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Dracula | Bram Stoker

I reread this classic every two years. If ever the idea that things can change over time is true, this is one of those times. For some reason, I was more annoyed than ever at the men in this book and how they fawned not just over Lucy but even the one I think is really the heroine of this book, Mina. Without her, the men would never have been able to do squat. Maybe I'm angry because gender inequality is STILL such an issue in this country. #vote

dabbe Thank you, #hashtagbrigade and @BarkingMadRead for seeing me through. 🖤🩸🩸🖤 1w

BarkingMadRead Mina is most definitely the hero of this story! 1w

AnnCrystal 📚👏🧐👍💝. 1w

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dabbe @BarkingMadRead 🖤🎃🖤 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🖤🎃🖤 1w

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AnishaInkspill I've still got to get around to this one, 😍the cover 1w

dabbe @AnishaInkspill It's worth it! 🧡🍁💛 1w

lynneamch Love your take on this. Makes finally want to read it. 4d

dabbe @lynneamch YAY! I'd love to read what you think about it! 🧡🍁🤎 4d

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Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 27: the movie ends differently, but this is a badass photo so I‘m still posting it 🤷🏻‍♀️ #travelingtothecastle #minaisgettingworse #allsleepandnofoodmakesminaseemlikeavamp #minaandvanhelsingmeetthewives #poorhorsies 💀 #peaceoutwives #herecomesdrac #andalsothewholecrew #dracisslain #dusttodust #butalsoquincey #poorquincey #everyoneelsegetsanHEA #theend #hashtagbrigade

mcctrish #peaceoutvamps✌🏻#minaforpresident 2w

Bookwormjillk My husband wanted to watch the movie last night. I was like nope, you gotta give me another day. Great book. Thanks @BarkingMadRead 2w

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TheBookHippie Mina!!!! 2w

CatLass007 Mina was pretty badass in the book. I don‘t remember that she was this badass in the movie. 2w

TheAromaofBooks I really enjoyed reading this, but the ending felt a little abrupt after all that chasing!! 2w

Cuilin This was a fun read thanks to all #hashtagbrigade On another note Quincey Harker is a great name. (edited) 2w

rubyslippersreads It‘s hard for me to imagine Drac having (or deserving) a moment of peace. 2w

rubyslippersreads I just looked at the description of the Keanu movie, and I think they borrowed that whole “vampire in search of his lost love” thing from Dark Shadows. Drac didn‘t seem particularly romantic in the novel, just out for blood. 2w

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Loved this book. I‘m so glad my vampire aversion didn‘t keep me away. I should have known the #hashtagbrigade wouldn‘t lead me astray (except for when they do but we still have fun #thebros)

Thanks @BarkingMadRead

#31by31 @Catsandbooks #spookoween @TheSpineView #LongNights #PromptMaze @TheAromaofBooks #BookSpinBingo #AtoZ @Texreader

TheSpineView Fantastic! 2w

BarkingMadRead Hooray!!! 2w

Texreader It‘s in my top two favorite books! So glad you loved it!! 2w

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Cuilin I surprisingly loved it too. And yeah #TheBrosBrokeUs 😝 2w

mcctrish Oh #thebros will live in infamy but I honestly laughed so much over the time we spent slogging through that 2w

dabbe #thebros #infamyforever 😂😂😂 2w

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2w

Catsandbooks 👏🏼👻🧡 2w

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Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 26: everyone is cold #minafiguresoutdracsroute #becausetheserichboysareuseless #theyaretravelingingroups #chasingdowndrac #onechaptertogo #shouldbeinteresting #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

mcctrish Honestly Mina better survive, she‘s doing all the work 2w

Bookwormjillk If they didn‘t have Mina they would be in Canada right now. Honestly they are useless. Waiting to see how this will all wrap up tomorrow. 2w

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mcctrish The Slovak comment made me think of #thebros #thisistheworkofaslovak 2w

mcctrish Canada is safe @Bookwormjillk #especiallyforwomen 2w

Cuilin I can‘t with Mina “oh these wonderful strong men” Girl you‘re the star here!!! 2w

mcctrish @Cuilin she absolutely is 2w

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Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 25: Dracula foiling all the plans 🧛🏻 #usingminatogetinfo #detourtheship #sneakyboy #nowtheymustmakenewplans #butdoesdracknowtheyknow #hmmmmm #lotsofblahblahblah #butalsosomeaction #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

mcctrish The bat signals go both ways 🤔 2w

Bookwormjillk A lot of blah blah blah but also only 2 more chapters! 2w

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dabbe With all this paleness and blood loss and (I don't know) seeing Mina and Dracula together (what a grotesque scene), why didn't they give her any transfusions like they did for Lucy? Did I miss something somewhere? And I got more annoyed this time around reading it. How dense can these men be? Seriously? I really don't think I have ever read ANYTHING (even a play) where the dramatic irony was basically on every single page. Wowza! 2w

BarkingMadRead @dabbe right? I was wondering the same? Are they waiting for the fangs? Insane 2w

Clare-Dragonfly Mina shows how brilliant she is and how they can‘t get by without her again! 2w

Clare-Dragonfly @dabbe Good point. Maybe they figure now that they know the reason for blood loss, it‘s better to go straight to the source? You‘d think they would at least discuss it though. 2w

Cuilin @dabbe I was wondering this too and the only thing I came up with was the fact that it didn‘t work for Mina so they thought why bother. 🤷‍♀️ 2w

Larkken @dabbe the way they infantalize but also ignore her is infuriating. You're right, the comparison in how the two ladies are treated by the men is eye opening. 2w

dabbe @BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonly @Cuilin @Larkken ... agree 💯. I guess I was hoping that even though they knew it didn't ultimately work for Lucy that they'd still give Mina some blood to keep her going. And is it also bad of me to think that they didn't mind INJECTING blood into Lucy because they all loved her but not Mina? There definitely is a sexually perverse angle to this novel, too. 2w

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Ch 24: did not want to stop reading today! Almost to the end! #vanhelsingmakingplans #worriesthatminawilltattletodrac #soobviouslywefgottakeepsecrets #minaagreea #untilahedoesnt #sonowsheplanstogo #whatcouldgowrong #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

mcctrish Did Mina not just say “no matter what I do or say don‘t tell me shit!” and then wake up out of a dead sleep “yo peeps, I gotta go with” and so she goes 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ WT actual F 2w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish right?!?! Girl. Don‘t be so fickle 2w

