Monthly Wrap-Up: October 2020

My month has been more of the same... my grandmother is still not doing well. My parents are back down in California visiting again but I stayed back home with the kids this time. I'm hoping she'll turn a corner soon, but honestly, I just don't know.

In other news, I've been playing less Animal Crossing and reading more! Well, it felt like I was reading more, but really, I read the same amount of books as I did last month 😂 BUT I did write some posts/reviews this month, which is something! I feel like I'm finally emerging from the slump... hopefully! 🤞

Review: The Trailwalker (Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper #13) by J.L. Bryan

Title: The Trailwalker

Series: Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper #13

Previous books in this series: Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper (#1) | Cold Shadows (#2) | The Crawling Darkness (#3) | Terminal (#4) | House of Whispers #5 | Maze of Souls #6 | Lullaby (#7) | The Keeper (#8) | The Tower (#9) | The Monster Museum (#10) | Fire Devil (#11) | The Necromancer's Library (#12)

Author: J.L. Bryan

Genre: Adult, paranormal, horror

Publication date: October 1st 2020

Published by: J.L. Bryan

Source: eARC from author

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Synopsis: The old campground in the mountains has a shrouded history wrapped in legend. Located by the mysterious mounds of a vanished people, it was once a popular summer destination for children, but closed long ago under tragic circumstances.

Josh and Allison Conner have moved out from the city, inspired to create a retreat for children in need, a place to build skills and character. They've brought their own children with them, and now they're hurrying to rebuild and update the old camp in time for their first opening day.

But something lurks in the wilderness around the old summer camp, something that strikes against the Conners' best efforts to revitalize it. They feel watched, then threatened, but after sinking their savings and their hopes into the place, they are unwilling to walk away.

Paranormal investigator Ellie Jordan must sort history from legend to determine what haunts the camp and how to fight it, before it inflicts more harm on the well-meaning family attempting to bring life back to the remote abandoned campground.

My rating: ★★★★★
In this installment of Ellie Jordan, we’re heading to a haunted camp! Very exciting! Especially because we don’t get too many cases set outdoors in this series, which is not a bad thing at all! But I really liked the change. Actually, the settings of every book are quite different from one another and I really appreciate that. But yeah! Haunted camp! 👻

Review: The Necromancer's Library (Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper #12) by J.L. Bryan

Title: The Necromancer's Library

Series: Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper #12

Previous books in this series: Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper (#1) | Cold Shadows (#2) | The Crawling Darkness (#3) | Terminal (#4) | House of Whispers #5 | Maze of Souls #6 | Lullaby (#7) | The Keeper (#8) | The Tower (#9) | The Monster Museum (#10) | Fire Devil (#11)

Author: J.L. Bryan

Genre: Adult, paranormal, horror

Publication date: April 2020

Published by: J.L. Bryan

Source: eARC from author

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Synopsis: The antebellum mansion sits isolated in the overgrown countryside like a forgotten temple. Within it lie the dark, twisting paths of a private library possessing secrets from across the ages. The collection of ancient and medieval occult manuscripts tell of conjuring spirits and raising the dead, of making contact with supernatural realms and beings usually forbidden to living mortals.

The house's recently deceased owner was a reclusive former professor who transformed his home into a great library, but his desire for hidden knowledge and arcane power may have led him into madness, even death.

Disturbing specters now haunt the new occupants of the house, who turn to paranormal investigator Ellie Jordan for help. Ellie must unravel the mysteries of the occult library before she can banish its ghosts and make the house safe again for the living.

My rating: ★★★★★
It's been a hot minute since I read the last Ellie Jordan book, so I was really excited to dive into this one! I missed Ellie and Stacey and their fun bickering! 😂 And things get even more fun once Jacob arrives! The quips between the characters is one of my favorite things about this series! And just the characters in general! I love Jacob and Ellie and Stacey who is just really sassy and bubbly! I love her!

Buying Different Editions of the Same Book

I was never one to buy different editions of the same book, or even the same book in different formats. I thought it was pointless. But boy did things change for me. Lol. Today I wanted to share the books I own several different versions of and why I decided to buy them. Things started off pretty innocuous, but then this March things got crazy...

Spooky Scary Book Tag

Why, hello there...

Happy Spooky Season!

Long time no see! I wanted to squeeze in some spooky content before, you know, spooky season is over 😅 This is probably the first post I really work on since the blogger change, and let me tell you, I HATE IT! I liked to work on my posts in the html view, but now they've made it harder! And adding these two gifs above? ☝ A nightmare! And you know I love my gifs! It took me a bit to finally be able to add them BUT THEN I couldn't freaking resize them so then I had to mess with their html... UGH! So if the formatting of this post is all over the place and the images don't show up... you know why 😒
Anyway, I hate change 😂 But onto more fun stuff! I saw this fun tag over at The Book Critter!