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Hmn... Harry Potter series, on average 7 times each. Except the Order of the Pheonix, which I read everyday of the month that it released in. And yeah, I read it once a day. Wheel of time, thrice on paper, once on ebook. Lord of the Rings thrice.

My copy of A Game Of Thrones had this on the review page. "Fantastic book, I couldn't put it down. ~ Robert Jordan" And seeing as RJ is my favourite fantasy writer, I just had to force myself to reread the book till I got it. I'm glad I did, the other three books in that series are just awesome. They've even helped me grow as a writer. It's too bad that Martin is such a slow writer. He is about five years late in publishing a book that should have come out in fall 2005.

In an ancient though not very populous settlement, in a retired corner of one of the New England States, arise the walls of a seminary of learning, which for the convenience of a name, shall be entitled "Harley College." ~ Fanshawe by Nathaniel Hawthorne This must be one of my favourite first lines. I can just picture the place with that one line!

Yeah, Dracula, Les Mis, A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth... sigh it doesn't matter how many editions of the story you read. They're all fantastic!

After four years of sweat, I have finally finished my degree and can now devote more time to reading until I get the certificate (2 months). Yay! I'm starting The Swiss Family Robinson now. Frankly, I am sure I'll pick up another book and try reading it side by side. Maybe Alice in Wonderland? It took me three reads to like the book. I don't remember why I hated Martin four years ago anymore.

I enjoy reading One Piece, Fairy Tail, 666 Satan, Dragon Ball, Claymore, Bleach and Naruto Though I'm planning on quitting the last two some time soon for being utterly hopeless and dragged on.

Updated the TBR. Yeah, I'm definitely not dying any time soon.

Edgar Allan Poe? Some of my friends claim he scares the **** out of them. I personally have never been scared by a writer except RL Stine back when I was 11. I feel left out of the horror genre, to be honest. But I really can't understand how people get scared reading a book. Dracula merely interested me. It was a fantastic book, but never scary from my perspective. And King.... Cujo made me laugh. Sure I enjoyed the suspense... but scared of a dog? Not unless I hear it barking. I guess we are a kind of people who do not get scared reading books. Sad.

I haven't read anything because of my final exams (just three more and I'll be finished with my degree yay!) But I'm going to spend the next three hours looking at my books and cataloging them. I have 220 now! We should exchange notes. Those names seem very interesting.

Yay, you're reading Les Mis?

I'm on a roll, it seems. My copy of Jekyll and Hyde from yesterday was defective so I went to the book store today to get it replaced. They were friendly enough, thank god and replaced it quickly but as I walked to the billing counter, I found the first edition of Robert Jordan's Knife of Dreams, hardbound and in an acceptable condition for just 1.5$!! The original price was 30$! I love my luck. I've bought about 30 books this month. A book a day!!!

So I went to the bookshop to buy a book. And I bought 14. 1. Charles Dickens - A Tale of Two Cities 2. RL Stevenson - Treasure Island 3. Johann Wyss - The Swiss Family Robinson 4. Anna Sewell - Black Beauty 5. Joseph Conrad - Victory 6. HG Wells - The Invisible Man & The Island of Dr. Moreau 7. Mark Twain - The Prince And The Pauper 8. John Milton - Complete English Poems 9. L Frank Baum - The Wizard of Oz 10. Edgar Allan Poe - Spirits Of The Dead: Tales And Poems 11. Lewis Carroll - Alice's Adventures In Wonderland 12. RL Stevenson - The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, The Merry Men & Other Stories 13. Cecila Ahern - P.S. I Love You 14. F Scott Fitzgerald - Tender Is The Night

I've had Zorro on my wishlist for a long while. I hope I get it soon!

Started Oliver Twist. My I'm reading a lot these days.

This Vampire sucks the blood of his victims, no matter how righteous or beautiful they are. This Vampire does not symbolise every cliche that has risen since the book's first publication. This Vampire becomes young with time, changes into wolves and bats, controls madmen who eat flies, seduces women and baffles men of science just as well. This Vampire's skin is pale, bereft of life, and, most simply, does not sparkle. Edward Cullen would rue the day he left his coffin if he crossed paths with the Nosferatu himself. Dracula, as we all know (or should I say, don't know till we read it) is a phenomenon. Bram Stoker's style is flawless, the way that he uses diary entries and newspaper clippings is sheer genius. From his time, many vampire stories have come and gone, but none chills the bone as this. If you're like me, you'd know what a vampire is only from movies or cartoons. Or, of course in this day and age, Twilight. I haven't read Twilight, mostly because I refuse to. But when you hear the word Vampire, you do not imagine a twenty-something person with a rockstar's hairdo and sparkly skin. Your mind jumps to the man with pale skin, suave hair combed backwards, red, piercing eyes, sharp fangs and a looming personality. Dracula is all of that and more. He is seductive, smart, cunning. He has had eons to study his prey and his revenge is not something that hurts for a moment. Most movies get things mixed up, but nothing does justice to the original, though they have all establish the Dracula with black hair and no facial hair. Stoker's Dracula ages backwards in the course of the book. And becomes fiercer. Definitely worth a read if you think you know what a Vampire is. Sadly, I'm not the sort to be scared by reading a book. It is unputdownable though.

I hate lending my books to people, mostly because I know that I can't yell at them when they give it back to me tattered.

Dracula! Or was it because of limited medical knowledge when it was written. The character of Lucy recieves blood transfusions from 4 different people. And there's no mention of a blood group.

Updated the TBR. (Finally!)

Almost done reading Dracula. It's been good so far. Too bad I know what'll happen.

I never have that problem. I usually have about 10 or so books I have got to read and picking the next is pretty easy.

I've read about 80 pages of Dracula this morning. My aunt gave me 5 books by Rabindranath Tagore I am now proud to be the owner of 202 books. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I tried searching the forums and I was mildly surprised that there wasn't a single thread on him so I started my own thread. I have had trouble with his work in the past. I skip a lot of sentences when I read sometimes and that's not really helpful when it comes to writers like Doyle. It's also the reason why I have trouble with Dickens I suppose. Anyway, I just finished A Study In Scarlet and I really enjoyed it. It's the first ACD book I've ever read and I'm looking forward to reading all the Sherlock Holmes' stories soon. So which are the most memorable Sherlock Holmes stories in your opinion? And most importantly, do I have to read them in an order?

Ditto. I felt like reading Vampire fiction so I went and got myself Bram Stokers Dracula. That's a vampire. Edward Cullen's a fairy.

I read A Study in Scarlet today. I haven't had much luck reading Arthur Conan Doyle before but now it's a lot more easier. I guess I've grown with my comprehension skills. I hope tackling Dickens is a lot easier too some day. I'm starting Dracula tonight. I hope to take it real slow.