Humor

Casey McQuiston’s Queer Rom-Com “One Last Stop” Takes a Time-Traveling Twist

New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue, Casey McQuiston, presents her reader with a classic problem in One Last Stop (St. Martin’s Press): How to properly savor such a well-written and compelling story, instead of voraciously devouring it. Fair warning, this novel will have you meeting…

Madison HillJune 2, 2021

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Beautifully Written Autobiographic Novel About One Man’s Journey From Despair

It’s not enough that Tony Hill suffers from bipolar disorder, has been homeless and lived in his car with his two kids for three months, has been incarcerated stemming from domestic abuse, has not kept a job for more than a year, was dishonorably discharged from the Navy, and battles…

Jim AlkonFebruary 28, 2022

Fiction

This Dog Teaches New Tricks in “How to Train Your Hooman: A Field Guide”

It’s often said that when it comes to dog training, you need to be the alpha. You need to be in control and show your dog who is boss in order to teach proper discipline. Dogs, it turns out, disagree with that statement. Meet Finnegan Count Smooshie Tushie — Finn…

BookTribApril 21, 2021

Fiction

A “Lover Boy” and Murder Mayhem

There’s the old saying, “Man plans, and God laughs.” As he plans a most unorthodox strategy to attain lifelong financial security, Dr. Joseph Peck, ophthalmologist and narrator in Stephen Kronwith’s sharp, witty and wildly entertaining novel Lover Boy, reflects on hearing some weird sounds in the night, “Now that I…

Jim AlkonJanuary 15, 2021

Better Self Nonfiction Save the World

No Plot, Just Lots of Laughs & Tips on Sex and Dating

When I first heard about Lost the Plot, the innovative imprint publisher of Australian firm Pantera Press that is making its foray into the United States, I thought: cute name, cuter logo, and left it at that….until tasked with the assignment of reviewing two of its titles about dating and…

Jim AlkonDecember 5, 2018

Better Self Nonfiction

Tall Poppy Review: Saying Goodbye to the Imprisonment of Self-Improvement

Karen Karbo awoke to her usual dread. It was 5 am, and she was already behind. She still had to meditate, exercise, drink a kale smoothie and practice affirmations, just for a start. Then, of course, she had to lose weight and bullet journal. She had to find an app…

Sandra BlockJuly 16, 2020

Fiction

Pixar Screenwriter’s “Set My Heart to Five” Is a Humorous Exploration of Humanity

In Set My Heart to Five (Hanover Square Press) author Simon Stephenson mines his experience as both a screenwriter for Pixar and a physician to create his robot protagonist Jared, a Michigan dentist who — in the year 2054 — begins to develop emotions and ends up on the run…

BookTribSeptember 2, 2020

Fiction

Jonesin’ for a Fix: Books for TV Addicts — Brooklyn Nine-Nine edition

How does one describe FOX’s freshman hit, Brooklyn Nine-Nine? I’ll let the show’s star, Andy Samberg, do it for me: “We’re a like a family with two black dads, two white sons, two Latina daughters and a strange baby thing.” If that sounds like stunt casting to you, don’t be…

JeriAnn GellerSeptember 6, 2014

Fiction

Christopher Moore Talks about Death, Demons and Secondhand Souls

From his first novel, Practical Demonkeeping (1992), to his most recent, Secondhand Souls (William Morrow, August 25), Moore has spun tales featuring vampires, lust-lizards, a talking fruit bat, stupid angels, Shakespearean fools and Jesus Christ himself—all of which are not only played for plenty of laughs, but loads of social…

Michael RuscoeSeptember 10, 2015

BooksToScreen Fiction

Failed It/Nailed It: Which of these Fractured Fairy Tales Got it Right?

Failed It: Ella Enchanted I first read Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine when I was 14 years old. I was immediately captivated by the story: it’s a loose retelling of Cinderella, but with way more mythical creatures and a headstrong heroine named Ella, who’s “blessed” as a child…

Rachel CarterNovember 16, 2015

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Steven M. Forman

Steven M. Forman Historical Fiction From seafood marketing guru to published author, his latest in the historical fiction genre Steven Forman was born in the Boston area in 1942, graduated the University of Massachusetts in 1963 and started his own seafood marketing company in 1970. He has always had a…

Lee PelletierSeptember 26, 2019

Audiobooks Fiction Listicles Thrillers

4 Audiobooks with Hilarious Mysteries to Keep You Laughing Through the Suspense

I’m reporting from the U.S. epicenter of the pandemic, New York City — Brooklyn, to be exact. I feel like I am in a terrifying Stephen King novel with no end. The streets are eerily deserted and spookily quiet. I have a view of the Brooklyn Bridge out my window…

Ellen QuintApril 27, 2020

Better Self Better Self - Featured Listicles Nonfiction

Laugh at Yourself, Love Yourself: 6 Humorous and Heartfelt Guides to Life, Love and the Pursuit of Happiness

Sometimes, well, maybe more than just sometimes, we’re our own worst enemy. On the ever-winding road to finding happiness or love or fulfillment, it’s often self-criticism, bad habits and insecurities that we trip over. We just can’t seem to get out of our own way, can we? They say admitting…

Chelsea CicconeMarch 29, 2022

Fiction Listicles

Absurdist Politics: 5 Darkly Comedic Political Satires

It’s often said that laughter is the best medicine, and right now we could all use some of both. But how do you find humor in a world stacked high with countless, simultaneous crises? Political satire has been a beacon of light in dark times throughout history, mocking the forces…

Cameron KimballSeptember 18, 2020

Listicles Listicles - Featured Nonfiction

A Lighter Look at POTUS: 7 Books on Witty, Wacky and Weird Sides of Presidents

Being the president of the United States is a serious state of affairs, especially in the current state of affairs. But ever since George Washington reluctantly moved to the capitol at the time, in New York City not Washington, D.C., the man leading our great nation had his work cut…

Judy MorenoMarch 7, 2022

Listicles Listicles - Featured Nonfiction

Life Through Laughter: 8 Quirky and Humorous Memoirs

We’ve all got stories to tell. The question is whether or not those stories are entertaining enough to warrant a memoir. Perhaps, if you’ve lived through a particularly tumultuous event or have a unique perspective on a popular topic (and have the writing chops to execute such a feat), your…

Chelsea CicconeJune 14, 2021

Casey McQuiston’s Queer Rom-Com “One Last Stop” Takes a Time-Traveling Twist

This Dog Teaches New Tricks in “How to Train Your Hooman: A Field Guide”

A “Lover Boy” and Murder Mayhem

No Plot, Just Lots of Laughs & Tips on Sex and Dating

Tall Poppy Review: Saying Goodbye to the Imprisonment of Self-Improvement

Pixar Screenwriter’s “Set My Heart to Five” Is a Humorous Exploration of Humanity

Jonesin’ for a Fix: Books for TV Addicts — Brooklyn Nine-Nine edition

Christopher Moore Talks about Death, Demons and Secondhand Souls

Failed It/Nailed It: Which of these Fractured Fairy Tales Got it Right?

Steven M. Forman

4 Audiobooks with Hilarious Mysteries to Keep You Laughing Through the Suspense

Laugh at Yourself, Love Yourself: 6 Humorous and Heartfelt Guides to Life, Love and the Pursuit of Happiness

Absurdist Politics: 5 Darkly Comedic Political Satires

A Lighter Look at POTUS: 7 Books on Witty, Wacky and Weird Sides of Presidents

Life Through Laughter: 8 Quirky and Humorous Memoirs

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