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Title:  Dracula Author:  Bram Stoker Series or Standalone:  Standalone Genre:  Classic, Horror Format:  Paperback Publication Date: May 26th 1897 Goodreads Summary:  When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes horrifying discoveries about his client and his castle. Soon afterwards, a number of disturbing incidents unfold in England: an unmanned ship is wrecked at Whitby; strange puncture marks appear on a young woman’s neck; and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the imminent arrival of his ‘Master’. In the ensuing battle of wits between the sinister Count Dracula and a determined group of adversaries, Bram Stoker created a masterpiece of the horror genre, probing deeply into questions of human identity and sanity, and illuminating dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire.   My Review: Soo, Dracula is the first book w...

It's T5W time! For those of you who don't know.... Top 5 Wednesday is a Goodreads Group  where each week a new topic is chosen - generally associated with books!  This week's topic is.... Fictional Jobs you'd want to have. These are any fictional careers that you have read in any books or/and seen in movies/tv shows/video games that you would want to pursue! 5. Waitress @ Central Perk - F.R.I.E.N.D.S. Soo, you may or may not know, but my Mum, sister and I are kind of addicted to Friends. We have seen each episode at least 20-30x, but that doesn't stop us from deciding to watch Friends over anything else. I would LOVE to work at Central Perk and even if Ross, Rachel, Chandler, Monica, Phoebe and Joey weren't there, I think the atmosphere of the Café would be amazing enough. ALSO, it's in New York City so I would be very very happy.  4. An Assassin - Assassin's Creed. Lately, I have started playing As...

Happy Friday everyone! I am soo glad it's Friday even though I'm working all weekend I needed a break from all the stress that is school! Tomorrow I am planning on taking some photos for my bookstagram account: @brooklyn.reads on instagram and hopefully I will be able to find some time to read before/after work :) I am currently listening to the audiobook of  Salt to the Sea  by  Ruta Sepetys  and I am really enjoying it. At school I'm studying the Holocaust in history so listening to this book whilst learning about the context around this book in depth in class (plus more) is helping me a lot. I have also joined a book club at school and for our first read we are reading  Dracula  by  Bram Stoker.  I am only up to chapter 3, but I am loving it and can't wait to continue. I hope you all have a fabulous weekend filled with lots of reading and SLEEEEEP!!

Hello everyone! I have taken a little break from blogging as I've been moving houses and it has been hectic with school starting again, work and HAVING NO INTERNET!  Soo, I am going to be posting as much as I can and as frequently as possible because I miss this blog and it is driving me crazy.  I am currently reading To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee  for English and I cannot express the amount of feelings I have been having whilst reading this novel. I have not read something this good for awhile and it is the best feeling to be reading a good written book. I will be writing an essay this semester on the novel which I am excited for and I can't wait to share and express my feelings and opinions on my blog when I am finished the book!  During the next few months I want to be a little more creative on this blog, try new looks/ideas and get out my comfort zone. Personally I have always struggled to be creative in my own way, so I would like to att...

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a merry merry Christmas and a great New Year's. For my first blog post of 2017, I am doing a T5W! This week's topic is: 2017 Goals These don't have to be book related, but my specifically are. I will be doing a video on my youtube channel later this month about my goals in general if you want to hear more about that!  Link to my channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwp16OpSOXEFEQWx9FqRDNA If you want to know everything about this T5W, you can  click on this   amazing link which will take you to Goodreads.   T5W was created by Lainey but is now managed by Samantha! 5. Read more diversely: For the past 2 years I have been trying to catch up with all of the popular reads and I haven't given myself a chance to expand my reading tastes. This year I want to venture into different genres and read more variegated novels as I enjoy debating my opinions on controversial themes.  ...