Book Beginnings On Friday

It’s almost Halloween. It sure has come around again quickly. Are you reading anything scary this weekend? I couldn’t pass checking out this book from my local library this past week. I live in PA and have been a believer of ghosts since my childhood when I had an experience. It’s time for Book beginnings on Fridays! Whether you have a Halloween book or not, please share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading — or just a book you want to highlight. 

My Book Beginning

The mansion known as Baleroy was built in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia in 1911 and was sold a few years later to the father of the present owner, GeorgeMeade Easby. Easby is proud of his mansion , and rightly so. The thirty-three room structure boasts a domed turret, a mansard roof, and ornamental decoration along with other unique architectural features. But the house islso believed to be one of the most haunted houses in America.

GoodReads Synopsis

Hauntings lurk and spirits linger in the Keystone State Reader, beware! Turn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal, where ghosts and ghouls alike creep just out of sight. Authors Mark Nesbitt and Patty A. Wilson shine a light in the dark corners of Pennsylvania and scare those spirits out of hiding in this thrilling collection. From apparitions of fires and soldiers struggling in the cold at Valley Forge, to ghostly children stalking dormitories at Gettysburg College, these stories of strange occurrences are sure to send a chill up your spine. Around the campfire or tucked away on a dark and stormy night, this big book of ghost stories is a hauntingly good read.

Are you doing any scary reading this weekend? Does this sound like a book you’d enjoy reading? Let me know in the comments.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend.