Xepherus Reads

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   I had a blast handing out free movie codes last year and I am going to do it again!   Starting Monday, December 2nd I will be posting FREE MOVIE codes for my readers here a nd my Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter followers . Check back here Monday-Friday as I hand out free movies to brighten up your holidays.   Please note that the codes are first-come, first-serve. If the code does not work that means that someone has already claimed the code.    If you do claim the code, please let us know that you did here or on my social media pages .    Have fun reading and movie watching this week. Let me know in the comments below what you are reading.    Also please follow me on my social media platforms, and enjoy shopping with me at eBay and the Book Depository . 2019 Reading Challenge (blank version)     2019 Reading Challenge (my challenge) Because there is al...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!         November was a slow reading month. But my TBR pile is still being added to. I am currently working on my End of Year TBR to wrap up my 2019 Reading Challenge .     I will be participating in the TisTheSeasonAThon reading challenge, which will start my reading month off very well.      Here are the books I read in November (in alphabetical order. Any reviews are highlighted): 1. Ashes to Ashes by Tami Hoag 2. X-Force by Jonathan Hickman  End of Year TBR (Updated 11/25/19)   A book featuring a circus- Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury A book over 50 years old- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens A b ook with m agic in it- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling A fairy tale retelling- The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden A fantasy novel- ...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   The world of BookTube on YouTube is a lot of fun to be a part of. And when my favorite vloggers get together for a holiday reading challenge, it can only bring comfort and joy.     Created by vloggers Bookables, A Court of Crowns and Quills, ChelseaDollingReads, SuperSpaceChick, and BetweenChapters the TisTheSeasonAThon Challenge runs from December 2 - 8 , with a live show at the end. It was a lot of fun last year and I decided to join in the festivities once again.   You can find my participation at my Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/xepherusstudios/    For those who participate, we will be reading a book with:   A book with snow on the cover- Snow Blind by Ollie Masters and Tyler Jenkins   A holiday-themed book -  A December Wedding by Sarah Morgan   A book you received as a gift - Star Wars by Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin   Read whi...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   Tami Hoag has written some of my favorite thrillers. When I finished t he Bitter Season , I was ready to dive into more of her novels. I read 9th Girl in 2017 and went on to read Deeper Than the Dead , Down the Darkest Road , Secrets to the Grave , The Boy , and Cold Cold Heart . Hoag's stories are always riveting and with the Bitter Season, I was re-introduced to Kate Conlin, who had previously been a major part of Ashes to Ashes, a book that I read way back in 2006. I figured it was time to re-read the very first book in this series.    Ashes to Ashes is book one in Tami Hoag's popular Kovac and Liska crime thriller series of books. The edition I read was the first edition hardcover novel published by Bantam Books, which is currently an imprint of Penguin Random House. In this novel, we are introduced to Kate Conlin, a witness advocate. Former FBI, she traded in the Bureau for what she believed to be an...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   For several years I have enjoyed reading thrillers by Tami Hoag. Her Liska and Kovac series has delivered several excellent reads. With 9th Girl being one of my favorite reads of 2017, I have gone on to read Deeper Than the Dead , Down the Darkest Road , Secrets to the Grave , The Boy , and Cold Cold Heart .    The Bitter Season is Tami Hoag's fifth Kovac and Liska crime thriller. It is published by Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. In this tale of two unsolved cases, Nikki Liska and Sam Kovac have parted ways as partners. She had taken up residence in Cold Cases to have more time for her teenage sons. While Sam has taken on a new partner, who has not been scared away (there have been several since his split with Liska). Nikki tackles a thirty-year-old homicide of a decorated detective. While Sam and his new partner tackle the double homicide of a much-hated professor and his wife. But ...