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mcctrish Boys GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER !!! 2w

Bookwormjillk Did JK Rowling steal this chapter for that one book where Dumbledore doesn‘t tell Harry anything because Voldemort can read his mind? Also I just found a dead fly on my office floor. Definitely want to just read the rest RIGHT NOW. 2w

CatLass007 @Bookwormjillk JK Rowling plagiarized Neil Gaiman‘s Books of Magic, it wouldn‘t be surprising for her to plagiarize Bram Stoker. 2w

Bookwormjillk @CatLass007 we are on to you JK! 😂 2w

CoverToCoverGirl Every. Single. Day. 🤭 2w

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I read some of today‘s chapter while I waited to vote. The line was really fast, though, so I didn‘t finish the chapter 🤣

AnnCrystal 👏🇺🇲🦅🇺🇸💝💝💝. 2w

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Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 23: poor grey haired Keanu #dracisonthemove #headedtovisitthecrew #hespissed #andmaybealittlescared #keanumisseswiththeknife 🔪 #butmanagestocutthemoneyloose 💰 #thecrewlosesdrac #oneboxleft #vanhelsinghypnotizesmina #sheknowsdracisonashape #thechaseison #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

mcctrish Trauma ages even Keanu! Mina has all the ideas 2w

BookwormAHN Still cute though 🖤 2w

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Clare-Dragonfly Hahaha! It doesn‘t really work on Keanu 😂 2w

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly it looks like someone used Halloween color spray on him 🤣 2w

Clare-Dragonfly @BarkingMadRead Honestly, I don‘t get the impression this is a very high-budget movie so that‘s probably what they did 😂 2w

Clare-Dragonfly I‘ve never actually seen this movie so I just went to see if it‘s on YouTube. It is, but I also saw trailers for a 2025 movie… also with Keanu! I guess he‘s playing Van H? Love it. EDIT: never mind, apparently they‘re fake 😔 (edited) 2w

CatLass007 @Clare-Dragonfly I saw this when it was first released. At the time it was a high-budget movie. It was a gorgeous film to watch on the big screen. But I pretty much hated it because my heart still goes thud when I remember Frank Langella as Dracula in 1979. Gary Oldman was creepy not sexy. But it did have Cary Elwes and Billy Campbell. 2w

rubyslippersreads @CatLass007 @Clare-Dragonfly I also saw it when it came out. Actually, I‘m more interested in rewatching the Bela Lugosi version, which scared me to death when I was a kid. 2w

CatLass007 @rubyslippersreads Didn‘t Lugosi die before filming was finished? That‘s why he kept putting his cape over his face because it wasn‘t Lugosi? 2w

rubyslippersreads @CatLass007 I‘ve never heard that. Didn‘t he live into the 1950s, long enough to make movies with Ed Wood? (If you haven‘t seen that Tim Burton movie, I highly recommend it.) 2w

CatLass007 @rubyslippersreads You‘re right. Sorry. He died while filming Plan 9 From Outer Space. His double is who filmed the scenes with a cape over his face during filming of the Ed Wood movie. I remembered it wrong. 2w

dabbe I don't know if anyone is interested, but a short story has just been discovered by Stoker that has been totally unknown to Stoker scholars. It's coming out next week! Link to the article: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/19/books/bram-stoker-gibbet-hill-dublin.html?unl... 2w

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@dabbe #hashtagbrigade 2024
I know we read one of the Russian books, but I‘m also worried that I‘m getting mixed up with #randomclassics as well 🤣

ElizaMarie Ooo I will be looking forward to the start of Mysteries of Udolpho 2w

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Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 22: yikes #dracbrokerenfieldsneck #vanhelsingtriestoprotectmina #thatleftamark #thecrewgoesonaspree #destroyingdracshideouts #isittoolate #timewilltell #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

mcctrish Poor Mina 😱 I‘ve got Backstreet Boys playing in my head 🎶 I may run and hide when you‘re screaming my name 🎶 Drac singing boy band tunes to the boy band chasing him down 2w

CatLass007 It really had to hit these idiot men getting their noses rubbed in it to finally realize what‘s going on. 2w

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TheBookHippie @CatLass007 🎯 2w

TheBookHippie #thatleftamark 🤣🤣🤣😵‍💫 2w

CatLass007 @TheBookHippie 😂 2w

rubyslippersreads So Dracula doesn‘t have to snooze in his coffin all day? (Or should I say, one of his coffins?) ⚰️ 2w

Clare-Dragonfly Gotta love/hate how Arthur‘s title conveniently makes so many things easy. People breaking their own rules for him! 2w

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Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 21: I love finding fan art on google 🦇 #renfieldletsdracin #dracbeatshimtoapulp #renfieldcluesintheboysclub #dumbasses 🙄 #theyrushtomina #butnotbeforeworryaboutscaringher 🙄 #dinnertime #dracmakeaminadrinkhisblood #thiscannotendwell #dracflees #destroysalltheirwork #finishesoffrenfield #orrenfieldjustdies #unclear#anyway #dracpeacesout 🦇 #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk Love that! Edit: the art not what Dracula did. (edited) 3w

Cuilin Well I don‘t think we‘re surprised that Drac had a Mina snack. (Litsy is not tagging me again. 😔) 3w

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BarkingMadRead @Cuilin ugh how rude of Litsy! 3w

Clare-Dragonfly How odd, I didn‘t get a notification either, and I see my username there plain as day. 3w

Clare-Dragonfly See, I think this disproves Van H‘s theory. Drac is clear that in order to make Mina one of his brides, not only does he have to drink her blood, she has to drink some of his. It‘s not as simple as “anyone who is bitten by a vampire becomes a vampire too.” 3w

mcctrish I just came to see if I‘d been forgotten but apparently Litsy is feeling this Monday as hard as I did teaching grade 2 3w

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly I wondered if Drac was making Mina like Renfield since he got rid of him for a new and improved model ? I thought the person had to be drained to a certain point they can‘t come back from but maybe the blood exchange is the final step 3w

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Ch 20: Keanu does some research #theyfounddracshideouts #prigofthefirstwater 🤣#nowtheyplantodestroythem #minaisstillontheouts #stilltiredandpale #renfieldisbacktocausingtrouble #cliffhangerchapterending #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

mcctrish So much blah blah blah and then a bloodbath COME ON 3w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I know 🤣🤣 I also used a #blahblahblah pic 3w

