What's Fred Van Lente reading?
NightstandFred Van LenteVan Lente, a graphic novelist known for Odd Is on Our Side with Dean R. Koontz, Cowboys & Aliens (made into a feature film starring Harrison Ford) and Weird Detective, spent...
View ArticleReview: 'Hitler's Monsters' a chilling look at Nazi obsession with the occult
Whether you learned about it from watching Raiders of the Lost Ark or, even earlier, from reading Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier's European bestseller The Morning of the Magicians, who doesn't now...
View ArticleNotable: In the time of Trump
NotableIn the time of TrumpWe don't know what's on President Donald Trump's vacation reading list, but here are new books about him. Conscience of a Conservative: A Rejection of Destructive Politics...
View ArticlePadgett Powell to speak, sign books at Oxford Exchange in Tampa on Aug. 13
When Padgett Powell speaks, readers listen.Voice has always been the hallmark of Powell's fiction; he's a modern master of first-person narrative. In books like The Interrogative Mood — composed...
View ArticleEvents: Guy Cote to be featured at East Lake Community Library's Authors...
Book TalkEast Lake Community Library's Authors Showcase will feature author Guy Cote (Long Live the King: Book One of the Charlemagne Saga) at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 15 at the library, 4125 East Lake Road,...
View ArticleBooks pay tribute to Princess Diana 20 years after her death
Untold millions of words have been written about Princess Diana, so it's inevitable that more would be printed to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her death. Perhaps the most revealing new book,...
View ArticleReview: A quirky look at why humans help, or hurt, each other
I have a weakness for science made simple. This could be because I am just finishing up the first season of a podcast that explores how adolescents make decisions and how parts of their developing...
View ArticleWhat's Madeleine Blais reading?
NightstandMadeleine BlaisJournalist Blais spent many summers with family at Thumb Point. It was a beach house on Martha's Vineyard built by her father-in-law, former U.S. Attorney General Nicholas...
View ArticleEvents: Photographer Henthorne to present book at Oxford Exchange
Book TalkPhotographer Henthorne (Between Worlds) will give a multimedia presentation and sign his book about ocean conservation at 1 p.m. Aug. 20 at Oxford Exchange, 420 W Kennedy Blvd.,...
View ArticleReview: Ladee Hubbard's 'The Talented Ribkins' finds heroes in Florida
Not every superhero hails from the Marvel or DC universes.In Ladee Hubbard's debut novel, The Talented Ribkins, they live quietly in towns and cities around Florida — a judge's widow in Sarasota, a...
View ArticleReview: David Abrams' 'Brave Deeds' is a stirring, sardonic war story
With sabre-rattling by politicians in the air, it's a good time to be reminded what war is like for those who actually go fight it. David Abrams' new novel, Brave Deeds, is a mordantly funny and...
View ArticleWhat's Oxford Exchange's Laura Taylor reading?
NightstandLaura TaylorWe caught up with Taylor, the book buyer for the Book Store at Oxford Exchange in Tampa, as it is celebrating its fifth anniversary. When it comes to her work, Taylor, 45, has...
View ArticleReview: Tallent's 'My Absolute Darling' a harrowing novel about child abuse
I sincerely hope the title of My Absolute Darling does not make any readers think they're picking up a happy-ever-after romance.Gabriel Tallent's debut novel is just about the polar opposite: a...
View ArticleNotable: Oh, brother
NotableOh, brotherThese new books look at the family dynamics of famous (or infamous) brothers.Bloodlines: The True Story of a Drug Cartel, the FBI, and the Battle for a Horse-Racing Dynasty (Ecco) by...
View ArticleEvents: Authors to present 'Tampa Bay's Waterfront' at Oxford Exchange
Book TalkTampa native Arthur Savage and Tampa Bay History Center curator Rodney Kite-Powell will present and discuss their collaborative book, Tampa Bay's Waterfront, at noon Aug. 27 at the Oxford...
View ArticleReview: Rushdie's 'Golden House' a novel resonant with modern myth
Leave it to Salman Rushdie to set a story about a fall from a state of grace in an Edenic garden in Manhattan.Rushdie's often enthralling novels — Midnight's Children, The Satanic Verses, The Moor's...
View ArticleEvents: Author Lisa Unger, book critic Colette Bancroft to speak at luncheon
Book TalkStephanie A. Wynn (Readi — Set Go! A Simple Guide to Establishing a Successful Business) will hold a launch party for her book at 2 p.m. Sept. 9 at Books at Park Place, 10468 Roosevelt Blvd....
View ArticleReview: Bruce Handy's 'Wild Things' a charming grownup take on kids' books
Samuel Johnson died in 1784, but what he said about children's books sounds quite modern: "Remember always that the parents buy the books, and that the children never read them."That quotation and E.B....
View ArticleWhat's Christa Smith reading?
NightstandChrista SmithSmith oversees the North Greenwood branch of the Clearwater Public Library System, located in one of Tampa Bay's oldest African-American communities. She has a hefty reading list...
View ArticleTimes Festival of Reading celebrates 25 years with Michael Connelly, Kate...
The 25th annual Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading celebrates its quarter-century milestone with an outstanding roster of authors.Bestselling crime fiction author Michael Connelly returns to the...
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