Xepherus Reads

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!       Many readers love a book so much that a re-read can enhance the book's story. For me, that includes Harry Potter, the Outsiders, and The Exorcist. Picking up a book that you have already e njoyed and diving in agai n can be a puzzle to some. Why on Earth would someone read a book again?  For me, I do this because of nostal gia and often I wish to see how a book holds up as I get older. A nd what better way to celebrate the spooky time of the year than with a scary read.        The Exorcist is written by William Peter Blatty, and it published by Harper Publishing. It tells the story of young Regan MacNeil, an  eleven-year-old   girl seemingly as ordinary as any girl her age. Artistic, cheerful, and still sleeping with stuffed animals, Regan (or Rags, as her mother Chris calls her) looks as if she could do no harm to anyone. Her mother is a movie star filming her latest pict...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   The new year seems to have started off with horror for me. Having just finished one scary book , I decided to delve into a classic haunted house tale. What I found was a slick and well-written horror novel that was the embodiment of spooky.   The Haunting of Hill House is written by author Shirley Jackson, and it is published by Penguin Classics, an imprint of the Penguin Group. This 1959 classic horror novel introduces us to Dr. John Montague, a man seeking knowledge of the paranormal. He has arranged to stay at the infamous Hill House where he intends to study the home's reported supernatural activity. But to do so he must first gather a team that will help him document any activity that may prove without a doubt that Hill House is haunted.   Miles away Eleanor Vance is adjusting to life without her demanding mother. Having taken care of her in her final years, Eleanor has known a life of servitude and berateme...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,   The Exorcist will go down in my history as one of my al l-time favorite books. I have read it several times, including a reading and review just recently . It is a faith-challenging, creepy, and often surprising crime novel. Blatty took the usual police investigation story and added a paranormal twist. Some may see the Exorcist as a horror novel, but I usually categorize it as a thriller. And it is a thriller that has stood the test of time. But what happened to Regan MacNeil after her battle with the supernatural? In 2016 the FOX Network answered that question.    When it was decided to announce an Exorcist television series, I was excited. As far as I knew, the series would play on the themes of the original boo k, but be its own entity. Week after week I sat glued to the series, very impressed with its storytelling and loving the actors chosen for this s tory . G eena Davis plays a mother of two teenage g...