Xepherus Reads

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,    Tuesday Talks is an awesome group on Goodreads that is a weekly discussion forum created by BookTubers Janie Johnson and her pal, Janelle. It is a fun and active group in the book community to be a part of.   This week's question is: Do you read strictly for enjoyment ?            Reading for me is first and foremost for enjoyment for me. I love buying books and comics and surrounding myself with piles of narrative to occupy my hungry brain. I can use a whole day to read. I love reading curled up in bed, outside under a tree, or on a long bus ride. Reading fulfills my creative side, my wishes that I can do things that humans cannot, and my wanderlust, to name a few. Reading enriches my mind. Reading teaches me information. R eading i n spires me.   I have recently began to push aside things in my life that have been wasteful to me. I have replaced these things with reading...

Hello , Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   I love to look for books to read online f or free . I never know what awesome gems I may come in contact with. Free books can be highly underrated, and often overlooked.    Upon searching on line I found another book by April Sal e e, who m I have reviewed before. I enjoyed her last book I that I read . But, this one was different. I was not a self-help book, it was a young adult fantasy book. I was intrigued, and it was free to download. I am happy that I d id.      Storm Shelter begins with teen, Amelia Barber, returning home early from school due to a severe storm that is about to hit her area. Upon returning hom e, Amelia realizes that she does not have her key to her ho me (having left it on her father's desk). She about to seek alternate shelter from the storm when she is abruptly pulled under ground. She comes face to face with Starla, an Earth Ranger. S tarla is a protector of t...

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...