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CatLass007 It was #blahblahblah, wasn‘t it. I don‘t know anything about Bram Stoker‘s opinions regarding women. But Jonathan, Van Helsing, and Lucy‘s former suitors don‘t seem to think much of Mina. They just want to “protect her fragile female sensibilities.” Is Stoker telling his readers that these men are all idiots because Mina has so much more to offer and they‘re not allowing her to make her own decisions? Also, they‘re idiots because they (cont)⬇️ 3w

CatLass007 don‘t recognize that Mina‘s symptoms are the same as Lucy‘s. I know women had very few rights at that time in history and my perspective is that of a woman living in the early 21st Century. But, wow, these men all need to be smacked up side the head. 3w

Clare-Dragonfly @CatLass007 Yup. They‘re all congratulating themselves over their great choice keeping Mina out of everything, while completely failing to notice her very suspicious symptoms! 3w

CatLass007 I‘m doing a little googling to better understand Bram Stoker‘s views on women. https://libjournals.mtsu.edu/index.php/scientia/article/view/705hickleberrypunch... 3w

CatLass007 https://www.mytutor.co.uk/answers/6559/A-Level/English-Literature/How-do-Carter-... 3w

CatLass007 https://study.com/academy/lesson/women-feminism-in-dracula.html 3w

CatLass007 https://libjournals.mtsu.edu/index.php/scientia/article/download/705/663/2372 3w

CatLass007 Okay, last one… https://castledracula.weebly.com/feminism.html#:~:text=Althou.... 3w

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Ch 19: so, I googled Dracula rats to look for a pic of that scene from today‘s chapter, and did not bother to look forward because this pic is everything #dracshouseiscreepy #thatmomentwhenkeanusawhim 😱 #minaisstillbeingbabied 🙄 #whatswiththatfogthough #ihavesomefears #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Soubhiville So cute 🙂 3w

CatLass007 Okay, this picture is too cute to be related to the rats in Dracula‘s house. 3w

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BarkingMadRead @CatLass007 I knowwwww but also I had to share 🤣 3w

TheBookHippie I prefer this rat!!!! 3w

CatLass007 Yes, you did. And I am grateful for the smile you put on my face because of it. 3w

Cuilin Bram is laying it on thick with the strong man stuff. Why is Mina so tired? 3w

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin her being so tired has me really worried! Is Drac involved somehow? Ugh! 3w

Bklover This rat is perfectly adorable! 3w

Bookwormjillk Worried about Mina. That rat is cute though. Like if the Muppets did Dracula. 3w

mcctrish Mina would know to check if she‘s been bitten? They aren‘t making the poor helpless female that stupid ?! 3w

BookwormAHN Love it 🖤 3w

TheAromaofBooks Picturing them getting mobbed by hundreds of rats in top hats is a whole different scene 😂 3w

rubyslippersreads What a charming gentleman. 🐭🎩 3w

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@BarkingMadRead

Interesting article about missing/found Stoker stories. The hospital mentioned in the article is the one I was born in, so I found that kind of cool too. ⬇️

Tagging #HashatagBrigade

@indoordame @thebookhippie @seabreeze_reader @larkken @bookwormjillk @dabbe @deblovestoread @catlass007 @currentlyreadinginco @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @julieclair @thearomaofbooks @peanutnine
@bookwormahn

BarkingMadRead Sooooo cool 3w

Cuilin @Ruthiella @Graciouswarriorprincess @Bklover 3w

Cuilin https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/19/dracula-ancestors-gibbet-hill-dubl... 3w

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BarkingMadRead That‘s epic, what a great history leading up to Dracula! 🧛🏻‍♀️ 3w

Librarybelle Wow! Incredible! 3w

mcctrish That‘s so wonderful! Thank goodness for curiosity and silver linings 3w

Cuilin @BarkingMadRead @Librarybelle I didn‘t know Dublin had a Halloween Stoker festival. 3w

Cuilin @mcctrish imagine stumbling across an unknown story. I would just think it was one I hadn‘t heard before, he obviously knew his Stoker canon. 3w

mcctrish @Cuilin same ( honestly it‘s even creepier than Dracula ) 3w

TheBookHippie Oh my word how cool and fascinating!!! I love it. 3w

marleed That is fascinating! 3w

Ruthiella What a great story! And I love the connection to Stocker‘s mother in the naming of the foundation. 3w

dabbe #sheerawesomeness 🖤🧡🖤 3w

Bookwormjillk Thank you! 3w

Bklover Wow! Thank you for sharing! 3w

kspenmoll Wow!!! 3w

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Dracula by Bram Stoker: "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (Reader's Choice Edition) | Bram Stoker

#hashtagbrigade Count Enzo says please don‘t hunt him, he‘s a good boy and sleeps at night

mcctrish @BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame @Ruthiella @Hooked_on_books #puppyporn 3w

kspenmoll OMG 😂😂😂😂😂🤣 3w

ShelleyBooksie He needs a fan club. So handsome!!!!! 3w

dabbe #theenigmaticenzo 🖤🐾🖤 3w

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Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Oh my gosh! 😍 Please tell Enzo that I love him! 3w

mcctrish Isn‘t he the cutest @kspenmoll 3w

mcctrish @ShelleyBooksie yes my esthetician‘s puppy ( she has three floofy French bulldogs ) and I love him ( all of them) so much 3w

mcctrish @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick so do I ❤️❤️❤️ 3w

mcctrish @dabbe he sure is 3w

BarkingMadRead Ahhhhhhh so cute! 3w

IndoorDame Cutest Drac ever ♥️♥️♥️ 3w

Ruthiella ❤️🐶❤️🐶❤️ 3w

Hooked_on_books So cute! 3w

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Ch 18: we learn a little about the vampire 🧛🏼 #creepystuff #someiknew #someididnt #whatsthisnoonshit #renfieldissuddenlysane #thatsnew #thatlastlinethough #alittlethreatening #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk Yes, learned a lot in this chapter 🧛‍♀️🐺🌫️🦇 3w

Seabreeze_Reader Renfield is one of those characters who is a strange enigma. Is he sane (but under the control of Dracula) or is he completely crazy or is he becoming a vampire? 3w

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dabbe Marvelous Mina is shoved to the side as the mighty men form their so-called extraordinary league of gentleMEN. Saying she is “too precious“ to them to risk? 🙄 Next to Van Helsing, she's the smartest one in the room! Gee? I wonder if they leave her safely at home while they're out on their chase what might happen? #justaweebitannoyed 3w

