Xepherus Reads

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!     June in 2019 was fast, fun, and filled with surprises . However I did manage to read six books . I attended BookCon in New York City, sticking to my plan of not documenting my tri p , but enjoying it. I met some awesome authors , spent time with a long-time friend of mine from middle school , and got to reconnect with Manhattan .      I was a part of my first author Blog Tour for the Path Keeper by N.J. Simmonds . This event was a lot of fun and I loved having new readers visit my blog to read my review.  A special thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me to be a part of this wonderful tour.   And what is June without a Scholastic Warehouse Sale? I attended this opening weekend in the Dan bury, CT facility. I loved the new set up and the staff was very helpful. Always support a local Scholastic Book Fair in your schools and your city. Child readers were plentiful at this event, and it wa...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   Putting a soundtrack to a favorite book can be a fun thing to do with a book that has had a lasting impression on you. I began with Wicked Charms by Janet Evanovich , then I created a soundtracks for Find Her and Say Goodbye by Lisa Gardner . This time I wanted to create a soundtrack for the Jane Hawk Series by Dean Koontz.    I was captivated by FBI Agent Jane Hawk's desperate journey to stop a deadly cabal hell-bent on destroying life as we know it to replace it with their own twisted visage. Each book was intense and filled with amazing characters that pulled me into every crazy action-filled plot. Dean Koontz has created a masterpiece of suspense with this series (click on each book for my reviews).            JANE HAWK: A Soundtrack Aspa s ia- Whore by In T his Moment Battle at t he Shenn eck Compound - Budget Meeting (from the film King Arthur) by Hanz Zi...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   2019 has been an incredible reading year for me filled with many five star books. I have recommended (and raved) about many authors and their works. This definitely dictates that I should end 2019 with a top 5 best list .    But un til my final list is revealed, here is the first installment of my monthly tally. 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 2019!   5 Star Reads So Far ( in alphabetical order with review links attached. Not all books were released in 2019. These are books that I read in 2019. )   A Steep Price by Robert Dugoni   Bird Box by Josh Malerman   The Bone Farm by Dean Koontz   Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid   Never Tell by Lisa Gardne r   The Night Window by Dean Koontz   NOS4A2 by Joe Hill   The Path Keeper by N.J....

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   Let me start this review by saying that I have Christmas musi c blasting through headphones as I unravel for you this amazing and creepy read . I was not prepared to close an almost seven hundred page novel wanting more, but I do want more. A fter this review I plan to binge the AMC television series and read the comic book series, the Wraith.   NOS4 A2 is written by Joe Hill and is published by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. In this macabre tale of horror we are introduced to teen Vic McQueen AKA the Brat from Haverhill, Massachusetts . She is dealing with her parents' slowly decomposing marriage, while listening to their constant bickering. One day she grabs up her bike and flees her home amidst a squabble about her mother's missing bracelet. She peddles faster and faster until she rea ches The Shorter Way Bridge. On this day she finds that this bridge is a special bridge. It is an exte...