Really clever to wait and hunt the vampire at nighttime!

I have now found my new favourite author, I loved this book even more than Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Its interesting, amusing, the characters are fabulous and I loved them all, even the evil Fix towards the end.

Everyone knows the story of Phileas Fogg, a wealthy gentleman who takes a bet in his reform club that he can't travel around the world in eighty days. He leaves straight away with his new man servant Passpartout in towe bringing with him £25,000. Funnily enough this is the same about the bet is for.

Anyway at the same time, the police are investigating a bank robbery and a person matching Foggs description is sought. A detective by the name of Fix happens to encounter Fogg and Passpartout at the Suez Canal, and being sure he has his man, follows him on his journey until he can get a warrent from England for his arrest causing mayhem on the way.

This book was so enjoyable I hated finishing it!!

JULES VERNE
Name:Jules Verne
Born: 8th Feb 1828
Died: 24th March 1905
Age: 77.
Nationality: French
Most Famous Works: Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Around the World in Eighty Days, From the Earth to the Moon, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea.
First Novel Published: From the Earth to the Moon (English) 1865
Five Weeks in a Balloon (French) 1863

Well to be truthful about the situation I went to see the movie version of this novel starring Brendan Fraser and ever since seeing this I have been dying to read the book.

Luckily I'm about a quarter of the way in now and it is all I hoped it would be. So well written, I'm hanging on the edge of my seat, and just really enjoying the whole fantasy element.

For people who don't know, this book does exactly what it says on the tin, its about a professor and his nephew armed with some provisions and an Icelandic guide who undertake a Journey to the Centre of the Earth. The nephew, being the narrator is the sceptical one about the adventure, not quite believing that it is possible, and quite sure that this is the last journey he will ever undertake.

The Professor on the other hand is a little bit eccentric, and extremely enthusiastic about everything they come across.

Very enjoyable read and will definitely be following up on this author!!
(Always reminds me of Back to the Future)!!

JULES VERNE
Name:Jules Verne
Born: 8th Feb 1828
Died: 24th March 1905
Age: 77.
Nationality: French
Most Famous Works: Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Around the World in Eighty Days, From the Earth to the Moon, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea.
First Novel Published: From the Earth to the Moon (English) 1865
Five Weeks in a Balloon (French) 1863

I enjoyed the book but I felt like it was too long and too short at the same time. There was a lot of "oh look a fish" and then never expanding on it and yet there were many of these instances... it almost seemed like the author just wanted to add a lot of cool "antidiluvian" animals.

Although some of the ideas expressed in this book are similar to scientific fact today, when it was written it was strange and probably unbelievable to most readers. The descriptions of sea life are done superbly. The story itself is somewhat suspenseful as Captain Nemo ploughs ahead with his devious scheme, without any thought as to how it might harm the others aboard his vessel.

I have to say I didn't enjoy this book as much as the previous 2 Vernes that I have read, this Novel interesting as it was was too full of dates, co-ordinates, and classifications of fish for my liking. I don't think I actually encountered a page where he didn't mention some sort of fish and the species, class etc that this fish fell into. It meant it was hard for me to keep my attention focused and I was so happy to finally get to the end, which is not a good sign for a book!!

JULES VERNE
Name:Jules Verne
Born: 8th Feb 1828
Died: 24th March 1905
Age: 77.
Nationality: French
Most Famous Works: Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Around the World in Eighty Days, From the Earth to the Moon, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea.
First Novel Published: From the Earth to the Moon (English) 1865
Five Weeks in a Balloon (French) 1863

I quite enjoyed this book, this was second time to read it.
It tells the story of Hester Prynne, a woman in New England who becomes pregnant by an unknown man. The problem is, that her husband sent her ahead of him, to make a home for them, but he never followed. In the puritan society she lives in, becoming pregnant like this is a serious crime, and so Hester must spend her life being scorned by her fellow townspeople and wearing a symbol of her shame, which is a Scarlet Letter A on her chest.

This is very enjoyable, and interesting. Well worth reading!

The story of a young boy called Kim orphaned in India who goes on an adventure with a Lama who is looking for the healing river.

this play explains a lot... past, present, and future. its hard to read but i took from it what i could. ill reread sometime soon.

REALLY GOOD. I love Portia, she's such a cool 18th century character.

Hmmm....Sounded so promising, but took me an age to get through, could not get the will up to pick up this book, but finally finished it about an hour ago, and was never so glad to finish a book.

It tells the story of The House of the Seven Gables....funnily enough! This house is occupied by Hepzibah, an old scowling woman who came from much wealth but is now reduced to opening a penny shop at the side of her house. Also living here is a young man named Holgrave who is an artist, Hepzibah's relation Phoebe, a young girl from the country and her brother Clifford.

A mystery surrounds this house, and the family is believed to be cursed ever since they stole land belonging to a supposed Wizard.

Sounds good? Yeah well the horror part doesn't arise until the last 20 pages or so, where you just get a slightly creepy feeling, but thats about it. Not worth the read at all, and if I hadn't gotten to the point of no return, I would have abandoned this book a long time ago.