Cuilin @dabbe exactly. Wait until they hear about Buffy. 😆 3w

dabbe @Cuilin 🎯!!! 🤩😂😘 3w

Clare-Dragonfly @dabbe 💯💯💯 3w

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Ch 17: the dream team is assembled #minaiscompilingallthenotes #shemakesatimeline #itmakesmoresensenow #theyseethelight #orisitthedark #closinginondracula 🧛🏻‍♀️ #hashtagbrigade

mcctrish Mina is the lynchpin #girlboss 3w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish they would 💯 be lost without her 3w

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Cuilin I think this was my favorite chapter. it‘s so organized and they‘re all together. Great vibes. @mcctrish Really the book should be called Mina!!! 3w

Cuilin @BarkingMadRead that quote gives me “not all men vibes”. lol 3w

dabbe @Cuilin Or something like THE MARVELOUS MINA! (channeling THE GREAT GATSBY! 😂) 3w

mcctrish @dabbe @Cuilin I agree 3w

Bookwormjillk Lucy and Mina are the real main characters here! 3w

Ruthiella Mina is amazing in this book. 3w

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Ch 16: the deed is done #poorarthur #thatwasgruesome #timetogoafterdrac #whatcouldgowrong #hashtagbrigade

mcctrish Dracula will be a bit harder to put down 3w

Bookwormjillk So the kids will be okay now that Lucy is dead again? Go Vampire hunters! This is making me want to read Salem‘s Lot again. 3w

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish for sure, I feel like it will be way more dangerous! @Bookwormjillk I think so! 3w

Clare-Dragonfly I don‘t think Van H‘s theory that everyone ever bitten by a vampire will also become a vampire makes any sense. Wouldn‘t the world be overridden with vampires by now? 3w

dabbe It's interesting to note that Dracula really hasn't been in the last 10 or so chapters. He's been flitting at the window as a bat/wolf and was seen as himself by Harker, who recognized him, but that's it. He took center stage at the beginning and looks like he will at the end. And now without his newest bride, wonder who he'll go after next? 🤔 3w

Cuilin @dabbe yes I wondered why it‘s called Dracula. (edited) 3w

Cuilin That last part it‘s all a little one for all and all for one. 3w

Cuilin @dabbe Methinks he may go for Mina. Watch out, Jonathan. 3w

Bookwormjillk @dabbe good point! 3w

dabbe @Cuilin 😂 3w

dabbe @Cuilin If he does, she's got the army that Van Helsing is creating, right? However, look how well they did for Lucy. 🙄 3w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🤩 3w

rubyslippersreads @Clare-Dragonfly I think the victim has to die to become a vampire. 3w

Clare-Dragonfly @rubyslippersreads From what he said, all the kids Lucy bit would have become vampires eventually, when they died. 3w

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Dracula | Bram Stoker

#TuesdayTunes
I've been catching up with Re: Dracula podcast. It's been so fun reading it in real time.

@TieDyeDude

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Thanks for the tag @jdiehr #TwoForTuesday @TheSpineView

1) yes, but I will probably be repurchasing some of the more tasty kinds

2) suck your blood

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 3w

Texreader Did you get the book I sent? 3w

Bookwormjillk Yes! Sorry I thought I tagged you in my post! 3w

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Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 15: doc loses his shit #temporarily #vanhelsingopensthecoffin #lucyisnotthere #becauseshesofffeedingonkids 🤷🏻‍♀️ #agirlhastoeat #secondtriplucyisback #lookingbetterthenever #getitgirl #nothingalittlegarlicwontcure 🧄#fornow #timetobringinhermansquad #youknow #thehusbands 🙄 #thiscantpossiblyendwell #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

TheBookHippie I‘m almost caught up! Loving the re-read and your posts!!!! 🏆🏆🏆 3w

mcctrish It‘s a party. Where we chop off her head and stake her heart. What kind of wine goes with that? 3w

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CatLass007 @mcctrish 🍷🍷🍷😂😂😂 Let‘s not forget Dracula‘s famous quote “I never drink… wine.” 3w

mcctrish @CatLass007 all the more reason to 🍷🍷🍷🤣 3w

BarkingMadRead @CatLass007 @mcctrish 🍷🩸🤷🏻‍♀️ 3w

Larkken Poor Lucy. I always liked the follow ups that have her and Mina living happily-ish without all these “helpful” men and their bad parties. 3w

rubyslippersreads @CatLass007 @mcctrish Just because Dracula doesn‘t drink wine, doesn‘t mean we can‘t. 🤣🍷🦇 3w

CatLass007 @rubyslippersreads You said it!🍷Cheers. 3w

Clare-Dragonfly Dracula has his brides, Lucy has her husbands 🤷🏻‍♀️ 3w

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Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 14: van helsing connects the dots #heconfirmskeanusdiary #keanuisanewman #hefinallycluesdocin #imagineifhehaddonethatsooner #thebookwouldbeshorter 🤣 #lucyisavampnow 🧛🏻‍♀️ #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Cuilin Lucy is out snackin!!! 🧛‍♀️Van Helsing took the scenic route to the point. 🤦‍♀️ 4w

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin #snacktime Van Helsing likes to be dramatic 🤣 4w

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mcctrish Van Helsing is extremely long winded 🤣🤣#peoplearedyingspeeditupman #maybehesrussian (edited) 4w

Bookwormjillk I don‘t like that Keanu is away for the night. Not one bit. 4w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk #whatcouldgowrong 4w

Clare-Dragonfly I think Van Helsing was sure Seward wouldn‘t believe him if he hadn‘t seen so much evidence with his own eyes before Van H made the declaration. But he still could have been faster about it 😂 4w

dabbe @mcctrish He could be a #lostbroofthekaramazovs 😀 4w

dabbe So, yay for Mina and her shorthand and transcribing, but all Van Helsing can say is that she'll be a benefit to her husband. 🙄 And even she is like “I'm learning all these cool things to help my hubby in his business“--not even once thinking that she could do it just for the sake of learning. And 5 men who have blood inside of Lucy! Would Victorians consider that marriage with all of them? Whew! This book! 🖤 4w

