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Authors Coming to Florida: Spring 2026

Brace yourself, Florida. There are some fantastic writers coming to the area to promote their books. Most of these events are in the Tampa Bay Area (or what I perceive to be a drivable distance from the Tampa area). This is not an exhaustive list. To find more Florida book events, check out the list of links below. Here’s some of the events I’m most excited to for in the next few months: Andrea Bartz , the thriller icon and writer’s writer, is signing books at The Book Lo

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Feb 53 min read

The Games We Play by Alyssa Martin Review

Review for The Games We Play a sports romance novel by Alyssa Martin

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For Human Use by Sarah G. Pierce Review

In a speculative American future, an app LIV makes it possible to own a human corpse as a companion. While “living with The Dead” becomes a sensation across the country, founder Auden, Auden’s stepsister, Mara, and funder Tom, grapple with their lives and decisions as the reality of the country becomes increasingly morbid and bleak. Through third-person narration, we see LIVs trials unfold— Auden is a strange man with gruesome interests in embalming who is set in changing th

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Mar 132 min read

A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage by MK Oliver Review

A Sociopath's Guide to a Successful Marriage M.K. Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It took me a while to get into this book, I can’t lie. I think perhaps the marketing was misleading, or I read too far into the comparisons to the Molly the Maid books, where the main character is neurodivergent. Unlike that, in this book, the main character Lalla Rock is a straight up sociopath—which is in the title of the book, so again, I probably shouldn’t have been surprised. Once I readjusted to what the

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Mar 122 min read

The Witching Hours by Heather Graham Review

Review of The Witching Hours by Heather Graham

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Mar 111 min read

In Time With You by Kristin Dwyer Review

In Time With You by Kristen Dwyer Wednesday Books YA Man, I loved this book. It made me feel so many feelings the whole time. In Time With You is a cotemprary fiction novel— categorized as YA though the characters are college aged and the concept will likely appeal to many reader— that blends grief, love, and the magic of time travel. Neive , our protagonist and narrator, has just lost her boyfriend Carter in a river drowning both she and Carter’s friend Max were present for.

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Mar 112 min read