100 books

I had to read this for a review for Youthwork Magazine. And lets face it I was always unlikely to read it aside from that. Its pap.. simplistic marketing bilge for the rich and brand conscious. There we go.. teh bit I can't say in Youthwork!

I've been plodding away at this on and off for over a year and have finally gotten through it! Truss is obsessive about punctuation- and the resultant read is actually not bad. She wends her way thourgh the major marks, finding their role and place with a whole bucnh of research that is worthy in and of itself. It does make you feel woefully inadequate as a grammarian though. I may never write again!

So I hadn't quite clocked that this was thriller about Dracula- but for an essentially not very "me" book, it did rather well. In common with lots of new reads, its written from three or four points fo view using letters as a key genre of communication. I liked it.. not least for its slightly slow feel.. Its really detailed and frankly will interest very few non historical bods but I liked it!