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How I spent my afternoon while listening to the podcasts Re:Dracula and Marlon and Jake Read Dead People.
A vegetable soup and salsa.

Re-read from 1985 🧛‍♂️

Dracula was originally published in 1897. The narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking a business trip to stay at the castle of a Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula. The novel tells the story of Dracula‘s attempt to move from Transylvania to England so that he may find new blood and spread the undead curse.

126 years later and I‘m wondering the same thing!

Just finished the May 5 entry in the #DraculaDaily readalong. I'm a little behind, but not too much.

I've meant to read this book for ages, and now that l am reading it, it feels so strange. Thought l've already experienced that reading the original might be a surprising experience when such a popular character is involved. I'm enjoying it.

And don't you think that Klaus Kinsky for the 1970s Nosferatu, is a very accurate Dracula? 😜

I‘m really embarrassed to admit (horror maven that I am) that this is the first time I have read this. It did not disappoint! Within the Victorian setting and old-fashioned diction were genuinely creepy descriptions and events. The horror of this tale holds up well and made my skin crawl.

My dad had got me this Dracula funko and I made a joke about putting a tiny pile of dirt next to him or perhaps in a tiny coffin and today I got a little package in the mail of this wooden coffin box 😭⚰️🦇🩸 it‘s so cute, I‘m going to paint it grey

I have really enjoyed my re-read of Dracula for #ThatsClassic
I hadn‘t realised how much I had forgotten, and how easy it is to be swept away in these little snippets of diaries and letters

15 points for finishing the book and 4 hours of reading for 4 readathons brings me to a daily total of 176 points for #TeamHarkness
My running total for the weekly tally: 6826 points!

#Screamathon #CocoTurns50 #ReadYourWay #CreatureFeaturethon #Scarathlon2020

I am struggling to fit in much reading this week. I have been so tired from work, and then I have been out to dance class Mon and Weds which has worn me out more than usual! I am starting to flag a bit I think.

BUT today I am back with an hour of reading for the 3 currently ongoing readathons I am participating in. And really, I am not too far off finishing Dracula now! Also working on the weeks word game!

31 points for #TeamHarkness
Total: 1073

The dog stole most of the bed, and then more specifically MY SIDE of the bed! But I did squeeze in an hour of Dracula in bed regardless ☺️

I am participating in 3 readathons at the minute #Screamathon #CocoTurns50 and #ReadYourWay
Very casual plans for the last 2. Try fit in some reading each day (none yesterday) and finish at least 2 out of the 3 books I have started!

31 points for #TeamHarkness #Scarathlon2020
#ThatsClassic

Another hour of Dracula read before bed :)

Daily total: 21 points
Running total: 852 points

#TeamHarkness #Scarathlon2020 #ThatsClassic #Screamathon #OutstandingOctober

Switched back to Dracula for my bedtime reading :)
1hr across 2 readathons #Screamathon and #OutstandingOctober

And I also watched the last 3 episodes of What We Do In The Shadows season 1 :)

Daily total: 36 points
Running total: 831 points

Picture is of the lamp on my bedside table. It‘s my favourite one 🥰

#TeamHarkness #Scarathlon2020 #ThatsClassic

Starting the morning with a spiced chai latte, homemade banana bread, and a little bit of Dracula for #ThatsClassic 🥰

#Screamathon #Scarathlon2020 #October20in4 #OutstandingOctober #TeamHarkness

1 point

Watched the final episode of Dracula tonight :)
Plus 1 hr of reading = 26 points for #TeamHarkness

Total for the day: 43 points
Running total: 496 points

#Screamathon #October20in4 #Scarathlon2020

Episode 2 of BBC‘s Dracula before bed.
And wow what an ending! Only one part left now, which I will hopefully get to next week :)

6 points for the episode, plus 80 points for 4 hours of reading (finished Obsidian and The Deep) for #CYOReadathon and #Screamathon

Total for the day: 118 points
Running total: 345 points

And at the end of #CYOReadathon I managed meet all my goals :)

#TeamHarkness #Scarathlon2020

Finished the day with an episode of the BBC mini series Dracula. I started watching this earlier in the year and then got distracted, so never finished it. So it will be interesting to see where it goes!

6 points for this episode, plus the earlier episodes of Kingdom, and 1 hour of reading (20 points) brings me to a total of 58 points for the day. 227 points running total.

#TeamHarkness #Scarathlon #CYOReadathon #Screamathon

Laughed way to hard at this! 🤦‍♀️😂😎

I originally read this book several years ago and found it dry and boring. However, I revisited it as an audiobook and really enjoyed it.

I still didn't find the book to be scary, but this time around listening to the story unfold created a chilling essence as I went on the hunt for the Count once more.

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