Xepherus Reads

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,    Tuesday Talks is an awesome group on Goodreads that is a weekly discussion forum created by BookTubers Janie Johnson and her pal, Janelle. It is a fun and active group in the book community to be a part of.   This week's question is: Do you read strictly for enjoyment ?            Reading for me is first and foremost for enjoyment for me. I love buying books and comics and surrounding myself with piles of narrative to occupy my hungry brain. I can use a whole day to read. I love reading curled up in bed, outside under a tree, or on a long bus ride. Reading fulfills my creative side, my wishes that I can do things that humans cannot, and my wanderlust, to name a few. Reading enriches my mind. Reading teaches me information. R eading i n spires me.   I have recently began to push aside things in my life that have been wasteful to me. I have replaced these things with reading...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   As many of you know I am a huge fan of Janet Evanovich. I love reading her books, and she has managed to get me out of plenty of reading slumps. At the beginning of the year I read Wicked Appetite, the first book in a new series starring Lizzie Tucker and her enigmatic partner, Diesel . B oth are  Unmentionables, people with magical abilities. It was wild adventure set in Salem, Massachusetts, and featured wonderfully eclectic cast of characters. Lizzie and Diesel were looking for the seven Saligia Stones, each the embodiment of a one of the Seven Deadly Sins. After three books (there are reported to be seven) I was wanted more.   Thankfully before the Wicked Series was Between the Plums. In t his series of short novels Stephanie Plum and Diesel have adventures together set during four holidays : Christmas, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, and Halloween. I decided to start with Valentine's Day by picking up...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   Yes, this is not a book review, but merely of a review of my five Bookish Pet Peeves. We all have them when it comes to our books. And if your book collection is proudly displayed, and you keep them looking neat, then this list if for you. Receiving a book back that you have let a friend borrow: Get ready for the inspection, because if you borrow a book from someone, it should return to its owner in the same condition that it was given to you. Please: no food or drinks stains, broken spines, dog-eared pages, rolled cover, or (my biggest fear) tears in the dust jacket. It is just respect. How would you feel if someone borrowed an expensive white sweater from you and it was returned with wine stains all over it? Treat possessions with respect, that includes books. Having someone tell you the plot of a book, when actually they are describing the movie version: Yes, this has happened to me. Someone decided to tell me the enti...