Like all good books, it's the little things that matter
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In the end, it's really not that surprising. In fact, it may almost be inevitable. I really think the fast food giants plan it that way. Just by reading the words `fast food' you're probably already thinking about stopping and picking up your favorite sandwich, french fry, or frozen treat. See? You may already be in trouble. Well go ahead and indulge, I dare you, but you might think twice about what that food is doing to your body after reading about the (mis)adventures of 17-year-old Nick "Nero" Sole.

Nick may have been destined to experience the inescapable zombie apocalypse right from the beginning. How much worse could it possibly get? Nick already had a loser father who decided to check out after Nick's mother left. Nick's little sister was awesome, but it's hard to be a decent caregiver when you're forced to work in a chicken processing plant just to pay the bills. And don't get started about the actual job processing chickens. Although Nick would have preferred not to get stabbed in the hand, shut down a new and expensive machine, and get assigned to a juvenile delinquent "experience" for retribution, perhaps it was just destiny.

Out in the wild, surrounded by other supposed teenage criminals, Nick became Nero and decided to not look back. He decided not to look back on his missed chances with Petal, the only girl he had ever been interested in. He decided to not look back at his forgotten childhood, spoiled by family conflict. And Nero most definitely did not look back when his counselors turned into bloody, flesh-eating zombies overnight. Faced with few choices, Nero and the remaining survivors embark on a mad journey through the wilderness desperately avoiding the other zombies who seem to appear out of nowhere at every turn.

Armed only with the knowledge of what zombie movies have taught them, Nero and the other boys eventually hook up with the small group of girl juvenile delinquents and try to figure out what the heck happened. Despite their best efforts to blame it on a government conspiracy, a mutated virus, or any other reasonable explanation, they eventually realize that the zombies have been created from something terribly frightening, but not really that unexpected --- fast food. They say it's a dog-eat-dog world, but in this case, you could say it's a man-eat-fast-food-eat-man world.

The best thing about author Sean Beaudoin is that he takes familiar genres and turns them on their head. He did it with the private detective genre in YOU KILLED WESLEY PAYNE, and he's done it again with the zombie apocalypse in THE INFECTS. Sure, the zombies are ruthless, disgusting, and creepy as anything you may read or see, but that's beside the point. Like all good books, it's the little things that matter, and Beaudoin inserts zombie rules, jokes about fast food, and perhaps even some moral insights into mankind throughout the story. Eh, ignore the moral insights into mankind comment. Instead, just read the book for its fast-paced action, its witty dialogue, and of course the zombies.

Reviewed by Benjamin Boche
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I enjoyed this book quite a bit. It's probably a hard to read with a cynical heart, but then I would say that it's like good advice that you may not value until a later date. The stories predate cell phones, personal computers, and Bitcoin. However, that helps to keep the focus on the human part of the equation. My favorite story is the first, " The Santa Suit," where a boy is left to spend Christmas with his mysterious and somewhat intimidating grandfather. It's the sort of story that we've all experienced where we expect one thing and learn another in the process. And that's the kind of glue that holds all of the stories together: hope, love, separation giving value to togetherness. Of course, as I grown older, I've become something of a softie and I find more value in what we hold in our hearts over what we seek to acquire. It's my impression that Kevin Moore also values the ephemeral qualities that we will experience only while we exist. It's not "I will love you if you love me." It's, "I will love you no matter what."
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the little book that could and does enlight the soul with abundance and wisdom
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Small, practical to keep, and a great read for our child.
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This is a very short book: something like 113 pages with not a lot of page surface for words. It's one of those books that should really have been longer (to get your money's worth) but couldn't really be without distorting the clarity of the message.

It is a quick and enjoyable read, and it has a lot of real life examples and ideas. Most of it is commonsense, but that doesn't mean it isn't useful. It is all about the excellent service that a mail carrier provides over his career, and why he chooses to go "above and beyond" all the time with his dedication.

It reminds me a lot of another book called "Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results". We read both books for our workplace book-club and enjoyed both. Both were written by motivational speakers, and both try to work their way into a whole teaching program with awards and special terms and the like. Personally, I don't care for this type of commercialization, and I'm not about to go out calling people "Freds" or hand out "Fred" pins, but I darn well am going to look at the message of the book seriously and take it to heart.

I recommend this as a book that will appeal to a lot of people because it is not intimidating (especially to non-readers) and because it is written in an easy conversational style. (I think it is a good book for reading clubs.)

And finally, as one of my favorite lines in the book said (spoken by Abraham Lincoln) "Whatever you are, be a good one."
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This is a charming book, one that feeds my own desire and interest in writing because Lynch is, first of all, a humanitarian, and a poet who closely observes life--and death--around him. And he doesn't pull his punches when he talks about the world he sees evolving around him--again, often  through the lens of death and dying. But it's not a morbid book. Rather it's a book that will make you want to live the best life you can in the time you have allotted to you--that all the "little things" are what matter.
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Sometimes this book gets a little stuck with the minutiae of things that aren't overly relevant to plot. However, it's a good story line, and it is well written.
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It's one of those books that brings one back to one's best self, you know? And it recalls what the best in others looks like, too. It's a charming story with important messages, made all the more charming and provocative by the narrator, Wrigley. I read it in one sitting and just might read it again.
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This little book is not about giving up everything, but rather it is about keeping only what really matters--in things, in commitments, and in life.

"Simplifying isn't meant to leave your life empty--it's meant to leave space in your life for what you really want to do..."

Here is an easy to read book perfectly timed for the New Year. It is not just another book on dealing with clutter, but more of a how-to book on dealing with the realities of life today. Whether you want to learn another language, keep your desk in order, loose weight, or whatever, the author sets you on your way to actually accomplishing your goals.

"...focus on doing less, but doing it more effectively and, in effect, accomplishing more while reducing stress."

Check out the chapter headings:

PART I: THE PRINCIPLES
1. Why Less is Powerful
2. The Art of Setting Limits
3. Choosing the Essential, and Simplifying
4. Simple Focus
5. Create New Habits, and the Power of Less Challenge
6. Start Small

PART II: IN PRACTICE
7. Simple Goals and Projects
8. Simple Tasks
9. Simple Time Management
10. Simple Email
11. Simple Internet
12. Simple Filing
13. Simple Commitments
14. Simple Daily Routine
15. Declutter Your Work Space
16. Slow Down
17. Simple Health and Fitness
18. On Motivation
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the way a book should be - brief and concise. I think the book had about 3-4 pages, with the most important things at the top. Value in implementing one of the top 3 things that I wasn't alone makes this book worth it.
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from reading a few pages,it seems a good book.
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Taken as a whole, the three books are nice indeed.
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I really enjoyed this little book. It is one that I will keep handy and re-read (a simple push)in my effort to keep my life in a good balance.  I find the author wise and his writing style charming, which makes this book fun to read.
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If you only get a couple of good tips out of this book, it is well worth the time spent reading it.  I DID.
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The value of Martin's books is in their concise, matter of fact style. This book follows that style, with its specific action points. However, this book references works of other authors to a great extent, as opposed to being self-contained like his other books. This book is very good at pointing out small life changes that will have a big impact in your life, such as changing your morning routine so it becomes more productive. But much of his message is lost by his frequent references to other books by Tony Robbins or Richard Branson.
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While the title of the book seems to suggest how not to care about things, it is really about how to care about things, the things that matter.  It was an easy/quick read that drives home the message home with no BS.  The language is light and funny.  The author draws from his own life experience and from others as well.  What more to say :)
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Not too crazy about this book, but, there are some good things in it.