Xepherus Reads

   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 par...

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!    As the Christm as season of 2021 draws to a close , I kne w that I would be reading this one next. This is my first novel by this author. Let's see what I thought of this romantic winter story.    One Day in December is written by Jos ie Silver .  The American edition  is published by Broadway Books, an imprint of Pe nguin Random  House. In it, we are introduced to Laurie James, who is en route from work home. She ride s  the  public transit and cannot wait to  get to her apartment on Delancey Street that she shares with her best friend, Sarah. It is  the  Christmas season and lights and the craziness of Christmas ha ve  pac ked all transportation with desperate shoppers and business commuters . As the somewhat boring ride snatches away bits of  Laurie's  patience, she sees someone . A man sits on a bus bench engrossed in a novel. He barely notices the bedlam o...

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   Christmas has always been a fun and magical time for me.  It is impossible not to be happy at that time of year. When I decided to find a cozy Christmas read  and  I chose this novel due to high recommendations and the name Sarah Morgan. When hundreds of bibliophiles write positive reviews of one book en masse, how can you ignore it ?     The Christmas Sisters is written by Sarah Morgan. It is published by HQ N  Books, an imprint of Har perCollins . In it, we are introduced to tragedy, as three orphan girls are taken in by their mother's best friend, Suzanne, and her husband, Stewart. After years of growing up in Glensay, in the Scottish Highlands, the girls are now women. Two live in the United States and one has stayed on to help with their adopted mother's business.   Posy McBride is not happy staying in Glensay. She knows that she will inherit her mother's cafe and the property eventuall...

         Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!     It is time to reflect on 2021 and look forward to 2022's reading goals. I will be posting my usual yearly Book Challenge soon.        I have another annual challenge for you. Think back on your year and do the following to make your holiday bright:   Think of those in your life who make you happy. Think of all the books you have not read and put them in a new TBR.        Read a favorite Christmas story with a cup of your favorite hot drink.  Decorate something.    Be your own Santa and buy a gift for just you.   (Bonus) Be kind to others.        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 Mercari.   SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS ...

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   This series had been recommended to me by many of my friends and family. I am happy to say that finally I have been introduced to Robert Langdon. And this is one series that I plan to devour visually. The first book swept me up in a grand adventure riddled with mystery and suspense. What can I say, but I am amazed that I have not picked this up sooner than I did.      Angels and Demons is the first novel in the Robert Langdon series of adventure novels written by Dan Brown. The edition that I read was published by Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. In it, we are introduced to Harvard Professor Robert Langdon. A somewhat famous symbologist, whose work on researching the Illuminati had in the past drawn him into the limelight of academia. Comfortable at his position as a Harvard professor, Langdon leads a quiet life...