Xepherus Reads

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons !   Top 5 Wednesday is a Goodreads Book Club that meets weekly to answer questions presented.  Our moderators are YouTubers, Lainey (GingerReadsLainey) and Samantha (ThoughtsOnTomes). I enjoy how every week this group brings the book community together. Great fun!   This week's question asks: What are your Top 5 Book Trends You're Tired Of ?     I nstant Romance- This drives me crazy. If a char acter meets a character in chapter three they should not be married by chapter five. Real life does not play out that way. Stereotyped Characters- Girls who are in need of saving. Manly men saving the day. Gay characters p ortrayed as week and unable to defend themselves. And elderly cha racters who cannot take care of everyday needs. In this day and age those stereotypes should not always be available in books. Series That Go On One Book Too Many- This has happened a few times in the past, which has be scr...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons !   Top 5 Wednesday is a Goodreads Book Club that meets weekly to answer questions presented.  Our moderators are YouTubers, Lainey (GingerReadsLainey) and Samantha (ThoughtsOnTomes). I enjoy how every week this group brings the book community together. Great fun!   I have had a break from blog posting , and now it is time to play a game of catch-up.   February 1 st's question ask ed : What are your Top 5 Current Favorites that Aren't Books ?   DC Comics Rebirth- this series-spanning event began in June of 2016 . Utilizing some of the industries greatest creators, it set off to correct continuity issues, as well as bring about a more cohesive DC Universe. It has gone on to be a top seller monthly with comic shops nation-wide. Stranger Things- this Netflix ori ginal series takes place in the 1980s focusing on the friendship of several neighborhood children . When a mysterious girl with telekinetic...

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   May was definitely a weird month for me to read. Blame it on retrograde, blame it on life, or blame it on binge watching television. But this month was not a good month for finishing books for me. But a new month is on the horizon and Summer time is close. S ince I do not have a new review planned for this week , I decided to take it easy this holiday weekend and focus on reading. All regular postings will resume on Monday morning, starting with next week's Comics P ull List.   With that being said, let's see how I did this month.   Books Read and Reviewed:     Alien: Out of t he Shadows by Tim Lebbon This Time Together by Carol Burnett  Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher *****************************************************      Yes, that is all the books that I read this month. It is a little disappointing, but I am okay with this. A lot of times readers are ...

Hello, Fellow Geeks, Nerds, and Children at Heart,   What is a childhood? What is it about how we grew up that we retreat to in times of sadness and worry? For many of us it is the naive times of wonder where anything was possible, and we colored in the world to suit us like a coloring book.   I understand that many of you reading this may have not had a childhood or a good childhood. But I do not pity you or say that I am sorry for this. I say that you have lived harder times, and this has made you a stronger person. I say that you saw things before you should have, and this has changed you forever. You may now live as an adult that is either cautious around others, or someone that is too serious at times. There is no problem with this. A cautious person is almost always successful, taking in situations slowly and methodically. And one who is too serious helps hold together those who cannot be brave. We are shaped by what we have learned, by who we have known, a...