Xepherus Reads

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!     I look back on the books that I have read and realize I have three excellent books that I would recommend to everyone. Though my year was mainly in research books, I did manage to get a few novels in.   Here are my Top 3 favorite books read in 2021 (not all books were released in 2021) Any reviews will be linked in the names: 3)  Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner-  take a recovering alcoholic with a penchant for finding missing people and you have the beginnings of a fantastic series. Gardner returns with a deviation from her D.D. Warren series to introduce Frankie Elkin. Elkin is doing her part to help find missing people as she travels with her meager possessions city to city. I found the mystery excellent and the protagonist to be genuine and likable. She had her faults and always admitted to them. The story of the missing girl was heart-breaking. Hillary Huber narrated the audiobook with an intensity...

    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!    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....

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!    As I race to the end of this trying year, I look back on the books that I have read. Even though my reading count was not to my liking, nonetheless I managed to read some books that surprised me.   Here are my Top 5 favorite books read in 2020 (not all books were released in 2020): 5) The Survivor's Club by Lisa Gardner - a murdered rapist, a sloppy hit-man, and a group of survivors brings this Lisa Gardner book into my Top 5. The introduction of Detective Roan Griffin into the Gardnerverse is a dynamic and pulse-pounding ride that had me quickly turning the pages to get to the end. One of her best novels, Lisa Gardner has once again solidified herself in my list of top authors. 4) Cross Her Heart by Melinda Leigh - a new author that I tried in 2020 was Melinda Leigh. Her first book in the Bree Taggert series was an emotional entry into the crime thriller genre. Excellent characters that I loved to read fueled this b...