Dracula

I am about to start Dracula, by Bram Stoker. I am really looking forward to reading this book because it is so popular. On an almost daily basis somebody will bring up Dracula, and there are several movies based on the book. All of the people that i know who have read the book have enjoyed it immensly. I have never read any other books by Bram Stoker, so i am interested to see how he writes. One of the reasons i am looking forward to this book is, that there isn't as much boring stuff as there is exciting stuff. I don't like to read books that have long periods of nothing happening. A book should be exciting and keep the reader engaged in the story. Whenever I read books with long boring parts i lose interest and i can never finish the book. Sometimes I will have to skip these spots, and i miss valuable information. This book is a classic and has not only been reccommended by my teacher, but both of my parents have wanted me to read it. i am also very interested in this book because I know who Dracula is and that he is a vampire, but other than that i know very few details. I am very interested in the details so that I will know what I am talking about whenever there is a conversation going on about Dracula. I have never read a vampire book before so i think it will be entertaining to read one and see how the vampies operate in different stories.

river of doubt

i just finished The River Of Doubt by candice millard. I really enjoyed this book. It started off kind of boring, but it really picked up once the men got on the river. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in adventures. This was one of the most exciting books that I have read. You never knew what was going to happen on the next page. I would start reading at night and tell myself to only read one chapter, but almost every time i reached the first chapter I couldn't stop reading more. Thhe men who went on the journey had no idea how dangerous it would soon become. When they set off they were completly unprepared for the journey they would be attempting. Several men lost their lives and many more could have. Every man was in danger every step he took. The farther they went the more they realized how dangerous their journey was. i am very glad that i read this book because my father and I do a lot of canoeing ourselves and I found this story extemely exciting. i have always been interested in Theodore Roosevelt and wanted to learn more about him. this story really revealed his inner personality because it showed what he was like under the toughest circumstances. At one point he had an infection in his leg, and he told his son that if he was slowing them down then they should just kill him. this just shows that he is an extremely strong, brave man.

the river of doubt

i am currently reading the river of doubt, by candice millard. this book is extremely exciting and in some places, even scary. millard does an excellent job of conveying the feelings of the members of the expedition. one way she does this is by writing quotes from the persons own journal. these are really helpful because they were written by the men themselves while they were traveling down the river. without these journal entries, it would be much harder to under stand the details of the participants exact feelings toward the trip and their fellow members. even without these short passages, it would not be terribly difficult to gain an understanding of the mens broad feelings and emotions concerning the expedition. the mens mood is quite sad and pessimistic. throughout the entire journey the men have gone through one hard experience after another. after their hard trek out to the river and the few days they have spent on it, the men are suffering from insect bites all over their bodies and several men are suffering from illness. almost all of the journal entries in this part of the book are about tragic events or how badly the trip is going. the mens entries are sad and have pessimistic views on what is going to happen to them. the men dont see how any good can come out of their situation, and it really shows in their journals.

The river of doubt

i am currently reading the river of doubt by candice millard. this book is about theodore roosevelt's expedition to south america. while in south america he sails down a river that feeds in to the amazon river. i am looking forward to reading this book because all i have heard about it is good things and it is about stuff that i find very interesting. i think that i will find it very intriguing because i have always been very interested in the amazon and exploration. i have already began reading it and i have not really been able to get in to it because it is still talking about politics and boring stuff. i have a gut instinct that it will get better as i get farther along because it will start to get more exciting. i think that i am getting close to the exciting parts because roosevelt is about to depart with his companions. he is going to go with a man named Father Zahm and a man named anthony fiala. Father zahm was in charge of setting up the trip. such as the route they would be taking through south america. anthony fiala was supposed to be in charge of getting together the supplies. he had lead an expedition to the artic earlier in his career. it was a total disaster and his team was stranded in the artic for 2 years.