Xepherus Reads

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!    January 2020 started out hopeful. We even had a decent February and beginning to our March. Then, our lives changed for the better part of a year. I stayed in quite a lot and in doing so, I began to rapidly start to finish the novel I have been writing. Isolation and the ability to work solely on my book gave the venture a new purpose. I developed my characters further and extended the story outward.  Now I am going through my 400 plus page manuscript and fine-tuning the narrative.    They say the next step of any avid reader is to become an author.    I look forward to having the world read my work. I am not a patient person, but with this, I have to be. More news to come.   I will be adding past reviews in my Book Review Rewind series. This will give new readers a chance to view my reviews. I am also reading, which will give you all new reviews.       Have fun reading this ...

    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 t...

  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, i...

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!    Just the words "Once upon a time" can get any reader's imagination going. Where will you go? What adventure lies ahead? We have been escaping into fairy tales all of our lives.    But what happens when you are living in a fairy tale and do not know it?        Folklords is written by Matt Kindt and illustrated by Matt Smith. It is published by Boom! Studios in single issues or graphic novel format. Taking on the world of the fairy tale is young Ansel's lot in life. For eighteen years he has waited for the day when he and those his age will stand before the village and announce their quest. In this land, the vicious Librarians rule. They tell everyone what to do and punish those who oppose them. Ansel is also strange. He dresses in business suits. He speaks of tall buildings and horseless carriages. He has seen a world that his people do not understand. But he is determined to prove its existence....