Xepherus Reads

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!     I look back on the books that I have read and realize I have three excellent books that I would recommend to everyone. Though my year was mainly in research books, I did manage to get a few novels in.   Here are my Top 3 favorite books read in 2021 (not all books were released in 2021) Any reviews will be linked in the names: 3)  Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner-  take a recovering alcoholic with a penchant for finding missing people and you have the beginnings of a fantastic series. Gardner returns with a deviation from her D.D. Warren series to introduce Frankie Elkin. Elkin is doing her part to help find missing people as she travels with her meager possessions city to city. I found the mystery excellent and the protagonist to be genuine and likable. She had her faults and always admitted to them. The story of the missing girl was heart-breaking. Hillary Huber narrated the audiobook with an intensity that enhanced this excellent

   Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!    January  is always a great month of reading for me. That clean slate feeling is very addictive. I love  choosing  books that captured my attention but sat  in my TBR pile . January is a chance to give those waiting books a read .  I loved  Sarah Morgan's   book  The  Christmas  Sisters and could not wait to read another of her holiday offerings .     A Wedding in December i s written by Sarah Morga n. It is published by HQN Books and is her 201 9 Christmas novel of which she releases yearl y.  In this story of holiday romance and second chances,  we are int roduced to Rosie White. Rosie is getting married to a man she recently met and she has invited her family to Co lorado  for her Christmas we dding. Her mother, Maggie,  has made Christmas at their family cottage a yearly  even t .   What Rosie does not know is that her parents are about to get a d ivor ce. And that her doctor sist er, Katie, is hellbent on making sure Rosie does n

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!    As the Christm as season of 2021 draws to a close , I kne w that I would be reading this one next. This is my first novel by this author. Let's see what I thought of this romantic winter story.    One Day in December is written by Jos ie Silver .  The American edition  is published by Broadway Books, an imprint of Pe nguin Random  House. In it, we are introduced to Laurie James, who is en route from work home. She ride s  the  public transit and cannot wait to  get to her apartment on Delancey Street that she shares with her best friend, Sarah. It is  the  Christmas season and lights and the craziness of Christmas ha ve  pac ked all transportation with desperate shoppers and business commuters . As the somewhat boring ride snatches away bits of  Laurie's  patience, she sees someone . A man sits on a bus bench engrossed in a novel. He barely notices the bedlam of holiday cheer milling about him. Then he suddenly looks up and locks

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   Fresh slate and a New Year. And I am ready to read more than I did in 2021. T o start off the year right, I have resumed my TBR aspirations.   Here is my January TBR: Drown Her Sorrows by Melinda Leigh Her Perfect Life by Hank Philippi Ryan The Omen by David Seltzer One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner Survive the Night by Riley Sager    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 Mercari.   SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS AT LINKTREE   Because there is always time to read, Xepherus3       All written content and top logo (c) Copyright 2021 by Thomas Bahr II

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   Christmas has always been a fun and magical time for me.  It is impossible not to be happy at that time of year. When I decided to find a cozy Christmas read  and  I chose this novel due to high recommendations and the name Sarah Morgan. When hundreds of bibliophiles write positive reviews of one book en masse, how can you ignore it ?     The Christmas Sisters is written by Sarah Morgan. It is published by HQ N  Books, an imprint of Har perCollins . In it, we are introduced to tragedy, as three orphan girls are taken in by their mother's best friend, Suzanne, and her husband, Stewart. After years of growing up in Glensay, in the Scottish Highlands, the girls are now women. Two live in the United States and one has stayed on to help with their adopted mother's business.   Posy McBride is not happy staying in Glensay. She knows that she will inherit her mother's cafe and the property eventually. But the thought of living the rest