Xepherus Reads

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   Fresh slate and a New Year. And I am ready to read more than I did in 2021. T o start off the year right, I have resumed my TBR aspirations.   Here is my January TBR: Drown Her Sorrows by Melinda Leigh Her Perfect Life by Hank Philippi Ryan The Omen by David Seltzer One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner Survive the Night by Riley Sager    Have fun reading this week. Let me know in the comments below what you are reading this week.       Also please follow me on my  social media platforms  and enjoy shopping with me at eBay and Mercari.   SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS AT LINKTREE   Because there is always time to read, Xepherus3       All written content and top logo (c) Copyright 2021 by Thomas Bahr II

     Happy Holidays, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   I believe 2021 would be a return to normality for me. I was determined to read more and to set goals. I was determined to keep myself accountable. I would take some of last year's failed attempts and add some good juju. I was ready to set my goals list. How well did I do? Let's find out...  2021 Bookish Reading Goals Tab all books that I read with removable flags:  This did not happen. I began to sell off my book collection to downsize my possessions. I switched to digital versions, instead. Click here to buy some books from my eBay Store.    Alphabetize To Be Read pile:  I had great expectations for this. However, that is easily done on my Kindle. Sell off books that I no longer want:  This became a great way to clear out unread books. My eBay Store has plenty to choose from. Read more contemporary:  This never happened, mainly due to my ongoing research for my ...

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!    January to now has been a crazy ride. I have gone from reading all the time to researching and writing most of the time. But I would not trade it for anything. The process of writing a novel is a fun and often frustrating endeavor. It takes a lot of time alone to present the narrative as best as you can. I have done my best to travel and take time away from my book. Many of my author friends recommend this. It helps to return to the editing with fresh eyes.     My novel's first draft is being edited. I am happy with what I have seen and excited to share my story with everyone. I will be holding Beta Reading soon and look forward to the feedback.      Have fun reading this week. Let me know in the comments below what you are reading this week.       Also please follow me on my  social media platforms  and enjoy shopping with me at eBay and Mercari.   SOCIAL MED...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   Thrillers have been my favorite genre for decades. Sooner or later my older purchases get buried among the new, shiny books. I finally read this suspenseful novel a few years ago and  I was very happy that I chose to read it   Fool Me Once is written by Harlan Coben, and it is published by Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. In this tense and often nail-biting thriller we are introduced to Military Captain Maya Stern. Stern has just lost her husband to murder, and the family of Joe Burkett just wants what's best for Maya and Joe's two-year-old daughter, Lily. Her nanny is even the daughter of Joe's nanny. The Burketts wealth is evident in Maya's life right down to her beautiful home. But Maya wishes only to mourn Joe and take care of Lily when she is not working. Maya does not like the "rich thing", and cares nothing for the Burkett fortune, even signing a prenuptial agreement. ...

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!    January 2020 started out hopeful. We even had a decent February and beginning to our March. Then, our lives changed for the better part of a year. I stayed in quite a lot and in doing so, I began to rapidly start to finish the novel I have been writing. Isolation and the ability to work solely on my book gave the venture a new purpose. I developed my characters further and extended the story outward.  Now I am going through my 400 plus page manuscript and fine-tuning the narrative.    They say the next step of any avid reader is to become an author.    I look forward to having the world read my work. I am not a patient person, but with this, I have to be. More news to come.   I will be adding past reviews in my Book Review Rewind series. This will give new readers a chance to view my reviews. I am also reading, which will give you all new reviews.       Have fun reading this ...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   Fool Me Once and  Run Away  were two novels that I could not put down. I became an instant fan of Harlan Coben's writing style, and his ability to tell stories that delivered shocking finales. I decided to seek out more of his novels, and I am happy that I did. Once again I close another Coben novel extremely satisfied.    Don't Let Go is released by Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. In this Harlan Coben thriller, we are introduced to Detective Napolean Dumas. For the past fifteen years, he has sought answers to the sudden disappearance of his high school sweetheart, Maura Wells. At the same time his brother, Leo, and Leo's girlfriend were found dead. Many years of questions have circulated Dumas' life and there was always a feeling that something was not quite right. Then a police officer is found dead and the car his...