I’m reading it – kind of slowly because of all the other stuff I have going on right now… I was hoping everyone else was going slowly, too, and that we could discuss it in April.
I started it a couple weeks ago and got sidetracked.
FYI, I read a book by a guy named Tim O’Brien called “The Things They Carried”, it is a fictionalized memoir of Vietnam (it is a combination fiction, but also has some true things about his time in Vietnam). That book grabbed my attention over Dracula for a while… I am fighting to go back, but set myself up for temptation to drift by borrowing another Tim O Brien’ book from the Library.
So… couple observations. No one out of the county of Santa Clara participated in conversation on DBS… Only three of us (and I include myself only because I read chapter 1 a couple months ago) are reading Dracula… It may be that there are more, but people are not posting or checking the blog… so…
I am glad that someone got that pun lead in. But, seriously though… anyone else have my opinion? I probably should start hammering through Dracula… I hear it is good.
I’m almost done. It’s not bad. The story is a little familiar of course by now, even though I haven’t read the book before. It’s not exactly War and Peace, and I doubt I’ll read it a second time, but it’s interesting. A nice blend of folklore, science, invasion literature, gothic horror, etc.
” … Whereas we, the members of the NOBC, can only continue to enjoy the NOBC when people actually read and discuss the books, the NOBC itself can go on for centuries, neither dead nor alive, a kind of UnDead … “
BTW, I didn’t know that Stoker was Irish – just found that out… so a belated Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all of you who are reading Dracula… may your week be completely free of snakes.
March 4, 2008 at 12:50 pm
I’m reading it – kind of slowly because of all the other stuff I have going on right now… I was hoping everyone else was going slowly, too, and that we could discuss it in April.
Thoughts?
March 4, 2008 at 1:52 pm
I started it a couple weeks ago and got sidetracked.
FYI, I read a book by a guy named Tim O’Brien called “The Things They Carried”, it is a fictionalized memoir of Vietnam (it is a combination fiction, but also has some true things about his time in Vietnam). That book grabbed my attention over Dracula for a while… I am fighting to go back, but set myself up for temptation to drift by borrowing another Tim O Brien’ book from the Library.
March 4, 2008 at 4:10 pm
March 10, 2008 at 8:31 am
So… couple observations. No one out of the county of Santa Clara participated in conversation on DBS… Only three of us (and I include myself only because I read chapter 1 a couple months ago) are reading Dracula… It may be that there are more, but people are not posting or checking the blog… so…
do we need to revamp something here?
March 10, 2008 at 8:57 am
Re-vamp? Certainly not. We must cut off the head of the NOBC and stuff it with garlic, and then drive a stake through its heart.
March 10, 2008 at 9:35 am
Very nice, Ben
I believe Bonnie Kate said she had an allergic reaction to DBS – doesn’t that count?
March 10, 2008 at 11:36 am
I am glad that someone got that pun lead in. But, seriously though… anyone else have my opinion? I probably should start hammering through Dracula… I hear it is good.
March 10, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Well, I’m so busy these days that I’m not sure how much I’ll be able to participate regardless of re/de-vamping – and I feel bad about that…
March 10, 2008 at 12:51 pm
I’m almost done. It’s not bad. The story is a little familiar of course by now, even though I haven’t read the book before. It’s not exactly War and Peace, and I doubt I’ll read it a second time, but it’s interesting. A nice blend of folklore, science, invasion literature, gothic horror, etc.
March 11, 2008 at 9:11 am
Pamela said that it had some strong Christian themes and even called it a Christian book… I need to just devote some time to digging into it.
FYI, I was more talking about the future of the book club.
March 11, 2008 at 9:44 am
I was too.
” … Whereas we, the members of the NOBC, can only continue to enjoy the NOBC when people actually read and discuss the books, the NOBC itself can go on for centuries, neither dead nor alive, a kind of UnDead … “
March 17, 2008 at 11:27 am
I haven’t finished but I am almost there. LOVE Dracula. There are really amazing spiritual themes. Let me know when you are ready to unpack it!
March 18, 2008 at 11:06 am
BTW, I didn’t know that Stoker was Irish – just found that out… so a belated Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all of you who are reading Dracula… may your week be completely free of snakes.