Xepherus Reads

 Hello, Book Worms and Book Dragons,   Halloween is my favorite holiday of t he year. I love to make popcorn balls, drink cider, and carve pumpkins. And I love reading scary books and watching horror films.    When I saw this book tag circulating through the book community I had to answer the questions. Without further ado: The Halloween Book Tag   Carving Pumpkins (what book would you carve up and light on fire?) Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James. I found this book to be rather boring and it never caught my attention. The narrative reads like fan fiction (of which it was made from) , and the characters say some pretty silly dialogue. Trick or Trea t (What character is a trick and what character is a treat?) I choose my two from teh same book- Trick : Reverend Lowery from Walk the Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson: this seemingly quiet and proper preacher definitely turned into a trick when he asked 16 year old Lee Westfall to marry him a...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,   The catching up continues with week two of July's Tuesday Talks questions.   Tuesday Talks is an fun group on Goodreads that is a weekly discussion forum created by BookTubers Janie Johnson and her pal, Janelle. It is an active group to be a part of. Week two's question: What bouquet of flowers would best describe your favorite summer read?   My summer reading will be consisting of reading the Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling. I would say that my bouquet of flowers would consist of mainly herbs for spell casting. Rosemary, chamomile, oak moss, lavender, and jasmine. This bouquet will be with me as I journey through Harry's years at Hogwarts. Fragrant and full of magic, they are omens of prosperity, protection, and Earth power.   Mischief Managed... If you have a comment for me, please leave it below. I would love to know how your reading is going so far this year.  Also please follow me on my ...

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,   I have a confession to make. It i s a big one. Are you ready? Okay...   I have only read one book in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowl ing .   There! It is out in the open. L et the book -shaming be gin!    I read Prisoner of Azkaban before I saw the film, and was surprised how drastically different it was from the book. I promised myself I w ould read the series, and several years later it has finally begun to happen.   Harry Potter and the Sorcer er's Stone is the first book in an eight book series (the eig hth being released as a play in July) about Harry Potter, a boy who finds out that he is a Wizard. Not only is he a Wizard, but he survived one of the mo st ev il Wizard s of the m all ... the dreaded Voldemort. But Harry has lived a dull and restrictive life with his aunt and uncle , and their obnoxious son, Dudley. Harry is miserable, but has no way out of this ordin...