Book Guys Show

This week we speak with Brigadier General Bigelow from the Canadian Armed Forces as well as American author Ron Barak who tells us about his book A Season For Redemption.  Paul discusses Sweet Tea & Secrets by Nancy Naigle, a fun read.  Sir Jimmy from http://www.freehollowbooks.com hollows a book while we record the episode! Your Hosts: Paul Alves, Sir Jimmy To donate to Operation Santa Claus go to http://www.supportingourtroops.ca Visit our podcast web site at http://www.bookguys.caPublished Oct 30th, 2011 Find out more on the Book Guys Show website. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/bookguys/0b255bc8-cf4d-42f9-8922-2d0b65f2540b

This week we discuss the Booker Prize winners, Chris tells us all about Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan and we discuss book reading tablets and other book news. Your Hosts: Paul Alves, Chris Jagr, Greg Otte ---------- Join us at http://www.bookguys.ca or http://www.ministryofpodcasts.comPublished on Oct 23, 2011. Find out more on the Book Guys Show website. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/bookguys/499e3337-733f-40e6-8449-e2ba0ec7d2aa

This week we discuss Infected by Scott Sigler, speak with Jim Phillips of the short story podcast Nil Desperandum and try to answer the question "Why do men read in the bathroom?"  We are joined this week by special guest Charles McFall, the host of the Bear Crawling iTunes podcast who brings us a book pick. Chris this week has given up his BiblioBurro (the donkey that carries his books) and joined the world of tablet reading.   Did you know there is an actual BiblioBurro in Columbia?  He's the man featured on our album art this week.  A teacher carries hundreds of books per day to the children of his village using a donkey.  You can see him in this youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsHyN9zj8_o   Your Hosts: Paul Alves Greg Otte Chris Jagr Special Guest Host: Charles McFall Guests: Jim Phillips Host and Producer of the Nil Desperandum podcast.Published Oct 15th, 2011 Find out more on the Book Guys Show website. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/bookguys/dd607e95-c884-46

This week we interview Molly Campbell, creator of CharactersInSearchOfANovel.Com and David Milnes, the author of The Ghost Of Neil Diamond. Chris discusses the book The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt and Greg finally breaks into song while recording. Your Hosts: Paul Alves Greg Otte Chris Jagr Special Thanks To: Geoff Smith http://www.thegeoffsmith.com Theme Song and JinglesPublished October 8th, 2011 Find out more on the Book Guys Show website. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/bookguys/1ccfc79c-e62e-45db-bc67-296c6fe87683

This week we discuss  Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, The Handbook For Lightning Strike Survivors by Michelle Young-Stone, The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich by William L Shirer and Here Comes Trouble by Michael Moore. We also talk about The Grammar Girl podcast and more. --------- Join us at http://www.bookguys.caPublished September 30th 2011 Find out more on the Book Guys Show website. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/bookguys/33bf5891-7986-463a-ac30-fa23492cb11e

Episode 012 Born To Run This week Chris discusses Born To Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes And The Greatest Race The World Has Never Seen.  Greg talks about the book Happy Accidents, a memoir by Jane Lynch.  And much much more! Your Hosts: Greg Otte Chris Jagr Paul Alves Theme Song by: Geoff Smith TheGeoffSmith.Com Voice Talent: Scott Brick ScottBrickPresents.Com Special Thanks This Week To: Orson Scott Card (Author of the Enderverse Sci-Fi series) Gabrielle de Cuir (Actor and Audio Book Director and Narrator) Stefan Rudnicki (Audio Book Director and Narrator - The Voice of Ender!) For providing us with those great promos!  And Orson, if you stop calling yourself "The Book Guy" I promise I'll stop walking around Toronto telling people I wrote the Enderverse.  :)Released September 18th, 2011 Find out more on the Book Guys Show website. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/bookguys/a09f571c-bbc6-41d1-8690-e460d2ed2026

Episode 011... though I say 012 throughout the show... sun stroke, I tell you! Wear a hat, folks!   This week we are recording on location from The South Side Shuffle, a United States Southern and Blues festival that happens every year inside Memorial Park by the Credit River in Port Credit, Ontario, Canada! We interview Donna and Alex Carrick, local authors about their books and more.    Paul recommends a new way to read books on iOS called “Book Track” and gives you some book news, too! Stick around for the end where I attempt to play the harmonica part from DIRTY OLD TOWN one of my favorite songs… its a tragedy, really!  BROKEN harmonica!!! Just like my guitar!  Coincidence? I THINK NOT!    Your host: Paul “The Book Guy” Alves     Special Thanks To: The Mississippi Queen for providing our meals for the day.  You can check out her site at http://www.mississippiqueenfoods.com    The organizers of the South Side Shuffle.  We hope to return next year in a bigger way!  What a wonderful festival, just a pleasur

This week we chat a bit about A Stolen Life, the true story about Jaycee Lee Dugard's survival of 18 years of captivity, Greg slags off the Millenium Series by Stieg Larson, we speak with Jimmy from FreeHollowBooks.Com, bring you some book news and comic book news and more…   And yes folks, Paul did lose it near the end of the Stolen Life chat, it really is that tough a book to read, mostly because it's a true and recent story.   Your Hosts:   Paul Alves Greg Otte Chris Jagr   Special Guests:   Jimmy from FreeHollowBooks.Com   Special Thanks To:   Geoff Smith For composing our theme song and most of the jingles.   Jaycee Lee Dugard For writing your book.  It must have taken a lot of courage.  We salute you and wish you the best in the future.September 5th, 2011 Find out more on the Book Guys Show website. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/bookguys/a22a66e4-7553-4ca3-8dbc-250e2bdbaf3c

