Xepherus Reads

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,   I am on a Star Wars high lately. Star Wars Celebration has shattered my expectations as to what they would reveal thus far. Trailers, tributes, and new books and comics have had me so excited for what is to come. With that being said,  I wanted to sit down and reflect on the first time I ever saw a Star Wars film.      It was 1980, and I was eight years old. I had been a fan of Star Wars prior to that, but I had never had the chance to see A New Hope on the big screen. My love of Star Wars came from the toys, coloring books, read-along-books, and other merchandising. Finally Empire Strikes Back was released, and I was about to see this amazing new movie that all my friends and the world had been raving about. But we got to the theater late. We came in on the Battle of Hoth just as the AT-AT Walkers began to descend onto Echo Base.   I was very sad that I had missed the beginning. I had no idea what w...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,   Have you picked up any of the new DC Comics Rebirth titles this wee k? Did you read DC Universe Rebirth? I did , and I wanted to share my DC Comics story, and my thoughts on DC 's Rebirth.    It was September of the late 1970s, and I was at a local convenient store with my mother. She asked me to pick out some comics that we could read together later in the day. I was six years old, and had been reading comics for a few years. I loved my super heroes, especially Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman (which I never missed on television). It seemed that heroes were everywhere from bubble bath to tooth paste to hair brushes. I had posters up in my room, Mego action dolls, and I had a 45 RPM record of the Batman theme song by Neal Hefti (Na na na na, Batman!).     DC Comics was my main place for adventure growing up, and it was not until in 1978 that I was introduced to the Batman Family. It was issue number ...

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   I t is time for another Tuesday Talks question !   For those of you who are not famil iar with this Goodreads group: we meet every week and share our answers to the   questions presented to us by Janie Johnson and her fellow Youtuber fri end, Janelle. It is a fun and very diverse group, that never ceases to make me add new reads to my to be read list!    This week's answer comes in late due to my schedule . But, here is my answer to this week's question: Have you ever met your favorite author ? I f so did it change the way you thought about books ? I did not meet my choice for this question, but I did receive correspondence via mail at a an age that made an impact.   When I was nine years old I was a huge fan of L ois Lowry. I loved her books, and wanted to let her know. I wrote to her in my handwritten , elementary school writin g (on paper... yes, we did that in the eighties), and se...