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If your favorite part of Indiana Jones, & similar movies, is the research into musty & forgotten archives & libraries all over the world then you will love Kostova's book. Like Dan Simmons' The Terror, this reads more like historical fiction tinged with horror elements than a horror novel. This book is an original, erudite & clever take on the vampire legend. I adored it & will definitely reread it at some point.

The beginning of my current book memorably begins with the narrator recalling a trip taken with her diplomat father into the melancholy Slovenian countryside, surrounded by #AutumnLeaves
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#screamathonphotochallenge

One of my very favorite #vampire novels.

#chillingphotochallenge @Clwojick

1) Count of Monte Cristo, The Secret History & the tagged. I know I will love them & they will become new personal favorites, but I keep delaying them for some reason. Although I am planning on definitely reading Kostova's before Halloween. (Hopefully...)
2) The Inferno & Gilgamesh in different translations.
3) I have no idea. I use Amazon for my TBR & I have my books separated by genre. I should switch to Goodreads.
4) Killer Across the Table.👇

Crazy busy this week, but a quick check in! Skating was amazing today (there‘s a video in my insta stories!) and with one skate before school starts, I‘m thrilled with my progress. Also 100 pages left of this book, and I‘m so interested to see how it ends!! #bfcr3 #goteam @tjwill @Megabooks @bromeliad @Tineke @Emilymdxn @cobwebmoth @KathyWheeler @TheEllieMo @guinsgirlreads

Reading at the rink between sessions. Started this yesterday and couldn‘t put it down. I‘m hoping to finish it over the weekend, even though it‘s pretty long! Didn‘t skate great for the first hour, but I‘m going to try and regroup for the next one with my coach 💪 #bfcr3 #goteam @tjwill @Megabooks @bromeliad @Tineke @Emilymdxn @cobwebmoth @KathyWheeler @TheEllieMo @guinsgirlreads

I absolutely loved this book. Filled with intrigue and mystery, exploration, history and tragedy. Suspenseful and 3 stories from 3 different time periods all intermingle. It will leave you feeling spooked, especially if reading at night. As The Historian takes you thru the times of Vlad the Impaler to near present day and back again, you will also begin to wonder...is it possible?

Dog Sitting for these two lovely ladies (Caymus & Willa) while attempting to read. Every time I pick up the book, Willa decides she needs attention. I adore these two pups & always love spending time with them when their humans are busy. #dogsoflitsy #thehistorian #caymus&willa

I don't re-read books, but, the other night, in an effort to focus my brain on something for long enough to fall asleep, I borrowed this on Libby and am 18% in. (I need to acquire a paper copy.)

Re-reading is fantastic, especially when you're about to start a major next phase in your life (LSAT prep course). 😂

It was just ok

The Dracula lore in this book was really fun and well researched. However, there were many parts of the story that dragged on or were repetitive, and seemed unnecessary.

This is heavily history based, so I wouldn't recommend it to someone looking just for a vampire book. It is very long and focuses a lot on the history and research endeavors of the main characters.

#historyholdsthetruth #thehistorian

“It was good to walk into a library again; it smelled like #home.“

#quotsymay19 #lizdoesquotsy

Wish I brought a hard copy to work today to make the most of this rooftop sunshine but this audiobook will have to suffice. 🎧🌿

Some tea and my book before bed

I couldn't put it down! I was completely engrossed in the story, and I was sorry it had to end.
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#dracula #vampire #vampires #horror #mystery #historical

“The Historian” is a grand quest set in modern times focused on redefining the legend of Dracula.

Night time reading. Anybody read this book? Have any thoughts? Im enjoying it so far.

This was a very good story. It could have been 50 pages shorter. Fewer narrators would have made it easier follow. 4 of 5 stars.

Mini TBR pile. 📚🤓📚

I tried listening to some of this on audio to multitask but switched back when I realized it was abridged. That happened recently with another book also. A lot of searching later I found where it said so.

No work today!!

Reading The Historian during a power outage. Creepy.

Currently reading. This might take awhile, it's pretty big.

My current listen. I love this book, it‘s deliciously creepy.
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I would recommend this, however, it does have a slow start. #thehistorian

One of my favorite books. I liked it more for the history and the characters' travels through Europe than the horror.

This has potential but was just about 400 pages too long. I couldn't finish it. I don't mind long books, but this one was taking too long to get to the meat of the story. The writing isn't horrible, just drawn out.

Day 7 of #adventrecommends @emilyrose_x

The Historian is a wonderful tale of folklore, libaries, secret nations, detective mysteries, love & loss. The story starts with Paul telling his daughter about the hunt for Vlad Tepes or Count Dracula & how he met her mother and leads to the daughter's own hunt for the truth. I've read this book a few times & found something new every time. A must for those who love history, folklore & mystery

Quite literally could not put this book down. An amazing spin off of Dracula in the late 20th century.

My October Reads!

Started really strong, but eventually there was a lot of melodrama. And the structure - story within story within story - was a little too much after a while.
I did enjoy the audiobook with a full cast.

Adding this in to my spooky reads - thanks for the rec, @Texreader 🙂

WHY does it have to be over? 600+ pp is not enough! Everything that should be dull is in this book and I was captivated. An ultra-pick! #historicalfiction #horror #magic #vampires #OctoberPutASpellOnYou #vampirelibrarians 🧛‍♂️🧛‍♀️ 📚

Sabrina and I feel it's a good day to curl up and read. 🤓🐶

I loved this book. ❤️😍 A truly wonderful Read.
#dracula #🧛‍♂️ #ReadingResolutions

This kind of book makes you want to quit your job and quit eating and quit sleeping and send away your family until you finish reading it. #chunkster #halloween #vampires #OctoberPutASpellOnYou #horror

My librarian recommended this to me. She knew I would love it. I checked it out thinking she was crazy cause this book is HUGE but I didn‘t want to hurt her feelings. Once I started this I ripped right through it. I love the modern take on Dracula. Don‘t let the size of the book scare you. It‘s worth it.
#AllHallowsRead

Ok, #littens. I REALLY want to try this one but I'm a total scaredy-cat and read a lot at night. Can I do this?? 🙈

How an historian sees. “It is a gradation of towns, ... of the very look of forest and riverbank, so that little by little you begin to believe you can read in nature itself the saturation of history.... Later, traveling this route [from Istanbul to Budapest], I would also see it alternately as benign and bathed in blood- this is the other trick of historical sight, to be unrelentingly torn between good and evil, peace and war.” (p. 288).

"I flipped through the rest of the pages--when you handle books all day long, every new one is a friend and a temptation."

Thank you @Liatrek for my amazing #fallingforfallswap gifts! Oh my gosh, I love the mug! I am looking forward to trying your favorite coffee in the morning. I can‘t wait to get lost in these books! They are perfect!Thanks also for the fall candle, bookmark light and my favorite snacks!!! Happy fall! #fffs

Probably one of my favourite ever books. Elements of thriller, adventure history and scandal all in one...

If you are on Facebook, check out The Book Drunkard. It‘s a close knit community of readers and a bookstore. The owner offers some fantastic services, including a monthly build your own subscription box and Let‘s Book It, which allows you to pick books to buy from custom selections. This is my most recent haul!

Book - The Historian
Author - Laurelle K Hamilton
Movie/Tv - Heathers
Food - Hamburgers 🍔

#manicmonday #anitablake @JoScho

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Three loves + 📚 = perfect!

Weekend plans...home alone, rainy, my spot, and my companions. One not pictured because he went into the other room.

Still working on this beauty in my sexy frog jammies! I may have time to finish it before I die.