Xepherus Reads

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!     The crime thriller has always been a favorite genre of mine. I love to pick up a suspenseful novel and settle into the experience and drama of a good cop novel. While I was searching for a new book to round out my reading to ten books for January 2019, I noticed that Dean Koontz was featuring a short work with his character Jane Hawk for free on audiobook. I could not resist. And I was happy that I read this exciting case file and went on to read the entire series in just a few months.     The Bone Farm is written by Dean Koontz and acts as a prelude to his Jane Hawk series of books. It is presented on audiobook by Brilliance Audio and is read by Elisabeth Rodgers and James Anderson Foster. In it, we go back in time two years to Jane Hawk's earlier days in the Federal Bureau of Investigation. She and her partner, Gary Burkett, are on the trail of a serial killer known as the Mother Hater. With each abduction of women, the Mother

    Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!        I found this question from my blog archives and wanted to update it for 2021. Feel free to answer in the comments below what challenges you wish to take on this year. What 2021 Challenges Do You Hope to Participate In? 1.                 My 2021 Reading Challenge :  I started this challenge back in 2015 and have released a new one every New Year’s Eve since. I love posting a challenge category related to other events, such as the Goodreads Awards and the Great American Read event by PBS. It is a challenge that millions have taken and I am happy that my challenge has become as popular as it has. To the book community, I am grateful. 2.               Readathons:  I look forward to diving into the new reading challenges this year, like the TisTheSeasonAThon in December and the countless other challenges presented online. 3.                Goodreads Challenge :  This challenge works well since it ties in with my other

    Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   2021 for me is a way to return to normality, such as it was. I am determined to read more. I am determined to set goals. I am determined to keep myself accountable. In June of the year, I will revisit this list and see just how well I did. Taking some of last year's failed attempts and adding some 2021 good juju, I am ready to set my goals list.  2021 Bookish Reading Goals Tab all books that I read with removable flags:  This has been a proven success and I do not plan on stopping it.    Alphabetize To Be Read pile:  I have TBR piles everywhere. But this year I am going to create a special pile of books that I must get to in 2021. I often lose a book in the vast outer regions of my office. This will give me a fighting chance to keep focused on the books I want to read first. With a twist…alphabetized by author. Sell off books that I no longer want: This will be done on my eBay Store . I

  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