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Dracula | Bram Stoker

#Hashtagbrigade @BarkingMadRead

🤣🤣🤣

BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 4w

dabbe 😂😂😂 4w

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick 🤣🤣🤣 I love it! 4w

Gissy 😂 3w

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Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 13: so much drama #lucyistobeburied #vanhelsingleavesacrossonherovernight #tomorrowhewillbeheadher #forprotection #ofcourseamaidstealsit #lucycantcatchabreak #vanhelsingisfreakingout #minaandkeanugoforastroll #keanuseesayoungdrac #wtf #keanupassesout #whatawimp #vanhelsingwritewtominaaboutlucy #everyonearoundthatgirl ☠️ #staytuned

Clare-Dragonfly So sad for Arthur, to lose his father, fiancée, and intended MIL all at the same time! 4w

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly absolutely 4w

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mcctrish Keanu is being a bit of a lightweight 4w

Cuilin These chapters are long, with too much information and it‘s slow. I am enjoying it though. 4w

rubyslippersreads @Clare-Dragonfly I don‘t think his fiancée is quite gone, though. ? 4w

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads 🧛🏻‍♀️🧛🏻‍♀️🧛🏻‍♀️🧛🏻‍♀️🧛🏻‍♀️ 4w

rubyslippersreads @mcctrish He is. He‘s lucky to have Mina. 4w

Bookwormjillk Poor Lucy. Poor Arthur. I do wish some of these people would talk to each other about what they know though. 4w

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk exactly, 4w

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Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 12: I almost forgot to post!
#whew #vanhelsinganddochavetobreakin #lucyisneardeath #morrisshowsupjustintime #hecomescloserthanalmosteveryoneinfiguringthisout #vampirebats #onelasttransfusion #doesntwork #riplucy #maybe #butfirst #renfieldislosinghisshit #whatwasinthathouse #drac 🧛🏻‍♀️ #also #minaandkeanucomehome #keanuinherits #staytuned

Cuilin I‘m reading my daughter‘s copy that she read for a class. And her note beside “a brave man‘s blood is the best thing on this earth when a woman is in trouble“ was WTF Bram! 😆 4w

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin 🤣🤣🤣🤣 4w

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dabbe @Cuilin THAT is priceless! 🤩😂🤩 4w

Clare-Dragonfly Van Helsing is such a sexist! 🙄 4w

Clare-Dragonfly @Cuilin 😂😂😂 4w

Cuilin @Clare-Dragonfly and verbose 😴 4w

mcctrish @Cuilin #praisebe 🤣🤣 ‘The Change‘ has quite a different meaning here 4w

Bookwormjillk @Cuilin 😂😂😂 4w

Cuilin @mcctrish on a daily basis due to brain fog I say “is this Covid, ADHD, or menopause?” I‘m now going to add in “or was I bitten by a vampire?” 🧛‍♂️😝 4w

mcctrish @Cuilin I‘m going to say vampire from here on out, makes my life more exciting 4w

CatLass007 🧛‍♂️ 4w

rubyslippersreads Lucy certainly had a lot of beaux. And three out of the four actually wanted to *give* her their blood. 😂🦇🩸 4w

Bklover @Cuilin I blame everything on menopause, but maybe I should switch to 🧛‍♀️😂 4w

BarkingMadRead @bklover @Cuilin 🧛🏻‍♀️ is so much cooler, IMO 🤷🏻‍♀️ nobody would dare come at you for symptoms of being a vampire 🤣 (edited) 4w

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Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 11: Mrs Westenra 🙄 #removesthegarlic #lucytakesanotherturn #draccanygetin #bringinthewolf #lucyisalone #momcomestohang #dracusesthewolftobreakin #peaceoutmom #lucysendsthemaidstogetsomewine ☠️ #thatendedwell #momisdeadlucyiscompletelyalone #whatcouldgowrong #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

mcctrish No one gave Mom the memo 📝 I‘m surprised the maids were left alone #draconlywantsupperclassblood #wholetthedogsout 1mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish #wholetthedogsout 🤣🤣🤣 1mo

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Bookwormjillk @mcctrish 😂 😂 😂

That was quite the chapter! 1mo

Graciouswarriorprincess Those maids! And I agree about Mom getting the memo! 1mo

dabbe Every time Van Helsing leaves or Seward has to go home to his practice or Holmwood has to run home again to care for daddy, we all know what's going to happen to Lucy. It's like knowing the TITANIC is going to sink. We know what's going to happen, but we keep reading anyway, hoping against hope that she'll be okay. So frustrating, especially when Van Helsing knows what's going on. ARGHH!! 1mo

BarkingMadRead @dabbe 💯 1mo

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Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 10: an interesting medicine arrives #garlic 🧄 #itsgarlic #bloodtransfusionwentwell #untilsewardleftlucyalone #bloodyransfusionnumbertwo #willthegarlicwork #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

CatLass007 No Keanu or Winona today? It‘s good to take a break every now and then. “But doctor, can‘t I just get extra garlic on my pizza?” 1mo

mcctrish Going to run out of blood suppliers quickly at this rate 1mo

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Bookwormjillk And suddenly I get a craving to cook Italian food with lots of garlic. So technical question. If I donate blood and a vampire bites the recipient does the vampire then crave my blood? 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣🧄🧄🧄 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly Tell me blood types haven‘t been discovered yet without telling me blood types haven‘t been discovered yet… 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly so glad I‘m not the only one thinking that 🤣 1mo

rubyslippersreads @Clare-Dragonfly @BarkingMadRead I thought that too. 1mo

rubyslippersreads @Bookwormjillk Probably not if you‘ve just eaten garlic. 🤣 1mo

julieclair @Clare-Dragonfly @BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads I had the same thought! Uncle Google says blood types were discovered in 1901. Dracula was written in 1897. 4w

SamAnne @julieclaire @Clare-Dragonfly @BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads I‘m catching up on the thread here. My annotated copies has a note about how dangerous transfusions were back then because they didn‘t know about blood types. My copy notes that they thought people of “nobility, wealth would do better with blood from another person from the upper classes. Hence all the comments about Van Helsing approving of his “blood donors” availablee. (edited) 2w

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Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 9: meet Van Helsing #minamarrieskeanu #lucyisntgettingbetter #artcallsdoccallsvanhelsing #vanhelsingknowswhatsup #renfieldisstilltryingtoescape #butonlyatnight #thatbatiseverydamnwhere 🦇 #interesting #lucytakesaturn #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

mcctrish Poor Lucy. Drac drains her almost dry and then lets her slowly recover #closethedamnwindowspeople 1mo

dabbe It's easy to think that Lucy is the main female here--with all the men loving her and Dracula draining her, but it's Mina who is the female force to be reckoned with. All of these Victorian notions of the innocent woman (Lucy's always in white, right?) are shoved to the side with Mina. She's even traveling the same path as Jonathan to rescue him, and she's doing it on her own! I love Mina! 🧡🖤🧡 1mo

