February's book club pick
Feb. 27th, 2014 12:04 amIf you're interested in joining the book club community, just click on Loki!

I hope that your reasons for having books picked for you to read are better than mine midgardian.
Who was your buddy for the month?
witchery
What books did they select for you to read? 1. Dracula and 2. In the Woods
What did you read? I only had time to read Dracula (I got caught up reading Storm of Swords! n_n'')
Tell us about it:
Dracula by Bram Stoker
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I do enjoy this sort of book, though I think that it went on a bit longer than necessary. I was much more caught up in the beginning of the book, but the second half seemed to stall, and nothing terribly exciting happened. Even the very end, which should have been a page-turner as it is the climax of the work, I found less intriguing than the middle part with Lucy.
Sometimes the characters really had me shake my head as to what they were thinkingI mean really you leave Mina alone while you hunt for Dracula, and completely miss that she's showing the SAME SIGNS as Lucy did when Dracula was visiting her and instead chalk it up to what, female fragility? -sighs- I realize the time period, but really.
I thought that the male characters were interesting. I'm so used to males being all ~manly men~, it was nice to see vulnerability. That was actually one of the more appealing parts of the book to me. And even though Mina did spend a fair amount of time sighing and such, she had strength too, which I thought was also good. I thought it was really good for the time.
I felt that it was a comforting read, and I think that it would be a good bedtime story. I'm not sure that says wonderful things for the "horror" appeal of the book, but modern horror is different and I wouldn't expect the same sorts of things from a classic book.
View all my reviews
Recommendation: yes or no? Yes
I thought it would be neat for me to post this here too, and pimp the comm as well! :3

I hope that your reasons for having books picked for you to read are better than mine midgardian.
Who was your buddy for the month?
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
What books did they select for you to read? 1. Dracula and 2. In the Woods
What did you read? I only had time to read Dracula (I got caught up reading Storm of Swords! n_n'')
Tell us about it:

My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I do enjoy this sort of book, though I think that it went on a bit longer than necessary. I was much more caught up in the beginning of the book, but the second half seemed to stall, and nothing terribly exciting happened. Even the very end, which should have been a page-turner as it is the climax of the work, I found less intriguing than the middle part with Lucy.
Sometimes the characters really had me shake my head as to what they were thinking
I thought that the male characters were interesting. I'm so used to males being all ~manly men~, it was nice to see vulnerability. That was actually one of the more appealing parts of the book to me. And even though Mina did spend a fair amount of time sighing and such, she had strength too, which I thought was also good. I thought it was really good for the time.
I felt that it was a comforting read, and I think that it would be a good bedtime story. I'm not sure that says wonderful things for the "horror" appeal of the book, but modern horror is different and I wouldn't expect the same sorts of things from a classic book.
View all my reviews
Recommendation: yes or no? Yes
I thought it would be neat for me to post this here too, and pimp the comm as well! :3