Zombie

“The Thirteenth Step: Zombie Recovery”

Seven people escape decimated New York. They have one thing in common: The alcoholic gene. The same genetic quirk that makes alcoholics and addicts susceptible to booze and drugs gives them a mysterious ability to evade the undead. They just need to stay quiet, fight smart, and get along with each other.

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Jackie Bouchard

The Dog Lover’s New Novel is Out

Jackie Bouchard has done it again. Her second novel, “Rescue Me, Maybe,” is just as impossible to put down as her first. It begins with main character Jane Bailey trying to keep it together after a devastating loss. Her husband died. That was a relief. What ruined her was losing her dog. With her husband … Read more

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Dog

Q&A with Jackie Bouchard, Author of “What the Dog Ate”

What the Dog Ate is the first novel by Jackie Bouchard. The story kicks off when the main character, Maggie, is at the vet’s office with her big lovable Lab named Kona. The vet had extracted what had made Kona sick. It was a pair of purple thong undies… that weren’t hers. This is how Maggie discovers her husband is having an affair. The title of the book caught my eye because my own dog, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Buddy has, more than once, swallowed peculiar inedible objects and had to be whisked off to the vet. Bouchard’s book is part hilarity, part heartbreak and I was sorry to say goodbye to the characters at the end. The novel made my Best of 2012 list of dog books.

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Russ Ryan

Q&A with Russ Ryan, author of the novel, ‘It’s Just a Dog’

Author Russ Ryan has a summer special: Now through Labor Day 50% of the book’s royalties will be donated to Muttville Senior Dog Rescue where they believe every dog deserves a happy ending.

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Gary Buslik book

A Great Review of Akhmed and the Atomic Matzo Balls by Todd Kinsey

A great review of Gary Buslik’s Akhmed and the Atomic Matzo Balls by Todd Kinsey of ToddKinsey.com: Political commentary for those in the right state of mind

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Akhmed and the Atomic Matzo Balls

A Rotten Person Travels the Caribbean with Atomic Matzo Balls

Books by author Gary Buslik A Rotten Person Travels the Caribbean: A Grump in Paradise Discovers that Anyplace it’s Legal to Carry a Machete is Comedy Waiting to Happen, Akhmed and the Atomic Matzo Balls: A Novel of International Intrigue, Pork-Crazed Termites, and Motherhood; The Missionary’s Position: A hilarious novel set in the Caribbean. An unusual writer.

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Akhmed and the Atomic Matzo Balls

Atomic Matzo Balls?

Akhmed and the Atomic Matzo Balls: A Novel of International Intrigue, Pork-Crazed Termites, and Motherhood, is a new novel from Gary Buslik. The tale is demented, uncouth and fun. It’s a novel alike no other and it is all kinds of crazy.

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Guide to Tai Chi

How Tai Chi Can Improve Your Writing

Mark L. Fuerst’s new book, The Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi: 12 Weeks to a Healthy Body, Strong Heart & Sharp Mind, written with Harvard Medical School’s Peter Wayne, PhD, is now in bookstores nationwide.

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Book Review: WONDER by R.J. Palacio

This is a book review by Sally Wendkos Olds about the novel WONDER by R.J. Palacio. The story is about a boy born with hemifacial microsomia and microtia. It is a surprisingly uplifting story full of laughs. A fast read.

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A Review by Sally Wendkos Olds of the book “Suddenly Solo: A Lifestyle Road Map for the Widowed or Divorced Man” by Harold (Hal) Spielman and Marc Silbert

The bulk of the book, “Suddenly Solo: A Lifestyle Road Map for the Widowed or Divorced Man” by Harold (Hal) Spielman and Marc Silbert, offers guidance for meeting, dating, having sex with, and developing relationships with women. Co-authored by a widower (a market researcher by profession) and a divorced man (a writer), the book draws on extensive research. The writing is accessible and easy to run through, and the headings are prominent enough so you can easily find topics of interest. There are also lots of stories and even a joke for a man to share with his buddies. The authors come across as nice, decent men with a sense of humor who show compassion for their male readers and respect for the women these men want to meet.

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