Tag Archives: Bram Stoker

The Best Books To Read If You Want To Start Reading Classics But Are Too Intimidated

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Bec Graham

So what if it’s not Tuesday, I’m posting anyway! I’ve just spent the past two and a half hours applying for jobs that I’ll never get because all employers see is the word “Subway” on my resume and think … Continue reading →

Posted in Events Between Non-Events | Tagged 1984, A Christmas Carol, blogging, Bram Stoker, characters, Charles Dickens, classics, community, Dracula, Emily Brontë, Frankenstein, George Orwell, Hamlet, In Cold Blood, John Williams, Kurt Vonnegut, literary, Literary classics, Literature, Mary Shelley, reading classic novels, Shakespeare, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Slaughterhouse Five, Stoner, The Broke and the Bookish, Top Ten Tuesday, Truman Capote, Victor Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights | 8 Comments

“Incarnation” by Emma Cornwall

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Bec Graham

Just over three months ago I was trawling through the internet, as you do, when one of my favourite blogs popped up with a post entitled “Steampunk: It’s a Way of Life“. I have had a fascination with steampunk ever … Continue reading →

Posted in Extorting Bibliophilia | Tagged alternate history, Bram Stoker, Crystal Palace, Dracula, England, folklore, legend, London, Lucy Westenra, Mordred, Morgaine le Fey, Protectors, Queen Victoria, steampunk, vampires, werewolves | 7 Comments

ii.”Dracula”by Bram Stoker

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Bec Graham

i. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ii. Dracula – Bram Stoker 1. Lolita– Vladimir Nabokov 2. Holiday in Cambodia – Laura Jean McKay 3. Only Human – Gareth Roberts 4. Beautiful Chaos – Gary Russell 5. The Silent Stars – Dan Abnett 6. American Gods – Neil Gaiman 7. Every Breath – Ellie Marney 8. Neverwhere – Neil Gaiman 9. Delirium – Lauren Oliver … Continue reading →

Posted in Extorting Bibliophilia, My Fangirl Life | Tagged Bram Stoker, Cassandra Clare, classics, crucifixes, Dracula, garlic, gothic, horror, interpretations, Jonathan Harker, Literature, Lucy Westenra, Mina Harker, original, Richelle Mead, vampire, Van Helsing, verbosity, Victorian England, wolves | 9 Comments

An A-Z of Being a Bookworm

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Bec Graham

I have been going on a bit of a blogging binge. I figure, being on holiday in between a writing degree and a psychology degree, I need to get as much blogging in as I can. I don’t know how … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged Arthur Conan Doyle, authors, Bookworm, Bram Stoker, Cassandra Clare, David Mitchell, Ellie Marney, Every Breath, Fiona Paul, Jane Austen, Ken Follett, Lauren Oliver, Meg Cabot, mortal instruments, quizzes, reading, Stephen Chbosky, The Infernal Devices, will herondale | 1 Comment

Falling off the wagon

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Bec Graham

The other day I went into my local Dymocks looking for two new books. Now, before you say anything, I didn’t actually go in there looking to buy. I was just curious as to whether the books I was after were, … Continue reading →

Posted in Extorting Bibliophilia | Tagged Benedict Cumberbatch, bibliophile, Bram Stoker, classics, Dracula, Dymocks, Ellie Marney, Emma Cornwall, fandom, fangirl, Hannah Moskowitz, Literature, Martin Freeman, Sherlock Holmes, Sherlockian, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | 2 Comments