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dabbe Oh, and isn't Van Helsing the coolest name ever? 🤩 1mo

BarkingMadRead @dabbe Mina is a badass! And I love Van Helsing‘s name! 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly @dabbe YES 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 1mo

dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly @BarkingMadRead 🖤🧡🖤 1mo

Bookwormjillk @dabbe she‘s so great! Love her! 1mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🧡🖤🧡 1mo

julieclair @dabbe Yes! Mina! She absolutely represents many strong Victorian (and earlier throughout history) women who were “ahead of their time.” 1mo

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#hashtagbrigade ... look at this adorable homemade card I just received from @PageShifter! A cute Count Dracula! He could be our mascot! 🖤🧛🏻‍♂️🖤

AnnCrystal 👏🤩💝. 1mo

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🖤🧡🖤 1mo

TheSpineView Love it! 🖤🖤🖤 1mo

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dabbe @TheSpineView 🖤🧡🖤 1mo

PageShifter 🥰 And he even has a bling bow 🤣🤣 It seems not to show in the picture though 😄 (edited) 1mo

dabbe @PageShifter I can see it! It's too adorable for words. I just mailed something across the big pond to you! 🧡🖤🧡 1mo

julieclair Love this! 1mo

dabbe @julieclair Isn't it adorabe? BTW, are you safely back at home now? 🖤🧡🖤 1mo

julieclair @dabbe Just got home tonight! Safe and sound. 😀 🧡💚🧡 4w

dabbe @julieclair YAY! 🖤🧡🖤 4w

PageShifter Yay, can't wait the mail from you 🥰 4w

dabbe @PageShifter 🖤🧡🖤 4w

BarkingMadRead How did I miss this?!? I love it! 2w

dabbe @BarkingMadRead Isn't he adorable? @PageShifter is extremely creative! 🖤🧡🖤 2w

PageShifter You are soon making me blush 🤣🤣🤣 But I am so happy that you liked him ❤️ 2w

dabbe @PageShifter LOVE him (and you!) 🖤🧡🖤 2w

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Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 8: so much drama #lucyisstillsleepwalking #shegetsdowntothecemetary #minaseessomeonewithher 🧛🏻‍♀️ #yeahmina #thoseholesarefromapin 🧷 #lucyseemstogetbetter #butdracisfinallyhere #andnowlucyisunwell#coincidence #renfieldtruestoescape #anothercoincidence #butwait #keanuhasescaped #wtgkeanu #thenunsaskminatocome #whew #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Seabreeze_Reader Sleepwalking and weird stuff going down. Oh ya, as a reader, I'm totally buying into the whole blame it on a pin theory. 🤨🤣 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Seabreeze_Reader 🤣🤣🤣🧛🏻‍♀️🧛🏻‍♀️🧛🏻‍♀️🧷🧷🧷 1mo

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Bookwormjillk So much going on in this chapter! Bram keeps it moving! 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly I made a connection on this read that Lucy‘s strange attacks start out specifically on the grave of a suicide. I don‘t know exactly what that would have meant to the CoE of the time, but from their comments earlier it‘s obviously a particularly bad place to be. 1mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk he sure does! So Renfeld has escaped, his dr is Lucy‘s betrothed? She‘s now addicted to vampire bites, Keanu is checked into the same hospital as Renfeld? Or sent to recover farther afield? Dracula‘s house is beside the hospital where Renfeld is hence the escape #themasterhascometohim #somuchbiting 1mo

Cuilin @Clare-Dragonfly I was just looking up vampire lore and came across other ways to become a vampire excluding being bitten by one, and suicide is on the list. (edited) 1mo

julieclair @Cuilin Interesting! I didn‘t realize there were other ways besides being bitten. 1mo

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#HauntedShelf
@PuddleJumper @Jadams89 #FrightClub
#WordSearch

Found 1 word in DRACULA, though it's spelled differently.
+16 points

PuddleJumper Oh yeah that works! 1mo

dabbe @PuddleJumper 🖤🧡🖤 1mo

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Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 7: well, that was hella creepy! #draculaiscoming #avampsgottaeat #thatstormthough #yikes #lucyssleepwalkingisalsocreepy #allthepoorpups #thatbigdogisamenace #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk I can‘t decide what‘s creepier- the sleepwalking or the vampire. 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk for real. He keeps hinting that it‘s something sinister making her sleepwalk. 🧛🏻‍♀️ 1mo

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mcctrish @Bookwormjillk that sleep walking is taking her straight to a vampire #shesbeenbedazzled why else would she get dressed up ? #vampiresonar 1mo

TheAromaofBooks All the sailors getting picked off! 😨 1mo

rubyslippersreads @TheAromaofBooks Dracula couldn‘t make that long voyage without snacks. 🤣 (edited) 1mo

dabbe The suspense for me is always the idea that Mina has no idea what\'s going on (even though she records the ship\'s information), but we do! Usually one runs across dramatic irony in dramas, but Stoker is exemplary at this technigue since the very beginning. We know exactly what\'s going on, but the characters take forever to get a clue. 1mo

CatLass007 Finally, Tim Curry‘s narration begins! 1mo

TheAromaofBooks @rubyslippersreads - I mean, I can\'t exactly blame him. I do love me some travel snacks 😂 1mo

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Another pre-dawn wait at the bus stop scaring myself silly with Dracula #HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead

Usually I avoid illustrations in books, but they‘ve been good in this book. Maybe because I‘ve never read it before or seen the movie. I don‘t have any pictures in my mind yet.

