Xepherus Reads

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   The short story has always been the perfect vehicle for horror. And in the month of Halloween, scary stor ies are the perfect way to celeb rate this spooky time of year. With coffee in hand and a fuzzy blanket I set out to listen to this Audible Or iginal presentation. And when I was finished listening I was cold from the chill of this audiobook.   Lullaby is written by Jonatha n Maberry and is distributed by Audible Studios, an Amazon Company . In this creepy tale we are introduced to parents to be, Matt and Gillian . They are in the process of buying a home in the Catskill Mountain s of New York State. The house in question is remote with gorgeous scen ery and enough space to house a growing family . It rests by a lake and carries one catch: the realtor claims that it is haunted.   The couple scoff at this bit of information and decide to mo ve in. Soon baby Hope is born, and life in the ir gorgeous new home ...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,    Tuesday Talks is a group on Goodreads that is a weekly discussion forum created by Janie Johnson and her pal, Janelle. It is a very active group and is very fun to be a part of.   This week's question is:  Do You Read Novellas That Are Included in a Series?      Yes, I love reading short stories and novellas that are included in a series. I find that they do a great job filling the blanks of character pasts and world building. There are many stories that lead up to the main story that are sometimes just touched upon in a sentence or a paragraph. I found this to be true of Gwenda Bond's Lois Lane young adult books for DC Comics. She wrote two short stories that told us what Lois was up to before her family moved to Metropolis. Both stories were highly entertaining, and they s et the mood for the first and second novels in the series. Janet Evanovich released "Between the Plums" a few years back to in...