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Dracula is the book I hope to review (properly) today. I love it. So very much. Rebekah Send a noteboard - 23/01/2011 10:08:34 AM
I am feeling much the same way about Dracula right now as you did about Sleepy Hollow. At this point I mostly just want to keep reading to finish the book and be done with it. I mean it is OK but not really good and it certainly wasn't what I expected. Maybe it will get better as I am at the point where all the characters have intersected and put the big picture together and are ready to hunt the Count. We'll see.

It might do. Depends on what you like.

I adore this book, there is so much of interest in it - it's a real slice of the late Victorian age. And I found it very scary.

I'll be interested to see your final response to it.
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A few thoughts on my Classic challenge book. Well, books, as it turns out. Rebekah - 22/01/2011 11:48:21 PM 1681 Views
This month is just making me hate classics. ? - 23/01/2011 12:06:08 AM 1515 Views
Aw. That's a shame. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 12:21:10 AM 1408 Views
Re: Aw. That's a shame. ? - 23/01/2011 12:55:44 PM 1473 Views
Hrm... a high fantasy classic... ranagrande - 23/01/2011 01:15:05 PM 1279 Views
Yeah? Okay... *NM* ? - 23/01/2011 01:16:15 PM 653 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 01:17:18 PM 1408 Views
Dunsany is good. And Grimm, but Camilla - 23/01/2011 01:25:40 PM 1293 Views
There's really only one high fantasy classic, no? Or two, if you count the Silm separately. *NM* Legolas - 23/01/2011 01:35:03 PM 652 Views
Perhaps Gormenghast? Camilla - 23/01/2011 01:58:50 PM 1469 Views
Perhaps, haven't read either Dunsany or Peake. Legolas - 23/01/2011 02:02:51 PM 1423 Views
Re: Perhaps, haven't read either Dunsany or Peake. Camilla - 23/01/2011 02:05:31 PM 1575 Views
Maybe Alice's Adventures in Wonderland? *NM* ranagrande - 23/01/2011 02:20:49 PM 678 Views
Re: Dunsany is good. And Grimm, but Rebekah - 23/01/2011 01:37:56 PM 1307 Views
Re: Dunsany is good. And Grimm, but Camilla - 23/01/2011 01:59:18 PM 1463 Views
H. Rider Haggard. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 01:24:01 PM 1408 Views
Sounds interesting. ? - 23/01/2011 01:34:45 PM 1414 Views
Re: Sounds interesting. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 01:39:34 PM 1479 Views
King Solomon's Mines is also awesome. nossy - 23/01/2011 03:52:04 PM 1239 Views
You can't love all of the classics, but it's not like it's a genre of its own that you can dislike. Legolas - 23/01/2011 12:32:01 AM 1451 Views
Precisely Camilla - 23/01/2011 09:40:26 AM 1673 Views
True true... ? - 23/01/2011 12:58:42 PM 1426 Views
Fortunately, that's precisely what this site aims to do! *NM* Legolas - 23/01/2011 01:34:16 PM 684 Views
You just aren't reading the right books (and reviews), it seems Larry - 23/01/2011 12:41:07 AM 1511 Views
The Swiss Family Robinson is hardly a "classic", unless by "classic" you mean "old". Tom - 23/01/2011 06:55:30 AM 1271 Views
Fine then. ? - 23/01/2011 01:02:48 PM 1317 Views
Re: This month is just making me hate classics. Camilla - 23/01/2011 09:05:52 AM 1493 Views
A lot of "classics" need proper context to be appreciated DomA - 23/01/2011 12:22:44 PM 1652 Views
Well said. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 12:46:35 PM 1472 Views
Re: Well said. DomA - 24/01/2011 02:33:10 AM 1531 Views
That reminds me I need to get back to the Mémoires of Marguerite de Valois. Legolas - 24/01/2011 10:17:17 PM 1241 Views
Very true Camilla - 23/01/2011 01:04:56 PM 1404 Views
Speaking of Dumas... DomA - 24/01/2011 02:45:02 AM 1250 Views
ooooh Camilla - 24/01/2011 08:51:46 AM 1604 Views
The Molière movie is called... wait for it... Legolas - 24/01/2011 10:21:48 PM 1443 Views
oooh Camilla - 24/01/2011 10:24:19 PM 1442 Views
Re: oooh Legolas - 24/01/2011 10:29:23 PM 1315 Views
Re: oooh DomA - 25/01/2011 01:15:39 AM 1417 Views
I really should watch that movie. Legolas - 25/01/2011 09:43:35 PM 1375 Views
Re: I really should watch that movie. DomA - 25/01/2011 11:15:10 PM 1533 Views
Why not? We liked Le Déclin de l'Empire Américain and Les Invasions Barbares. *NM* Legolas - 26/01/2011 06:45:26 PM 660 Views
Re: Why not? We liked Le Déclin de l'Empire Américain and Les Invasions Barbares. DomA - 27/01/2011 12:26:48 PM 1647 Views
I guess I'd have to see it to have an opinion on that. Legolas - 27/01/2011 08:00:53 PM 1590 Views
Re: oooh DomA - 25/01/2011 01:50:04 AM 1344 Views
Re: oooh Camilla - 25/01/2011 10:22:21 AM 1603 Views
Re: oooh DomA - 25/01/2011 12:46:30 PM 1555 Views
That's it! Camilla - 25/01/2011 12:50:18 PM 1548 Views
Re: A few thoughts on my Classic challenge book. Well, books, as it turns out. everynametaken - 23/01/2011 06:25:50 AM 1409 Views
The big problem with Dracula is that it's an epistolary novel. Tom - 23/01/2011 06:58:25 AM 1402 Views
Yeah, agreed. Legolas - 23/01/2011 09:46:57 AM 1374 Views
But Frankenstein doesn't even have good writing to recommend it. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:09:58 AM 1344 Views
Dracula is the book I hope to review (properly) today. I love it. So very much. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:08:34 AM 1219 Views
The challenge is making me wish I hadn't already read Frankenstein Brian - 23/01/2011 07:38:49 AM 2096 Views
Really? ranagrande - 23/01/2011 07:52:24 AM 1389 Views
I didn't mind The Importance of Being Earnest too much Brian - 23/01/2011 08:38:14 AM 2107 Views
Frankenstein ranagrande - 23/01/2011 09:05:10 AM 1455 Views
... Camilla - 23/01/2011 09:08:03 AM 1302 Views
Thank you. *NM* Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:10:34 AM 639 Views
For, as usual, being my wonderful, divine self and bringing light to the world? *NM* Camilla - 23/01/2011 10:12:30 AM 682 Views
Something like that. *NM* Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:15:37 AM 605 Views
There's a reason why they include Wilde among the "decadents". Legolas - 23/01/2011 10:16:33 AM 1340 Views
Re: A few thoughts on my Classic challenge book. Well, books, as it turns out. Camilla - 23/01/2011 08:53:01 AM 1404 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:15:04 AM 1361 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 23/01/2011 10:18:02 AM 1387 Views
I just read A Christmas Carol as well. It's very short, alright. Legolas - 02/02/2011 08:46:16 PM 1417 Views
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