Finally reading Dracula for the first time 🦇| Halloween Reading Vlog

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After more than a decade, I finally tackle this gothic classic, and it's new prequel. Click her for the giveaway and to buy the books. This video contains a paid advertisement with Penguin Random House UK for the release of Dracul.
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🦇Dracul by Dacre Stoker and J.D. Barker
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🦇Dracula by Bram Stoker
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@KeiraAndGeo 4 жыл бұрын

a reading vlog? with a classic at its center? plus it's halloween themed? never clicked on anything SO FAST :D your Jane Eyre ghost costume looks amazing, can't wait to see a final picture!

@booksandquills 4 жыл бұрын

+heartneedsabook Haha thanks! Fingers crossed everything arrives on time.

@meghanisapirate 4 жыл бұрын

Okay I’m living in Transylvania right now and going to Vlad the Impaler’s castle this weekend and I haven’t read Dracula 😯😯 and this just convinced me to binge-read it :) so thank you

@DarlingDesi 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely living for this spooky halloween themed content!!

@booksandquills 4 жыл бұрын

+Pastel Pages I can’t get enough! What’s your reading plan for Halloween?

@alexandercyrus7511 3 жыл бұрын

I know it is quite randomly asking but does anyone know of a good site to watch new tv shows online?

@atlasasher3519 3 жыл бұрын

@Alexander Cyrus I would suggest FlixZone. You can find it on google =)

@reginaldadonis3525 3 жыл бұрын

@Alexander Cyrus i use FlixZone. You can find it on google :)

@melvinjackson4096 3 жыл бұрын

@Alexander Cyrus I use Flixzone. You can find it by googling :)

@heidivanzet 4 жыл бұрын

If you like Dracula, try get a hold of Dracula's Guest, also by Bram Stoker. Its part of a collection of spooky short stories. Its great!

@bookhunterrr3973 3 жыл бұрын

I love that you mentioned the careful description of food/menu in the first parts of the novel! I just recently finished it and i am deeply in love with this book! 💛✨🙌🏼

@mykamallillin 4 жыл бұрын

BBC's releasing a Dracula series before the year ends I think! Produced by the same people who created Sherlock so that should be exciting 😊

@booksandquills 4 жыл бұрын

+myka mallillin I spotted something about that yesterday, but didn’t know the Sherlock ties. Will for sure be checking out the trailer !

@cb71798 4 жыл бұрын

I love Dracula, and I had no idea it was written with letters and diary entries before I read it! I will have to read Dracul now! Also Cambridge is so lovely.

@booksandquills 4 жыл бұрын

+Cari Bertram such a gorgeous place to visit. Hope you’ll love Dracul!

@akshayachu3964 3 жыл бұрын

As a lad who loves literature, which has begun by the reading of this inducing classic, Dracula, surely I can tell that this video deserves a thumbs up, that I have given.👍💖

@BethVlogs_ 4 жыл бұрын

Now I want to find a beautiful edition of Dracula!

@MariannesStudio 4 жыл бұрын

Really nice video! I finally picked up a copy of Dracula myself, thinking "huh, I thought it would be a much longer book"... only to find out that I picked up a RETELLING of the story in intermediate-level English 😭

@booksandquills 4 жыл бұрын

+Clara Scissorhands haha it’s happened to the best of us!

@JohnnyQuaykersBelmont Ай бұрын

I met and got soke autographs from Dacre Stoker last Fall! It's been interesting to learn about how Bram wrote the book!

@wordsofclover 4 жыл бұрын

Really glad you loved Dracula. I read it for the first time a couple of years ago and was so pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it!

@MaryAmongStories 4 жыл бұрын

this is giving me major autumn vibes and I'm living for it 😍

@samanthawatkins1787 4 жыл бұрын

Love a bit of Halloween content! I read Dracula when I was in school and I'm now re-reading it for this Halloween. I'm not sure I'll finish it in time though!

@Applepopess 4 жыл бұрын

Loved this vlog! Definitely more like this pleeeeaaaase. Maybe a creepy November one? Christmas reads would very obviously work as well, but November with its fog and harsher side of autumn has its charms too. 🌫️🍃 How about vlog-reading the sequel to The Bear and the Nightingale, maybe in tandem again with another book, maybe another sequel?

@booksandquills 4 жыл бұрын

+Applepopess Ohhh I’ll have a think about a Christmas one!

@MrArchiePancakes 4 жыл бұрын

Love a reading vlog! I was surprised reading Dracula the first time as well, it wasn't what I expected but I loved it (I read it for uni and wrote on motherhood and the new woman in it, which was fascinating to research!). I'm always nervous about prequel or extensions to stories where the orignial author isn't involved but this video has convinced me to pick up Dracul!

@Verschlimmbesserung 2 жыл бұрын

I'd had many fits and starts with this book over the years but have finally got down to read it through. I'm currently 2/3 or more into it and it's a well written story overall. For me the most disturbing thing is not the Count or his undead minions but the psychological aspect of Renfield's character. Throughout the book it was inferred and only hinted at what this poor deranged soul has been going through in his mind which opened up so many possibilities and room for imagining. When, however, it all transpired during Renfield's "accident" I couldn't help but feel the profound loneliness and torment of body and soul that the wretched little fellow must have endured, especially in that moment.

@PyerBooks 4 жыл бұрын

I NEED more reading vlogs :)

@DrinkingByMyShelf 4 жыл бұрын

aaah this really made me want to read both!

