š Pizza or Dracula? Let's read together!
The other day, Iām playing House Flipper instead of working on some mobile compliance thing for the Awakening website, when my husband taps me on the shoulder.
I glance at the clock. āIs it food time already?ā I mean itās the weekend, and dinner totally not a me responsibility at the weekends. I turn off the podcast Iām listening to and give him my full attention. āAre we ordering out? That pizza we had last week was amazing!ā
One look at his mischievous grin tells me that somethingās up. Heās either already done something to me, or he wants us to be in on it together. Heās positively beaming.
Fight the urge to back away, tucking away memories of my mischievous father, and of my little sisterās trauma inducing ālook what I found!ā. Instead, I arch a brow in response to our silent conversation. āDo, go on.ā
My husband claims that my face speaks volumes as I work through each logic step in my mind before responding. Itās not the first time Iāve heard it. Heās still beaming, not at all dissuaded by my caution.
āHave you read Dracula?ā he asks.
I often give the impression that Iām well read. To be honest, Iām not sure what being āwell readā means. Back in high school I used to read two books a week. I wish I dedicated the time to reading as an adult, but I often feel like Iām trying to ācatch upā. Catch-up with what? Iām not sure.
Let me take a minute to remind myself that Iām exactly where I am meant to be.
Okay. Thank you. I needed to take that pressure off my mind.
āI meant to read it,ā I tell him honestly. Just like I meant to read Frankenstein and some of the other classics. Iām about half way through an H.P. Lovecraft collection, and Iāve been reading through some of Stephen Kingās older works to get a better sense of horror themes and their tropes. Dracula ranks right up there as necessary reading.
From what I understand Dracula is written in a diary format from the perspective of a Victorian era solicitor. The gimmick is that Iāll get an email with the dayās entry.
Itās an interesting immersion technique. Plus, I donāt exactly have oodles of time to dedicate to reading. I mean Iād have to give up House Flipper or Harvest Moon. Iām not sure Iām ready to hurt myself like that.
I know that your days can be insane, and honestly, we all could use a little less screen time, but I thought why not share this with you, and we can read it together.
The big thing is, signing up is completely free, but it does ask for your email. Since youāre on my newsletter list, I figured this isnāt such a big deal for you.
Over 250,000 readers have signed up already, and the first entry is set for May 3rd (or was it the 5th). I figure if you read this a little late, you shouldnāt be too far behind, besides thereās a nice archive feature if you need to catch up.
Iām looking forward to talking with you about Dracula Daily experience and the story there-in.