BarkingMadRead This is suitably creepy! 1mo

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead yeah I don‘t usually get freaked out about books but a dude tied to a ghost ship with crucifixes did it 😳 1mo

PageShifter Wow, you\'re reading it first time! I hope you have fun with it 👍 1mo

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Bookwormjillk @PageShifter yes usually vampires are a no go for me but the #HashtagBrigade talked me into it. 1mo

dabbe Your edition looks fantastic! 🤩🤩🤩 1mo

Bookwormjillk @dabbe 🧛‍♀️❤️ 1mo

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Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 6: well, that took a turn #renfieldandhisflies #youknow #tofeedthespiders #whichheneedstofeedthebirds #whichheneedstofeedthecats #…. #minaisworriedaboutkeanu #thatfakeletterdidntwork #andlucywalkinginhersleep #andletsthrowintjatrandomshipattheend #orisitnotrandom #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Ruthiella When I read this scene, it was instantly familiar to me, probably because it has been spoofed or co-opted so many times since. 1mo

dabbe Shoo, fly, don\'t bother me, unless I eat you and maybe a bee ... 😂 1mo

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BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella so so so many times 1mo

rubyslippersreads Please, oh please don‘t give him a cat. 😿 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly I don‘t know why, he swallowed the fly, perhaps he‘ll die… 🎶 1mo

Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly that‘s what I was singing too 😂🧛‍♂️🪰 1mo

CatLass007 I‘m listening to the Audible performance with Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, and an “all-star cast.” Alan Cumming voices Jonathan Harker excellently. In this chapter I found the voice of the actress who voices Mina to be very distracting, so I looked her up. She is the same actress who narrated Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, so it‘s tough to take Mina seriously. 1mo

BarkingMadRead @CatLass007 that‘s the worst! 1mo

mcctrish So much going on in this chapter and yes @rubyslippersreads for the love of god, do not give him a cat 🙏🏻 why is the ship so creepy ?! #justwaitingforittoallgotohell 1mo

Bklover @mcctrish The ship seems a bit ominous! 1mo

Bklover I‘m feeling a bit nervous for old Mr. Swales 🪦 1mo

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Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 5: so many new people! #lucyandminaarebesties #lucyisquitepopular #enterrenfield #thedocseemsintrigued #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

rubyslippersreads I‘m not at all surprised that Renfield has a “sanguine temperament.” 🤣🪰🕷️ 1mo

Cuilin @rubyslippersreads 🤣 (edited) 1mo

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Seabreeze_Reader The movie versions of Lucy and Mina aren't quite how I pictured them, based on Stoker's descriptions. 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Seabreeze_Reader I hear ya! 1mo

Bookwormjillk So can we assume our guy got bit? 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly That‘s right, Lucy! Why can‘t a woman marry three men if she wants to? 😂 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly #whychoose 🤣 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I wonder… I‘m not sure though 1mo

Bklover @Bookwormjillk I thought he got away. But he could have been caught- not sure. 1mo

mcctrish I actually forgot until now that this is an epistolary novel ❤️❤️❤️ poor Keanu left in Transylvania with the bloodsuckers #hangingbyathread @rubyslippersreads I laughed out loud at your comment 1mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I didn‘t realize it until today when we got to the letters! 1mo

currentlyreadinginCO Ooo I love an epistolary novel, slowly catching up 😂🤪 3w

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BarkingMadRead @indoordame @ruthiella @thebookhippie @seabreeze_reader @larkken @bookwormjillk @dabbe @deblovestoread @catlass007 @currentlyreadinginco @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @julieclair @thearomaofbooks @peanutnine @bklover @bookwormahn @graciouswarriorprincess @cuilin 1mo

Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 4: well, this took a turn! #keanutriestoescape #climbkeanuclimb #keanufindsdracinacoffin ⚰️ #soheleaveshimthere #hetrieswritinglettershome #busted #dracmakeshimwritepostdatedletters #whatcouldgowrong 🤷🏻‍♀️ #hetriestoescapeagain #ashovel ⁉️#dude #thatendedwell 🤕 #trappedagain #thiswassodark #poorkeanu #itlooksbleak #hashtagbrigade

mcctrish I‘m laughing at #climbkeanuclimb scuttle across the parapets Keanu #draculawantsanewboytoy 1mo

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Bookwormjillk This book is creepy for real! Why haven\'t I read this before? Loving this buddy read. 1mo

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk same. I don‘t normally read creepy but this is good. 1mo

julieclair @Cuilin I never read creepy either. But I‘m enjoying this because we‘re reading it together. There‘s safety in numbers! 1mo

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BarkingMadRead @indoordame @ruthiella @thebookhippie @seabreeze_reader @larkken @bookwormjillk @dabbe @deblovestoread @catlass007 @currentlyreadinginco @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @julieclair @thearomaofbooks @peanutnine @bklover @bookwormahn @graciouswarriorprincess @cuilin 1mo

Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 3: don‘t fall asleep Keanu #dractellskeanunottofallasleepawayfromhisroom #becausethatsnotcreepy #keanueatchesdracscalethecastlewall #alsonotcreepy #soofcoursekeanunowgoessomewhereelsetosleep #petulantchild #enterthegirlievamps #keanualmostbecomesdinner #dracstopsthem #fornow 🧛🏻‍♀️ #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk That was something. 1mo

SamAnne I‘m going to love this read-a-long! 1mo

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Larkken I‘m loving the Keanu focus to this readalong 😆🧡🧛🏻‍♀️ 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Larkken #imhereforyou #andalsokeanu 1mo

mcctrish Keanu is every man everywhere, rules are only a guide line #karmaisabitch Dracula #youcanhavehimwhenimdonewithhim no sexual tension here 1mo

rubyslippersreads Okay, if I had the power to control wolves just by a wave of my hand, I‘d sure find a way to make a bed the same way. 🤣 1mo

Bklover @mcctrish Definitely sexual tension! Surprised me - thought maybe I imagined that! 1mo

mcctrish @rubyslippersreads or get them to make the bed 🤣🤣🤣 1mo

CatLass007 I‘m enjoying this book more than I expected. I prefer the movie from 1979 with Frank Langella as Dracula. The Coppola film is gorgeous on the big screen but, while I am a fan of Keanu as a human being, I am not a fan of his acting. And Gary Oldman wasn‘t sexy at all. Great actor though. 1mo

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Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Dracula | Bram Stoker

#ReadYourKindle #ReadYourBooks @CBee

Hopefully, I'll get to them all. 🖤🎃🖤

TheSpineView Ohhh.. all great books! 1mo

dabbe @TheSpineView 🖤🎃🖤 1mo

kelli7990 Good luck! 1mo

dabbe @kelli7990 Thanks, I\'ll need it! 😂 1mo

CBee Poe and Dracula - perfect for October!! 1mo

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JuliaTheBookNerd

Dracula | Bram Stoker

#Bats 🦇🦇 #WickedWhispers 👻🦇🕷️🕸️🎃🍁☕️🌰

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

IndoorDame Awesome cover! 💙🦇🧛🏻‍♀️ 1mo

BarkingMadRead Great cover!!! 1mo

Bookwormjillk Love that cover!! 1mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful 🦇 1mo