@adamfeoras 9 ай бұрын

I wish that I'd had the perspective at 17 to commit my preconceptions of Dracula to memory before reading the book.

@martinachiarini7653 4 жыл бұрын

I really love your vlogs..do more of them, please :)

@elinisaksson351 4 жыл бұрын

This year I'm going as Anne of Green Gable, since I recetly dyed my hair red and it's one of my favorite books!

@nadezhdakolokolova2249 4 жыл бұрын

I need to reread Dracula and buy Dracul. Thank you for the video!

@ambergetsbutterflies 4 жыл бұрын

I just read it for the first time also. The first half felt like wading through quicksand but I really loved the second half.

@jesshitch863 4 жыл бұрын

Great video and definitely got me thinking that I need to read Dracula soon! My reading plans this halloween include "A Monster Calls" and "The Bear and The Nightingale" 😊

@booksandquills 4 жыл бұрын

Such a good choice, those are both incredible!

@kels.. 4 жыл бұрын

I loved loved loved Dracula. Not being a fan of shock/gore horror, I was so pleasantly surprised and happy that it was more an atmospheric book.

@someonerandom8552 4 жыл бұрын

Nice. I was going to pick up Dracula this month. But for some reason I’m reading Master and Margarita. Which has a spooky cat, so I guess that can count as a Halloween read?? 🤔

@stephaniedunham4104 4 жыл бұрын

I LOVE Dracula and have been on the fence about reading Dracul. It's good to know that it's actually worth the read. You should read Stoker's Manuscript by Royce Prouty! It's so good and a great tribute to Dracula.

@gamzeaf 4 жыл бұрын

Now I know why I recognized you yesterday! You were at a SITC panel and I was in the audience 😍Lovely meeting you at the Space, and hope to see you again soon 😘

@booksandquills 4 жыл бұрын

+Successful Living with Gamze Alptekin ahh that makes sense! So nice to meet you :D

@ellenannmary 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve dressed up as Edgar Allan Pie’s Raven and Shakespeare’s Tempest for Halloween before! Love a literary costume

@booksandquills 4 жыл бұрын

+Ellen W Both very excellent ideas!!

@BookNomming 4 жыл бұрын

I studied Dracula at college and Loved. Studying it , have read it several times since. The first time I read it I found it spooky, the second I just found it funny in an odd way... like oh silly Dracula what are you up to now!😂

@rainafarzinsiddique50 4 жыл бұрын

I love Dracula.

@KittyAndTheBooks 4 жыл бұрын

The movie Bram Stokers Dracula with Winona Ryder is the best movie adaptation of Dracula. :D

@LunaciaBooks 4 жыл бұрын

Dracula by Bram Stpker is still one of my favourite vampire books. 📚

@leonasindlerova1727 4 жыл бұрын

Did you read Carmilla? I think I like it even more than Dracula and it's also quite approachable classic :)

@booksandquills 4 жыл бұрын

+Leona Šindlerová I haven’t, but I’ll add it to my list. Thanks for the recommendation!

@gv105468 4 жыл бұрын

Ive read it and can see why it's a Classic, considering the time and era it was written in, Bram stoker was ahead of his time. For me The beginning of the Book and near end are the parts that I like the most, the middle is alot about the secondary characters Mina Lucy The Doctors etc, and thats when it became hard to read. But then it picked up again near the end. Overall it's a classic and deserves to be

@jenisnotabooksnob5377 4 жыл бұрын

I'm listening to the audiobook right now- the cast production one from Audible. I have to admit that I almost gave it up during the letter exchange between the two women. I found that part cringey- but, glad I kept at it because it's getting better.

@gailgilchrist5421 4 жыл бұрын

Now that you've read Dracula, you should read The Dracula Tape by Fred Saberhagen. I read it at university for a "Monster Literature" class that I took. It's an at times hilarious retelling of the story from Dracula's point of view. Jonathan Harker comes in for a lot of criticism, as well as some of the flaws in the plot. In the class we read Dracula first and then followed that with the Saberhagen book.

@thaylanecosta2194 4 жыл бұрын

I am reading this book for the second time

@Arunprasad2807 4 жыл бұрын

My name is Arun, and I am from India. I would be very happy if I can get the giveaway book because I was planning to start reading books from today and I am a BIG fan of horror fiction. To be true to myself, I started watching your VDO's from today for obvious reasons because I planned to start reading the books from today. I am in search of my first book to kick start and what better it could be if I win a giveaway. :-) I like the way you explain and talk about the books which makes me more excited about my decision about starting to read the books. Great Work! and a big thumbs up from my end!

@tracyratelle1357 4 жыл бұрын

A ;ot of people are afraid to start this one, because it is one of those classics that just keep going and the prose is really flowery; but good book. :)

@fridaherbst719 4 жыл бұрын

I love Dracula, the atmosphere and the way of telling, but does nobody else find it annoying when they sometimes fall into long speeches about how great they all are? Like how perfect Mina Harker is, I think it takes away a lot of the relatableness (is that a word). Dracul seems like a good book think I'm going to pick it up. :)

@axelusul 4 жыл бұрын

You do know there is sequel to Dracula by Dacre Stoker. LOL "I think you should read it too". Just to get it out of your system-no don't that would be cruel.

@BooksFriends 4 жыл бұрын

OMG, why i am not subscribed to you ? I'm a subscriber since 2016 and you can find my old comments and now i am not a subscriber. I don't know why. Maybe KZfaq didn't work well lately.