacker kid. Always gotta have a smart hacker kid.
Junior's disgusting, joking about pantry space. Twice.
Hope Jannette's okay. Think that's her name. The girl who had the seizure.
Good money venture for Rommie I suppose, even though it'll make everyone sick. The Jesus people would frustrate me.

Yay, names are starting to match faces finally in my head. (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

This is Not as Bad as it Gets (Friday's chapter) (view spoiler)[Man that's really scarring, what happened to Rory. I mean, losing an eye! Ouchie!
Then Barbie getting cuffed for no reason. Wonder what's going on there with him and Junior's crew. (hide spoiler)]

[Drishti]

I'm finally catching up now.

Madness, Blindness and Astonishment of the Heart (Thursday's chapter)
(view spoiler)[ I like Joe, too. He is a smart kid.
It's so disgusting that Junior feels no remorse at all after killing TWO people. I would have died of guilt if it was possible.
Well yes, the church people are a little too much TBH.
I feel that Rory went a little overboard with his plan. I feel bad for his eye and everything. I don't know how but this reminds me of a much alike eye-popping incident that happened in Final Destination 5. Anybody who has seen the movie will remember how disgusting it was. (hide spoiler)]

This is not as bad as it gets (Friday's chapter)
(view spoiler)[ Barbie getting arrested was injustice. Julia Shumway is a smart woman. The way she saved him makes me say this.
Now, I finally get to know what actually happened between Barbie and Junior's gang that night. I really don't like Angie after knowing this. And, Duke Perkins' help to Barbie makes me feel that he is a better man than I gave him credit for.
Brenda Perkins seems even kinder. Now, I think that why do all bad things happen to good people? Why didn't Junior die instead of Duke Perkins? I guess life's like that. (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

Haven't seen Final Destination 5, and now I don't think I want to :p

I haven't finished Friday's chapter. That was just how much I'd read so far. So frustrated because here I was, thinking I'd caught up, only to add another 40 pages from today's chapter and be back to where I started. Another 100 pages gotta be read today :/

[Maddie]

And I'm starting another buddy read. I just gotta actually catch up today.

[Maddie]

This is Not as Bad as it Gets (Friday's chapter contd.) (view spoiler)[Stupid how they used the blood on Rory, when they knew he wasn't gonna live anyway. And sad about Haskell. I liked him, being honest.
I also like Brenda and Barbie's relationship. Also honest. Not sure about Angie and Barbie's though. Angie seems annoying and rebellious.
So Brenda's giving Barbie with Geiger key, and now we know what happened between Junior's mob an Barbie. Good chapter. (hide spoiler)]

[Amanda]

I still haven't been able to pick up this book. Hopefully I can pick it up soon and start. It will take me awhile though. But we will see.

[Maddie]

It's taking all of us a while. Been reading a chapter a day for 12 days and, even though I'm one chapter behind, I'm only 20% through and the chapters are about 40 pages each. Fun times. And it's only just started to get better. I don't mind reading it anymore. The first 100 pages were a drag though. Not leaving much time for any other books either.

[Amanda]

Yes I agree, it's a book that needs all of your attention or you will give up on it.

[Maddie]

If I wasn't reading a chapter a day I probably wouldn't be reading it at all, to be honest. And I've almost caught up. Only got another 40 pages, which is still quite a lot.

[Maddie]

Nyuck-Nyuck-Nyuck (Saturday's chapter) (view spoiler)[Definitely getting better, I'll give it that.

Gosh I hate Big Jim! Him and Andy having a meth company, and then stealing propane? Ugh.
Junior again joking about killing his friend. And then sitting in the pantry with them, playing with their dead bodies, making them play with him? Grooosssss.
Gross Junior's gang raping Sammy. They're really horrible people.
Jannie's dream about the golden baseball. Then Jim with a literal baseball. Hmmmm. Maybe bad connotations about already-proved-bad Jim? Also wonder what's up with the Great Pumpkin and Halloween?
Great now Junior's strangling the Pastor... Jim thinks it's not weird at all that his son's helping him dispose of a body, and doesn't even ask where it's going.. Most likely the pantry. (hide spoiler)]

[Amanda]

That's always nice, I've started to read it before but then put it down but I need to pick it back up and read more of it.

