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Jul 31, 2014 07:12PM
Okay guys here we go! Quite a few of you are interested in a "classics" read-a-long, so we are starting in August with Dracula by Bram Stoker! Use this thread to post any thoughts or questions about the book, just make sure to use a disclaimer for spoilers. Have fun everybody!
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Randa wrote: "Okay guys here we go! Quite a few of you are interested in a "classics" read-a-long, so we are starting in August with Dracula by Bram Stoker! Use this thread to post any thoughts or questions abou..."Just curious is it a read at our own pace or are we going to have like weekly discussions up to certain parts?
Thanks :)
I'm on chapter 3! So far very nteresting. Creepy and just goooooooood!
I'm excited to read this, will hopefully start in the next few days! My local libraries didn't have a copy and I know I have it on my kindle I just need to unearth it's charger haha
There are 27 chapters and i'm on chapter 6. I'm reading via e-book and I'm having a hard tie using the bookmark. So i'm just going chapter by chapter and not stopping in between.
Justine wrote: "Randa wrote: "Okay guys here we go! Quite a few of you are interested in a "classics" read-a-long, so we are starting in August with Dracula by Bram Stoker! Use this thread to post any thoughts or ..."Just read at your own pace, no pressure! Towards the end if the month we can talk more in depth about it, but for now just take your time :)
Randa wrote: "Justine wrote: "Randa wrote: "Okay guys here we go! Quite a few of you are interested in a "classics" read-a-long, so we are starting in August with Dracula by Bram Stoker! Use this thread to post ..."Perfect! Thanks :)
I didn't expect this to be as creepy as it is! Damn, Dracula is a weirdo. But I love scary books and definitely don't read enough of them so I'm loving this so far!
I thought Van Helsing would be more straight forward about vampires. From the movies I kind of expect Van Helsing to be an exclusive vampire expert. Not a Medical Professor.
The movie was an affront to the book, good for it's own merit but shouldn't be compared to the book.
The first chapter gives of such a nice sense of impending doom. :)Only a few pages in this seems like a nice read.
I never Heard of the Bloofer Lady! Mind blown, Van Helsing is a little off. Only crazy people laugh and cry inappropriately.
I'm 10 chapters in and loving it! I appreciate that everything is first person so you are just as creeped out as they are.
Okay, I'm on chapter 23. Things that make me a little upset is how these men can be so dumb!! (view spoiler)
Randa wrote: "I'm 10 chapters in and loving it! I appreciate that everything is first person so you are just as creeped out as they are."What do you think of the bloofer lady? Have you ever heard of her before reading Dracula?
Make sure you guys are hiding your spoilers please! :)
I just finished this book. I started it last month actually and it took me forever to read but it was very interesting and I enjoyed it.
Sasha wrote: "I just finished this book. I started it last month actually and it took me forever to read but it was very interesting and I enjoyed it."It takes me a long time to read a classic too, they usually aren't something you can fly through, but that's okay. I'm glad you liked Dracula, I'm about half way through and am really enjoying it!
Lorna wrote: "Randa wrote: "I'm 10 chapters in and loving it! I appreciate that everything is first person so you are just as creeped out as they are."What do you think of the bloofer lady? Have you ever heard..."
It's just the way the children say Beautiful Lady. Or at least the first child, and the name just sort of stuck.
Nicole wrote: "Lorna wrote: "Randa wrote: "I'm 10 chapters in and loving it! I appreciate that everything is first person so you are just as creeped out as they are."What do you think of the bloofer lady? Have ..."
I thought that at first until i remembered the beginning of the book when it mentioned blue fire. Maybe the children are trying to say she's the "blue fire lady."
I finished the book yesterday and there are things you won't understand until you finish and think back. Also there are many loose ends in the story. Making other Nosferatu stories possible.
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If you do to a review it has the codes to put on either side of a spoiler to hide it. I can't copy and past it here because it will just pop up with (view spoiler)
Nicole wrote: "If you do to a review it has the codes to put on either side of a spoiler to hide it. I can't copy and past it here because it will just pop up with [spoilers removed]"Thanks! I was completely clueless. WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN
Is there going to be a live show discussion of this book?
I guess I'm a little confused on what Nosferatu means exactly. Can anyone clarify for me?
Lorna wrote: "Okay, I'm on chapter 23. Things that make me a little upset is how these men can be so dumb!! Like why isn't it obvious to keep Wilhelmina involved? She's the one with the most leads aside from ..."
I was wondering why nobody was really helping Mina also. At first it might not have been obvious the same thing was happening to her that happened with Lucy, but jeez help a girl out! And it seemed like they valued Mina even more, but they just used her for her visions instead. And Dracula's official home is Transylvania, so even though they only spent a brief amount of time there, that's where the legend will always remain.
Randa wrote: "Lorna wrote: "Okay, I'm on chapter 23. Things that make me a little upset is how these men can be so dumb!! Like why isn't it obvious to keep Wilhelmina involved? She's the one with the most lea..."
Yea towards the end Van helsing made it clear that Dracula lived in Transylvania before he became an undead.
Do you think Dracula accidentally turned Lucy by mistaking her for Mina? Also do you think "Bloofer lady" is childs talk for "Blue Fire lady"?
Lorna wrote: "Randa wrote: "Lorna wrote: "Okay, I'm on chapter 23. Things that make me a little upset is how these men can be so dumb!! Like why isn't it obvious to keep Wilhelmina involved? She's the one wit..."
It could, but I take it as "beautiful lady". I think it's open for interpretation. I don't know why Dracula wanted Lucy so much expect maybe because she was an easy target. But I also think Dracula loved to turn beautiful women into the undead, because at the beginning there were three beautiful vampires in the castle with him that I'm sure he created.
As for next month's classic, Would you guys prefer to read Wuthering Heights or Romeo and Juliet?
Wuthering Heights because I have a copy hahaha
Wuthering Heights.I read Romeo and Juliet this year so something new would be nice.
I want to read Wuthering Heights too, so let's plan on that! PadfootandProngs07 has me crazing some Shakespeare so I can just read that on my own.
Doppelganger wrote: "Wuthering Heights.I read Romeo and Juliet this year so something new would be nice."
What did you think of Dracula?
