tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339009608152299571.post5049654611598771800..comments2024-02-20T05:13:40.565-05:00Comments on The Maiden's Court: In Which Nick and I Have A Discussion About Our Respective DraculasAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16609161113240681299noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339009608152299571.post-74314096889018529272010-08-28T01:59:52.291-04:002010-08-28T01:59:52.291-04:00Good post. Nice to have a comparison of books by ...Good post. Nice to have a comparison of books by two different people. I have not yet read either book, but am certainly interested in doing so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339009608152299571.post-4406086032544539012010-08-27T00:48:43.058-04:002010-08-27T00:48:43.058-04:00Heather, Cross my heart, hope to die, stick a thou...Heather, Cross my heart, hope to die, stick a thousand needles in my eye :-) <br /><br />Though I'm not sure I would be able to get past the first needle.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17786139533776263328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339009608152299571.post-48425638381088273492010-08-26T20:54:29.495-04:002010-08-26T20:54:29.495-04:00Ryan - I can understand that - and after you grow ...Ryan - I can understand that - and after you grow up it takes much more to be scared than when you were a kid. I do think that Karen Essex does a great job with her depiction tho. It you read it you will have to let us know what you think!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609161113240681299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339009608152299571.post-4728324256087712352010-08-26T18:59:29.600-04:002010-08-26T18:59:29.600-04:00Heather, The older I get I want my vampires to be ...Heather, The older I get I want my vampires to be scary. They can still be alluring and sexy, but I want to be scared by them. the whole notion of nice, misunterstood, or conflicted vampires thing was interesting when it first started happening but it seems as if it's being done to death. It could just be the fact that as I get older I want vampires to be like what they were when I was a kid, blood thirsty monsters would didn't fall in love with mortals. <br /><br />I don't know, I still may give this one a try sometime down the road. Who knows, I might like it afterall.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17786139533776263328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339009608152299571.post-44343200245532936322010-08-25T20:12:59.907-04:002010-08-25T20:12:59.907-04:00Ryan - in Dracula in Love he wasn't depicted t...Ryan - in Dracula in Love he wasn't depicted the same as everyone. He is still quite different and has all the qualities of a vampire - I just didn't find him to be quite the scary creature that I pictured (which even from the sound of his depiction in the original novel, it isn't like I pictured). I'm not a huge fan of vampires to begin with, but I really enjoyed this novel.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609161113240681299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339009608152299571.post-21866601022913703902010-08-24T21:37:07.922-04:002010-08-24T21:37:07.922-04:00Ineresting conversation and I must admit that befo...Ineresting conversation and I must admit that before this post I was a little interested in reading Dracula in Love and now I'm not all that inclinded to do so. <br /><br />I like the character of Dracula because he is so inhuman and not like us at all. I've never been a big fan of this notion of making vampire more "normal" less "other". I've been trying to avoid the more recent versions of that idea and I think Dracula In Love just continues that train of thought.<br /><br />I want to thank you both for a intriguing compare/contrast of the two books.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17786139533776263328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339009608152299571.post-31201977879154461982010-08-24T18:01:20.361-04:002010-08-24T18:01:20.361-04:00Thanks for the great comments everyone. Glad you ...Thanks for the great comments everyone. Glad you liked the conversation. <br /><br />Ibeeeg - I haven't read Dracula myself (and to be honest, I was never that interested) - but if you are planning to read both anyway - I would probably start with Dracula and that way you can appreciate the changes in Dracula in Love more.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609161113240681299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339009608152299571.post-10559203264994511542010-08-24T13:50:29.493-04:002010-08-24T13:50:29.493-04:00It was great to read the comparison between the tw...It was great to read the comparison between the two books. I think knowing the differences will add to the reads. I am very curious as to which one I will like better, I am thinking it will be Dracula in Love but maybe I will be surprised. Now the question for me is, which one to read first. Any thoughts on that?<br /><br />Oh yeah, I read Nick's post on Vlad; he is horror for sure!!ibeeeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222760102843468991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339009608152299571.post-47481434035903386432010-08-24T11:59:05.905-04:002010-08-24T11:59:05.905-04:00This was an interesting conversation! I read Dracu...This was an interesting conversation! I read Dracula years ago and really enjoyed it. I have Dracula in Love on my stack to read and review. I'm participating in a read-a-thon starting tomorrow. Hopefully, I will get to it this weekend! Regarding that both books are in diary format, that is one of my favorite formats in a novel.Michelle Stockard Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03572227726980569386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339009608152299571.post-74458460572241261832010-08-24T07:06:34.409-04:002010-08-24T07:06:34.409-04:00This is wonderful! I love your idea of comparing h...This is wonderful! I love your idea of comparing he two novels and you both made some very good points that showed me how the new novel differs from the original.Irena @ This Miss Loves to Readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16127816068294702715noreply@blogger.com