Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Dracula

I am currently reading Dracula by Bram Stoker. I have been really enjoying this book. i think part of the reason i like this book so much is the story line. Every time i pick up the book i can never put it down. On every page there is the possibility that something really exciting might happen and because of this i just cant stop reading every night. One thing i have noticed is that it is a very dense book. By this I mean that I could read it for half an hour and only get through several pages. I really like everything that has happened so far in this book. there haven't been any parts where it seemed that it was unnecessary. Everything is relevant to the story and has a purpose. Nothing is just there to take up space and have no meaning. His vocabulary is sometimes very confusing because he uses some very long words that i have never heard before. There is probably at least one word per page that i will have to stop and look up. It makes the reading go alot slower but it really helps me learn new words. Even when i do look up the words i spmetimes don't remember the defintion. Even with all of these confusing words I still love this book and I can't wait to finish it.

1 comment:

  1. 4/4 entries for 11/6/09--good job!

    It sounds like you've found two great books. I would like to read River of Doubt and see if it's one I should get for my bookshelf for other nonfiction readers. Dracula is great fun! It's considered to be Stoker's masterpiece (and critics are pretty unkind to his other works). Some say he didn't realize all the repressed desires that he worked into this story. It might be interesting to find out what he had read to learn more about vampires before writing the book.

    Happy reading! Remember to capitalize.

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