Xepherus Reads

    Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,           Daisy Darker is written by Alice Feeney and is published by Flatiron Books, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing. In it, we are introduced to Daisy Darker, a woman with a rather quiet life. She is a volunteer at an aging home, and has faced several near-death experiences due to a faulty heart. Her family is a fractured bunch that only cares about themselves and rarely contacts her.   Her grandmother, Beatrice Darker, is the exception. And on October 30th, Daisy and her family are invited to a birthday celebration for the elder Darker on an island. It's business as usual, with Daisy's family ignoring her. Her niece, Trixie, has taken to align herself with Beatrice, noticing the shallow ways of her own mother and relatives. She is pleasant to Daisy. As the birthday celebration nears, a reading of the will takes place which infuriates the family. The next few hours continue as each fami...

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,           Malorie is the sequel to Josh Malerman's 2014 runaway hit, Bird Box . It is published by Del Rey, an imprint of Penguin Random House. It is twelve years after the events of the first novel and the world has adapted to a sightless existence among the creatures that have stolen the world's sanity. Malorie and her now teenage children are living in Camp Yadin, an abandoned Summer campground. But seventeen years of hiding and survival have made teens Tom and Olympia resentful and complacent. Tom is tired of being cautious and wants to see the world. Olympia is living by the blindfold, never straying too far away from her mother's orders. They are as happy as they can be and safe. Malorie has worked hard to make their unconventional childhood as normal as she can.    Then a stranger arrives at Camp Yadin. He claims to be a Census taker that has gathered up many stories from all over the countr...

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,        Daisy Darker is written by Alice Feeney and is published by Flatiron Books, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing. In it, we are introduced to Daisy Darker, a woman with a rather quiet life. She is a volunteer at an aging home and has faced several near-death experiences due to a faulty heart. Her family is a fractured bunch that only cares about themselves and rarely contacts her.   Her grandmother, Beatrice Darker, is the exception. And on October 30th, Daisy and her family are invited to a birthday celebration for the elder Darker on an island. It's business as usual, with Daisy's family ignoring her. Her niece, Trixie, has taken to align herself with Beatrice, noticing the shallow ways of her own mother and relatives. She is pleasant to Daisy. As the birthday celebration nears, a reading of the will takes place which infuriates the family. The next few hours continue as each family member is found de...

    Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!      Bird Box is published by ECCO Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. In this post-apocalyptic novel of dread and survival, we are introduced to Malorie, a mother of two small children who makes a desperate attempt to forge the river as they flee the home they have known for the past   several  years. The children are trained to listen and are   hyper-aware  of their   possibly  dangerous surroundings. As they  continue  on,   silent  and blindfolded, she reflects on the events that led up to her current   predicament .    We flash back several years to Malorie who is living with her sister, Shannon. After organizing their living space, the two deal with an impending pregnancy, something Malorie is apprehensive about. The two do their best to prepare for the future. But a series of strange events begin to unfold where people have been drive...