October 2008 book- Dracula

For October we always try to pick some thing to get us in the Halloween spirit. We also try to periodically pick a classic. Dracula by Bram Stoker fit both of these categories. I think I was the only one who had read it before- and I read it when I was about twelve, so it had been awhile to put it modestly. We particularly liked the format of journal entries. The story line is a classic good vs. evil. the ending drags a bit but other wise we liked it. The characters are well developed and the descriptions are picturesque. We gave it three and a half stars.