Eggs Gorgeous 💙🦇🖤 1mo

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IndoorDame

Dracula | Bram Stoker

#WickedWhispers #Bats @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@Eggs

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🖤🦇🩸 1mo

Eggs This image! 🖤 🩸 🤍 1mo

dabbe Lordy be, is that sexy or what? 🤩😅😂 1mo

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IndoorDame @dabbe it does seem like the Dracula myth has swung increasingly in that direction with every reinterpretation 😂 1mo

IndoorDame @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @eggs 🖤♥️🖤 1mo

dabbe @IndoorDame Yeah, this Dracula doesn\'t look anything like the old dude in the novel! 😂 1mo

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BarkingMadRead @indoordame @ruthiella @thebookhippie @seabreeze_reader @larkken @bookwormjillk @dabbe @deblovestoread @catlass007 @currentlyreadinginco @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @julieclair @thearomaofbooks @peanutnine @bklover @bookwormahn @graciouswarriorprincess @cuilin 1mo

Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 2: well now we know about the blue lights #treasure #thecountnevereats #arethereservantsanywhere #noreflection 🧛🏻‍♀️ #notsuspiciousatall 🙄 #staytuned #draculadoeslondon #hashtagbrigade

Cuilin Do I like the Count? I mean, he referred to books as friends, he‘s mannerly, obviously likes dogs, understands the plight of a stranger in a strange land, and he is an introvert not attuned to mirth!!! lol I also love the vampire lore, the not eating, the no reflection and he‘s missing during daylight hours. I‘m really enjoying this. (edited) 1mo

Bookwormjillk @Cuilin he seems like a really good host for the most part 1mo

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mcctrish Throwing the mirror out the window was a bit harsh! How will Keanu shave now? 1mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish tragic! I definitely prefer a clean shaven Keanu 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly Yes, Count, it‘s all the mirror‘s fault! Jonathan is so vain for wanting to… *checks notes* shave without cutting himself. 😂 (edited) 1mo

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly 🤣🤣 1mo

julieclair @Cuilin I‘m enjoying all the vampire lore, too. It‘s so wonderfully creepy! 1mo

rubyslippersreads So is Dracula like the Wizard of Oz? He‘s himself, but he‘s also the coach driver. And possibly the chef and the household help. 1mo

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads that‘s 💯 it! 1mo

rubyslippersreads @BarkingMadRead So he‘s probably just sick of polishing mirrors, and that‘s why he threw Keanu‘s mirror out the window. 😂 1mo

mcctrish @rubyslippersreads 🤣🤣🤣 1mo

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Essential Dracula: The Definitive Annotated Edition of Bram Stoker's Classic Novel

Dracula | Bram Stoker

#hashtagbrigade @BarkingMadRead

Perhaps a too scholarly approach this time around to DRACULA. I'll give it a try, but I am not sure if I will have the tenacity to read every annotation. I don't know how mine compares, but Ch. 1 is 41 pages with all of the annotations. 😳

Bookwomble I have the tagged edition of Dracula annotated by Leonard Wolf which was insightful. I've got Klinger's annotated Holmes, which is fantastic, so I'll be interested to hear how you find his research into the Count 🔎🦇

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BarkingMadRead Yikes that‘s a lot, I will not be reading the annotations 🤣 1mo

IndoorDame 😮 that is intense! 1mo

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dabbe @BarkingMadRead I think I\'ll be going that same route! 😂 1mo

dabbe @IndoorDame IKR? Who knew there is so much \“scholarly\“ stuff! 😂 1mo

dabbe @Bookwomble Which one do you like better? Curious minds want to know! 🤩 1mo

Bookwomble @dabbe Well, on a fundamental level, I prefer the Holmes stories to Dracula, but I enjoyed the annotations on both. Is be interested to read the Klinger Dracula, as I think that side from basic historical notes, there's a lot of scope for different literary and psychological interpretations in that text. 1mo

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currentlyreadinginCO

Drakula | Bram Stoker

My creepy cover for this very timely read with the #hashtagbrigade !

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Cuilin

Dracula | Bram Stoker

#HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead

I‘m ready!! Too much??? This is what you find around your house when most of your family is Catholic. Lol.

JessieKB Beautiful!!!🖤🐈‍⬛ 1mo

rubyslippersreads Looks like you‘re safe! You can always add a little garlic for extra protection. 😂🦇 1mo

IndoorDame Just the right amount! 🧿🖤 1mo

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Cuilin @rubyslippersreads 🤣 1mo

Cuilin @JessieKB 🙏 1mo

Cuilin @IndoorDame 🤣 1mo

marleed Haha - Same. I‘m somehow the owner of Mother‘s, father‘s, and father-in-law‘s rosaries. And I have the little scapular thing my grandmother placed in her bra ever morning 😀. And I mean who doesn‘t inherit nun-shaped salt and pepper shakers! 1mo

Cuilin @marleed If I don‘t in inherit nun-shaped salt and pepper shakers I will be disappointed. In fact, I think I‘m gonna go on eBay. 😆 1mo

BarkingMadRead It may be just enough? We will soon see 🤣 1mo

AmyG Ha! What, no garlic? (edited) 1mo

5feet.of.fury Great pic! 1mo

dabbe 🧡🤎💛 1mo

Bookwormjillk Lol, I love it 1mo

marleed @Cuilin 🤣🤣🤪🤪 1mo

Suet624 Love this photo! 4w

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IndoorDame

Dracula | Bram Stoker

I‘m so excited to start reading Dracula today with the #hadhtagbrigade crew!!!! This little copy with its somewhat uninspiring cover says it‘s a B&N collector‘s library edition, but I can‘t remember them having a cloth bound pocket classics line and I have no memory of how it came into my life 🤷🏻‍♀️ Mystery aside it‘s one of my much loved volumes and I‘m thrilled to dip back into it 🖤 @BarkingMadRead

BarkingMadRead Ohhhhh I love a good mystery! 1mo

IndoorDame @BarkingMadRead ditto, and this seems like a fitting volume for one to be attached to 😂 1mo

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Dracula | Bram Stoker

My #boringkindlecover for this month‘s #Hashtagbrigade