Xepherus Reads

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   2020 has been slower reading year for me, but with many five-star books. I have recommended (and raved) about many authors and their works. This dictates that I should share a mid-2020 top 5 best list with my readers.    Follow me from now until December 30 as I add more five star reads and see what books are placing as the highly coveted Number 1 Book of 2020!   Top 5 Five-Star Reads So Far (in alphabetical order with review links attached. Not all books were released in 2020. These are books that I read in 2020.) 1.     Cross Her Heart by Melinda Leigh - when homicide detective Bree Taggert is forced to solve the murder of her sister, she becomes embroiled in a murder steeped in rage. Did her own parents’ bloody ending happen again to her sister? This first book in a new series was exciting and filled with excellently flesh-out charact...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!    June was a great month for reading. I discovered some new comics and caught up with Stephanie Plum. All-in-all, not a bad month. I am looking forward to seeing what July brings me. Books read in June: Batman #36 by Tom King Batman #37 by Tom King Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich Finger-Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich Lean, Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich The Red Mother #1 by Jeremy Haun The Red Mother #2 by Jeremy Haun The Red Mother #3 by Jeremy Haun The Red Mother #4 by Jeremy Haun The Red Mother #5 by Jeremy Haun Favorite Book of the Month: The Red Mother #1 July TBR: The Bone Jar S.W. Kane Home Before Dark by Riley Sager Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hiller Never Look Back by Mary Burton Still Missing by Chevy Stevens Have fun reading this week. Let me know in the comments below what you are reading this week.       Also please follow me on my social media platforms and enjoy shopping with me at eBay and...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!    June 2020 proved to be a good month for reading, however, not for writing. I seem to just fade away from putting any words down, more excited about reading what was already written. But I will return to the written word soon. But first I will be updating you all on a few things and sharing some fun posts from the past.       Have fun reading this week. Let me know in the comments below what you are reading this week.       Also please follow me on my social media platforms and enjoy shopping with me at eBay and the Book Depository.     2020 Reading Challenge (blank version)  2020 Reading Challenge (my challenge) Thank you all for sticking with me during this silent time , Xepherus3     At  Book Depository :  http://www.bookdepository.com/?a_aid=Xepherus3    At  eBay :  http://stores.ebay.com/xepherusstudios   At  Goodread s:...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!    I will tell you a story about the fairy folk of Ballysiogdun. They are upset because a woman lives in a cottage that is upon their land. They want her out and will curse the village if she is not removed and the cottage remains standing. Or, so the villagers believe...      Murder in an Irish Cottage is the fifth book in Carlene O'Connor's Irish Village series of cozy murder mysteries. It is published by Kensington Books and is available now in hardcover. In this fun and whimsical book, we are once again brought back to the village of Kilbane, Cork County, Ireland. Garda Siobhan O'Sullivan and her fiancé (and superior in law enforcement), Macdara Flannery, are back to solve the latest murder in Ireland. Unfortunately, this time the deceased is Macdara's Aunt Ellen, and Siobhan is worried that she may have to solve this case alone because Macdar...