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Dracula, takes a bite out of readers
This is my review of the Dracula novel.. ok so Count Dracula has been welcoming readers into his castle in dark, cold, and bat filled Transylvanian abode for years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years now. So by no means is Count Dracula was not in anyway the first vampire in literature, but he is easily by far the most important of the Vampire ones because he is the basis for all of them. The count has flown out, spread the black silky wings like a bat out of Bram Stoker’s classic novel and into slowly deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep into our cultural imagination. The vampires of today’s fantasy fiction all owe something to this dark and evil count. But Yet, when contemporary readers turn back to the brilliant Bram Stoker’s original novel, and they might be surprised because, pardon the pun I make, it is easy for reviewers to take a hard sucking bite out of this imperfect horror.
By Dylan Sharma 6 years ago in Geeks
20 Books of 2020 (Pt. 20)
Now that we’ve reached part 20, I want to say another big thank you to all of you who have joined me on this journey through my reading during 2020. So far we have been through my 24th birthday reading, through the journey of my obsession with the British Library Crime Classics books and finally, through a global pandemic nicknamed “the plague”. Hopefully, we will recover from that latter one soon and so will your own countries. For part 20, I wanted to discuss something very close to my heart when it comes to books and that is what I appreciate in a good novel.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
50 Great Books of the 20th Century
There are so many great books written with great intentions and some written without any intention whatsoever that just happen to be great. I have compiled a list of 50 books that I think are some of the key texts of the 20th century. However, this is simply an opinion so you may or may not find your own favourites on here and neither is this all of them. I have my reasons for choosing and leaving certain books out. They are in no particular order...
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
20 Books of 2020 (Pt.19)
As you know I'm reading more than usual and so, I have to write these faster now. At the moment I'm actually pursuing other hobbies I have as well and that is the purpose of this section, I want to share my other hobbies with you. The first one I want to share is baking.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
10 Underrated Modern Classic Novels
Modern Classic is a term that is always very difficult to define. Penguin Publishing tried to define it with their own "Modern Classic" series, which to this day is expanding. Other people state that a Modern Classic is any classic novel written in the modern era - which would be after the reign of Queen Victoria ended in 1901. However, the actual meaning of "Modern Classic" is a bit shady and some even believe that it means a classic novel of the modern era that critiques how life has changed for us all born within its confines of time. Be that as it may, I find that definition far too wordy and also, it doesn't include nearly half of the novels published by the Penguin Modern Classics series because not all times within the 20th and 21st Century can apply to everyone. For example - I was born in the 90s and different time confines will apply to me than someone born in the last year or so. Their time confines may go on longer than my own and therefore, theirs won't apply to me either.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
H.P. Lovecraft
It's been quite a while... Having been an avid reader most of my life, it goes without saying I have read many different types of things in my time. Books, magazines, encyclopedias, etc. I did notice my love for it has waned over the years; maybe it was because too many stories are similar to each other, maybe I just lost touch with the thrill of it all or maybe I just fell out of touch with imagination in general.
By Julie Peak6 years ago in Geeks
20 Books of 2020 (Pt.18)
You all probably know by now that I'm reading more purely because of this pandemic and being able to stay inside and not go to work. However, I do love reading at least one book a day, just to keep myself sane. People keep themselves sane in many different ways: some bake, some write, some study new things, some exercise, some relax in the garden, some sleep but we all do something - there is no such thing as doing nothing. Even when you feel you are doing nothing, you are doing something. Even at 'nothingness' you are recharging and re-evaluating yourself.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