[Maddie]

Yeah you do haha. It's actually pretty good now I'm into it.

[Vicki]

I really loved this book more and more as it went on. :o) Some of the characters were rather strange! LOL

[Maddie]

Yeah it's definitely getting better, I'll say that, but I wish there was more progress with the Dome. Excited to see what's gonna happen with (view spoiler)[the missile. (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

Missile Strike Imminent (Sunday's chaper (YAY I'M ALMOST UP TO DATE!)) (view spoiler)[Gross already. This book's doing a good job of making me feel disgusted and weirded out. I mean, come on! A 60 year old teacher having relations with a 23 year old! What does the woman see in this old guy!
So wait, now Junior's appealing to a little girl? He has a conscience? I don't understand him! He's really messed up!
Strange about the two policewomen in the radio place, especially Phil alone there. This is a weird book.
Good idea about the live feed on the computer.
Why did I know that the misile wouldn't break the Dome. There's a whole book about it, for crying out loud. And NOW I'M UP TO DATE :D :D :D :D :D So happy haha. Now I just gotta stay up to date. (hide spoiler)]

[Amanda]

I enjoyed the show until I stopped watching it. But it was sure interesting.

[Drishti]

Nyuck-Nyuck-Nyuck (Saturday's chapter)
(view spoiler)[ Big Jim running meth factory is no surprise but Andy involved in that is a big surprise. And then threatening the third selectman even worse. I wonder why Andy never stands up to Big Jim.
I can't even say how disgusting Junior's friends are. That Georgia is even worse. Isn't she a woman herself? Doesn't she have any sense to stop them?
I thought I was the only one thinking about the strange Halloween dreams after Rory and Jan's seizure. Glad that Rusty realized it too.
Junior is a heartless murderer. Sitting between the corpses of the victims he murdered..... ugh.
Now, we know from where Junior got his murdering instinct. Definitely from his father. I don't believe in afterlife but still I wish they rot in hell. (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

Yeah so do I. Glad we're just catching up.

[Maddie]

In the Frame (Monday's chapter) (view spoiler)[Bummer about the missile.
Gross about Sammy's rape. Hope they're okay on the side of the road.
Took me a while to remember who Carolyn and Thurston were. Still finding there to be too many people, and forgetting all their relationships with others.
Good that Libby found Sammy.
Judy had a seizure too! Gosh!
And Aiden! Maybe the Dome's messing with the little kids? (hide spoiler)]

Not sure if I'll keep up with this for the next week because I've got a week-long readathon that I'm part of and books started before the readathon don't count, and this just takes a lot of my reading time, so I'll see what I can do. I don't wanna get too far behind because then I'll never pick it up again.

[Maddie]

Okay so I've made my decision :p I'm going to stop reading this for the next week, but I'll pick it back up with a chapter a day next week. Just means I'll be way behind.

[Maddie]

Good news :D I don't have to stop reading this. So I'll read this chapter later on today, when I've finished Gone.

[Drishti]

I think I'm gonna go a lot behind scedule. I have this reallg difficult test at school on Friday and I haven't prepared *anything*. So, all my time is goona be devoted to studying. I hate giving up on books, so I'm definitely not going to give up. I just hope I catch up.

[Maddie]

Alright. So maybe I won't read this one for a while, so we can still be at the same part. I won't read any more until you post back that you've started reading again. What chapter did you get to?

Good luck, by the way :)

[Drishti]

I'm about halfway up Sunday's chapter. I'm really behind schedule. :P I'll try to read if possible.

[Maddie]

Now I'm behind as heck too, but it's alright if you're not up to date :p I'm not gonna read this till Monday, maybe, so don't stress :p

[Drishti]

Once I catch up on the parts you've already read, I'll let you know Maddison so you can start too.

This book is proving out to be a tiring one. Just wondering if some people just rate it low because it was so long to read?

[Maddie]

Chances are I will. Also too confusing and really dragged out. :/

[Maddie]

I don't even want to keep reading it tomorrow :/