Xepherus Reads

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!    June was a great month for reading. I discovered some new comics and caught up with Stephanie Plum. All-in-all, not a bad month. I am looking forward to seeing what July brings me. Books read in June: Batman #36 by Tom King Batman #37 by Tom King Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich Finger-Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich Lean, Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich The Red Mother #1 by Jeremy Haun The Red Mother #2 by Jeremy Haun The Red Mother #3 by Jeremy Haun The Red Mother #4 by Jeremy Haun The Red Mother #5 by Jeremy Haun Favorite Book of the Month: The Red Mother #1 July TBR: The Bone Jar S.W. Kane Home Before Dark by Riley Sager Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hiller Never Look Back by Mary Burton Still Missing by Chevy Stevens 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...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!    I will tell you a story about the fairy folk of Ballysiogdun. They are upset because a woman lives in a cottage that is upon their land. They want her out and will curse the village if she is not removed and the cottage remains standing. Or, so the villagers believe...      Murder in an Irish Cottage is the fifth book in Carlene O'Connor's Irish Village series of cozy murder mysteries. It is published by Kensington Books and is available now in hardcover. In this fun and whimsical book, we are once again brought back to the village of Kilbane, Cork County, Ireland. Garda Siobhan O'Sullivan and her fiancé (and superior in law enforcement), Macdara Flannery, are back to solve the latest murder in Ireland. Unfortunately, this time the deceased is Macdara's Aunt Ellen, and Siobhan is worried that she may have to solve this case alone because Macdar...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!        Forward into May I went. No BookCon to attend. No BookExpo. Conventions canceled. With a sigh and a fully stocked TBR bookcase, I ventured out to read! And.... read three books. But, they were fun and thrilling and I am happy I took my time with them. Sometimes it is the quality of the read, not quantity that matters.     Books I read in May (available reviews linked): The Survivor's Club by Lisa Gardner Murder in an Irish Cottage by Carlene O'Connor When I Was You by Minka Kent   Favorite Book of the Month: Here is my ongoing TBR : Good Girls Lie by J.T. Ellison Hour of the Assassin by Matthew Quirk The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley One Summer in Paris by Sarah Morgan The Perfect Wife by J.P. Delaney Pieces of Her by Karen Slaughter You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker by Ra...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!     Let us face it. I am addicted to reading thrillers. It is a genre that I love with every fiber of my being. I am always looking for new-to-me authors that can fuel the flames of non-stop page-turning. Recently (with the aid of a few glasses of wine) I went on a spending spree looking for new books that I can enjoy. Minka Kent popped up many times as a recommended author. I purchased several of her thrillers and started off with When I Was You. I never thought that this book would go in the direction it did. When I was finished, I was pleasantly surprised.   When I Was You is written by Minka Kent and is published by Thomas & Mercer, an Amazon imprint. In this crazy ride of a book, we are introduced to Brienne Dougray. After being brutally attacked outside of her office one night, she has since become a recluse in her family's sprawling home. Her only contact is with the next-door neighbor, Enid, who is ...