Dom and Jannene Set the Bookshelves on Fire in 2022

[Cherie]

Oh, are you ready to read The Devil's Punchbowl already? Yikes - I need to go see if it is available for me to download. ;o)

[Jannene]

No! We just started Turning Angel.

[Jannene]

I finished Turning Angel. It was pretty intense and some serious chapters that made you say “What, seriously.”

[Cherie]

My book is still on hold. I will let you know when I get it. 🙂

[Jannene]

Cherie wrote: "My book is still on hold. I will let you know when I get it. 🙂"

Awesome! (view spoiler)[Those sex scenes were interesting and him talking to Mia the way he had was inappropriate and then to judge his friend Drew. I was not pleased. (hide spoiler)]

[Dominique]

Jannene wrote: "Cherie wrote: "My book is still on hold. I will let you know when I get it. 🙂"

Awesome! [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ He did realize that the way he was talking and looking at Mia, made him realize how easy it was to have feelings for someone that young. I was not surprised that he broke up with Caitlin, for someone who loved him and his daughter, her work was more important and the way she was talking about the town and the people, you knew she wasn't going to stay. (hide spoiler)]

L'm not going to read the third book right away, I have a big one to read in July. Start without me, I won't mind.

[Jannene]

I have finished Bad Wolf. It was very good. I enjoyed all of the twist and turns it had. I forgot how much I liked the two main characters since I started the series years ago.

[Cherie]

Re The Devil’s Punchbowl. Chapter 2 Linda (view spoiler)[ The false prince who is having sex with her: “Squeeze your pissflaps, woman and give the lad something to work with.” I have never heard nor read this term before! Later - the demon growls in contempt, “Do ye want me to change at Baker Street?” What? I think I know what he means but, eww! I can NEVER unsee that! Are we really ready to read this? I am already traumatized and Penn had only looked at three photographs with the light from his lighter. “We have no effective filter for blocking out the suffering of living humans.” I may be in denial, so you two better tell me that I can take it! (hide spoiler)]

[Cherie]

Don’t worry. I‘m still with you. I was just shocked. Chapter 3 Now, I feel really bad for Penn. (view spoiler)[What would you say if I told you that the only reason I am still mayor of this town is that I haven’t figured out how to tell my father I’m quitting?” (hide spoiler)]

[Cherie]

Chapter 5 at the beginning (page 7 of 26 according to my ebook). Re Penn (view spoiler)[”Ten days ago I ended my relationship with Libby Jensen, after seeing her for nearly a year. Was ten days sufficient time for that news to reach North Carolina? Of course. (hide spoiler)]

[Dominique]

Cherie wrote: "Re The Devil’s Punchbowl. Chapter 2 Linda [spoilers removed]"

The book starts pretty hard. Never heard that term and hopefully will never hear it but hard to not imagine.

[Dominique]

Cherie wrote: "Don’t worry. I‘m still with you. I was just shocked. Chapter 3 Now, I feel really bad for Penn. [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ in some qays Caitlin was right that he was way over his head thinking he could change things. With what Tim told and showed him and the fact tgat he's the one who got them the permit to have a casino, will make him feel more guilty (hide spoiler)]

[Jannene]

You guys are rolling. I just got the book off my shelf.

[Cherie]

That’s the truth, Dom!

I am at page 2 of 15 in chapter 10.
(view spoiler)[What I figured from the first meeting between Penn and Tim Jessup seems to have come true. Penn is on the way there to view the crime scene and the body. All the earlier stuff about Penn and Libby and Caitlin was tough. Feels so weird to be on the man’s side of all the emotions and regrets, doesn’t it? (hide spoiler)]

[Cherie]

Can’t wait to see what you have to say, Jannene.

[Cherie]

Only three hours ago??? I am on my way to bed, but I am at chapter 15 WOW! That is all I can say, just wow!

[Cherie]

I am at page 17 of 28, chapter 19
(view spoiler)[I am taking hot air balloon ride OFF of my bucket list! (hide spoiler)]

[Jannene]

Cherie wrote: "Re The Devil’s Punchbowl. Chapter 2 Linda [spoilers removed]"

Finished chapter 2 and that was crazy. I’ve never heard that phrase and hope to never again. I keep wondering who is the guy?

[Cherie]

Well, we all agree on that phrase anyway. Yeah, that guy is some piece of work!

