1000 Places To See Before You Die - Romania

I bought "1000 Places To See Before You Die" by Patricia Schultz.

The title is catchy and, while I'm not the kind of traveller checking the places in the book with a red cross or marking on the map the places I've been to, I was very interested in seeing what she considers worthy. And I think it gives nice hints for some places. But, in the meantime, lots of interesting stuff is let outside while a lot of hotels and restaurants are included.

As many of the reviews on the Internet, I think the author considers some hotels way to worthy and I wonder what is the reason behind recommending so many expensive hotels. I don't want to make any assumptions, I just wonder.

Let's take Romania for example: the only things mentioned are the Painted Monasteries in Bucovina and what she calls "Count Dracula's Castle".

While I think the painted monasteries definitely deserve a place in the book, if she were to choose only two places from Romania, why Bran Castle (that's what she presents as Dracula's Castle). After shortly presenting the castle she mentions that there's no proof that Vlad the Impaler did live in the castle. So why does she call it Count Dracula's Castle, when there is no evident connection between Vlad III Dracula and Bran Castle ? Not to mention there was no count Dracula apart from Bram Stoker's book or some movies.
More than that, it don't look at all like it used to in the XIV-th century when it was built.

Why not the unique natural reserve of Danube Delta, part of UNESCO World Heritage ?
Why not the wooden churches in Maramureş ? Or the medieval town of Sighişoara, continuously inhabited since middle ages.

I think natural beauty of this Planet is not given too much of importance in Patricia's book, neither off the beaten path places. In my opinion , these are not "The 1000 most important/interesting/amazing things to see" but just 1000 places to see, without any ordering criteria.

Here is an interview with Patricia Schultz: http://www.newyorktimesbestsellerlist.org/archives/79

Well I'm not going to go to a place just before it's in the book, but I might do some research on the places from the book, here is where it might help: giving some ideas to research for.

Happy travelling !