This month's reads...

Since the spring I have been formulating a very exciting plan for my October reading agenda, which is to read only books that are Dracula-related. This plan has been mainly fueled by the release of the Dracula sequel, written by Bram's grandson, on October 13, but in fact I have been amassing stories about Vlad for quite some time. Somehow I feel like reading about Dracula is far more dignified than reading about the Cullens or Stefan and Damon, but these stories will still feed my bloodlust in a spooky, Halloweenish way.

In case you'd like to read along, here's my syllabus:

• The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula, by Glen Larson and Michael Sloan
• The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova
• The Dracula Dossier, by James Reese
• Dracula: The Un-Dead, by Dacre Stoker
• The Complete Dracula, by Leah Moore and John Reppion

(Please note that I had also picked up Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula earlier in the summer, but I was impatient and had to read it as soon as I brought it home!)

(via Dee Adams)