I just got to chapter 29.
Something is happening but I need to switch over and finish reading Horse. It is going to expire in 23 hours. I am at 89%. It will take another month to get it back, IF I am lucky. I also have an Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles book that will expire in 7 days. Blackwood Farm is book # 8, I think. It is the ONLY ONE that my library does not have in audiobook format in the whole series. 😑

[Dominique]

Cherie wrote: "That’s the truth, Dom!

I am at page 2 of 15 in chapter 10.
[spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I didn't like the way Libby was towards Penn when her son was arrested. He's the mayor and can't be helping her son get off free. That won't help her son and she's not trying to help him by erasing all the things he's doing. I wonder also was his arrest planned so Penn couldn't get to the meeting? Man, I was hoping that Penn would kick DA Johnson, his smugness is irritating! (hide spoiler)]

[Cherie]

I will log-in on my laptop to read your spoiler, Dom.

I just got to chapter 32. OMG!!!

I finished Horse last night (early this morning). I am going to start the vampire story.
I don’t know who Quinn is.

[Cherie]

Re Libby and DA Johnson (view spoiler)[ Yeah, and she was a lawyer. I guess that all went out the window. I really do not know what she thought Penn could do after Soren hit the police officer. I guess it was harder for her, especially after Penn took some steps to get things smoothed over the first time he was in trouble. Yeah, I want the DA to get his but kicked too! These are some really bad guys. (hide spoiler)]

[Jannene]

Cherie wrote: "Well, we all agree on that phrase anyway. Yeah, that guy is some piece of work!

I just got to chapter 29.
Something is happening but I need to switch over and finish reading Horse. It is going t..."

Gives me time to catch up. I was refinishing one of my 4 end tables. I got the one finished, three more to go.

My husband says I had to sand it all down with 120 grit then do 220 and then I could paint. So I finally get it all mostly sanded on Saturday and he said it just dawned on me your painting them. You didn’t need to do all that work. Sigh.

Well, I guess the other three will go faster.😂

[Cherie]

Depending on the paint and what you are applying it with, 120 and 240 can be a good idea depending on how scratched and scuffed and how you stripped them or not. If you stripped down to bare wood and are going to use a water based paint, sometimes it is necessary to sand or use fine steel wool between paint layers because the first coat of paint will raise the wood grain. Again, it depends on the finish you are going for. You could also seal the wood with shellac first and then lightly sand to create a better paint bond. I used to love refining stuff but don’t have a place to work any longer, until I clean out my garage.

[Dominique]

Finished the book!

(view spoiler)[ That was a brutal horrific novel.. and I loved it. The dogfighting, rapes, orgies were cringeworthy. Caitlin was way better in this one and what she went through was horrible. Sands and Quinn were well written as worse than monsters. Finally Penn has something on Johnson and hopefully he's going to use it to his advantage to put Shad in his place or just to make him leave Natchez.
My only negative was the Libby and Soren's story, feels like an afterthought. I thought they would be more prominent in the story but they were characters that didn't have to be in this book.

I cross my fingers that his dad his alive but the chances are low (hide spoiler)]

[Jannene]

Dominique wrote: "Finished the book!"

Dude, you’re speedy.

[Dominique]

it was supposed to be a rainy day today. we decided to stay home. not a drop of rain only sun.

[Jannene]

Cherie wrote: "That’s the truth, Dom!

I am at page 2 of 15 in chapter 10.
[spoilers removed]"

I just finished chapter 11. I feel so bad for Penn. Did being tied up with Libby really cost Tim? Or would Penn and Tim both have the same thing happen? I didn’t like the guilt trip by Libby, she knew what was going to happen and didn’t like Penn sticking his nose in her son’s business.

I’m keeping it vague so I don’t have to mess with spoilers. Lol

[Cherie]

Wow Dom! I thought I would give you two some time to catch up and now you are finished.

I stayed up all night to finish The Vampire Armand. I just could not put it down!

[Dominique]

Cherie wrote: "Wow Dom! I thought I would give you two some time to catch up and now you are finished.

I stayed up all night to finish The Vampire Armand. I just could not put it down!"

I read that many moons ago and loved it! At the time I didn't know it was part of a series since internet was not available when I was in HS!

[Cherie]

Yes, Dom, I can understand not knowing it was part of a series. Did it make you curious though when the other books, always in italics, were mentioned? Much of the story could have been a stand alone though. I have to read the three Mayfair Witches books now, before I get back to the Vampire Chronicles. My daughter read all of the first ones when she was in her early 20s. She was surprised when I told her how many more there were now.

[Cherie]

I just got to chapter 46, which is 70.2% of the story done, according to my tablet that I read the ebooks on.

This story does not have me tensing my shoulders all up, like Jane Hawk did, but everything worries me. The gruesome things are definitely a shock. I don’t want anything to happen to Penn or his family or the rest of them (the good guys?) but I keep expecting to see something every time I turn the page.

[Cherie]

I finished it. What a ride. I never knew what was going to happen next! Even at the very end, there was stay surprise.

[Dominique]

Cherie wrote: "Yes, Dom, I can understand not knowing it was part of a series. Did it make you curious though when the other books, always in italics, were mentioned? Much of the story could have been a stand alo..."

If I remembered correctly, in the book there is mention of Louis and Lestat shows up? (god I was 20 when I read it) and when I went back to the bookstore to get more books from her, they told me to start with the first one. For me Armand was a standalone. Never read the Mayfair Witches but it's on my TBR.

[Dominique]

Cherie wrote: "I just got to chapter 46, which is 70.2% of the story done, according to my tablet that I read the ebooks on.

This story does not have me tensing my shoulders all up, like Jane Hawk did, but every..."

It's the kind of book that makes you want everybody, except the bad guys to survive. I love the relationship he has with his parents and Annie is growing up and getting more smart and perceptive of her surroundings!

[Cherie]

Yes, I feel the same about Penn’s family and Annie. I like it when the stories in a series show the progression of time and the characters growing up. I was not sure that I wanted Caitlin to come back after she left Penn and Annie the way she did but I am glad things turned out the way it did at the end. I can’t wait to see what happens in the next story.

[Cherie]

Dom - re The Vampire Armand. I can see how it could be a stand alone. I was always curious about him and some of the others and that book really answered many questions. On the surface it was his story and that was fantastic all by itself, but there was also so many explanations to other people and why they did things. The references to the other stories would have driven me to find them and read them! I was just not interested in reading about Vampires when my daughter was reading them twenty years ago. We did not talk about books then like we do now. I had to discover Anne Rice’s books on my own after Twilight made me curious about “others”.

[Dominique]

To this day, people still don't understand my love of reading. when I was excited about a book, I would go to the bookstore and talk to the employees! Glad GR exists!

[Jannene]

I’m slowly catching up. I finished end table 2 and now need to start coffee table one.

I’m in chapter 24 with Walt.

[Cherie]

I liked Walt. He reminded me of the old guy on the Texas Ranger show with the blond kung fu guy. I am brain dead today. I can hear the music playing even. I can see all of their faces and none of the names are prancing out in front of me.

[Cherie]

Dominique wrote: "To this day, people still don't understand my love of reading. when I was excited about a book, I would go to the bookstore and talk to the employees! Glad GR exists!"

I know what you mean! There are times I just ache to be able to tell someone what I am reading or tell them what about a wonderful passage I just saw or what I love about a character.

[Cherie]

Walker, Texas Ranger is the show I was talking about. 0.0
I still cannot remember the old guy's name but he was the face I put on Walt.

I see that the next book in the series is actually the first in a trilogy.

[Jannene]

Chuck Norris?

[Jannene]

(view spoiler)[The female dog broke my heart. I don’t know why Kelly didn’t want to end her misery. Was he testing Penn or he didn’t want to give away them being there? Penn keeps doing the opposite and basically letting them know someone was there. (hide spoiler)]

[Cherie]

Jannene wrote: "Chuck Norris?"

Yes!

[Cherie]

Jannene wrote: "[spoilers removed]"

Keep reading - you will find out the answer to your question.

[Jannene]

Kelly’s story was so sad.

[Jannene]

I finished the book a couple days ago. It’s haunting with some of those story lines. It was a great book but the ex-girlfriend seemed pointless.

[Jannene]

When are we ready for the next one?

[Cherie]

I'm ready to read it, but I am on hold for a book.
I put the ebook on hold and I am #3 on one copy and #1 on the hc text, so I am not sure which one I will get first. I suspect that I will get the hc first, but I am not sure when. I will let you know when I have a copy to read. :o)