This week Paul talks about the Young Adult novel inkBLOT by Johnson Naigle, Chris talks a bit about Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist, Greg reviews a book about Saturday Night Live and we have some Books On Film & TV News for you as well...   This week we record in the middle of a construction site which is filled with strange garden-gnome like people who are helping to build our new studio.   Your Hosts:   Paul Alves Greg Otte Chris Jagr   In The Background: The mysterious garden gnomes who are helping build us new furniture and walls for our studio.  I think they're also plotting our demise.Released August 28th, 2011 Find out more on the Book Guys Show website. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/bookguys/fb24b423-91fd-4b0b-86fe-4a0c02072f9a

This week we interview Andre Gerard, the author of Fathers: A Literary Anthology.  We also discuss Oryx And Crake by Margaret Atwood, War of the Worlds by Orson Welles and more! Your Hosts: Paul Alves, Chris Jagr Special Thanks To:  Geoff Smith for that awesome theme song! Voice Talent:  Scott Brick, Harlan ZinckReleased August 21st, 2011 Find out more on the Book Guys Show website. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/bookguys/a9a5c28a-01b5-4cb3-8cda-c0d000843691

This week we discuss audio books with Scott Brick, actor and audio book narrator and Paul explains why the show is called "Paul The Book Guy".  We also recommend a few books and bring you some recent book news.   This is our first podcast with our new audio equipment, which allows us to pretty much record "live to tape".  Now if only Paul can figure out which button makes what jingle play, we might be alright.   Your Hosts:   Paul Alves Greg Otte Chris Jagr   Voice Talent:   Harlan Zinck from RadioArchives.Com   Guest:Scott BrickSpecial Thanks To:Geoff Smith for our fantastic theme song.Published August 13, 2011 Find out more on the Book Guys Show website. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/bookguys/4a912245-0ca4-4f74-afcc-77d3bf5b2b50

This week we interview Jill Edmondson, author of the Sasha Jackson Mysteries series of novels, offer up a must-have book for parents of young children and we discuss different ways of reading books.  Your Hosts: Paul Alves Greg Otte Chris Jagr Special Thanks To: The nice folks at Rogers for having a good wireless signal at the cottage so I could upload today's episode and still have time to go swimming. Geoff Smith for our fantastic theme song.Released August 7th, 2011 Find out more on the Book Guys Show website. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/bookguys/4ac787c7-1ae0-463f-9278-445970188fec

This week we discuss the new James Bond novel Carte Blanche by Jeffrey Deaver, Two Scoops Is Just Right by Alex Carrick, the World of Warcraft novel StormRage by Richard A Knaak, Chris brings us some book news and Harlan Zinck joins us live to bring us a full audio drama from the 1940s series THE UNEXPECTED!   Your Hosts:   Paul Alves Greg Otte Chris Jagr Harlan Zinck   Special Thanks To:   Harlan Zinck of RadioArchives.com for bringing us those great audio dramas which we will be seeing soon on the podcast stream as AUDIO DRAMA SPECIALS   Geoff Smith for our fantastic theme song. Chris Jagr for bringing those "Dark And Stormy Night" cocktails this week… mmmm ginger beer and dark rum, does wonders for the voices.  I sounded like I was gargling gravel for the first few minutes of this podcast but it was worth it, they were very tasty!Released July 30th, 2011 Find out more on the Book Guys Show website. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/bookguys/4dce8c47-dda8-4afd-a81e-a6af3d05abb4

This week we feature a book about spelunking, a book about the London Blitz during World War 2, a mystery that takes place in an ass-filled snow cave and a whole lot more!  Plus as usual, a recap of some of the week's book news. Get a FREE audio book just for signing up for a free 1 month trial at http://www.audibletrial.com/bookguys Your Hosts: Paul Alves Greg Otte Chris Jagr Special Thanks To: Harlan Zinck of RadioArchives.com and Scott Brick, Audio Book Narrator Supreme For all the great audio work you've done for the show. Geoff Smith For that funky theme song!Released July 23rd, 2011 Find out more on the Book Guys Show website. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/bookguys/a77ab7ad-fe14-462d-a7b8-c2feaab32b40

We discuss Philip K Dick, Game of Thrones, Adam Curry's Big Book Show, Daemon by Daniel Suarez and more!Released July 15, 2011 Find out more on the Book Guys Show website. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/bookguys/309dafa9-1f94-491a-a12c-472530fba5ae

We talk about The Ghost Of Neil Diamond,  Nick Briggs (the voice of The Daleks) and Big Finish Doctor Who audio dramas. Visit us at http://www.bookguys.ca Follow Paul on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/paulthebookguyReleased July 8th, 2011 Find out more on the Book Guys Show website.

This was the previously "LOST" episode.  The first one we ever did.  The show was still called "Paul The Book Guy".  This was our FIRST effort at doing the podcast.  I am re-releasing the original 3 lost episodes now to iTunes.  Hope you enjoy them! This week we discussed William Shatner's autobiography, The Darktower series by Stephen King, Paul announces the death of George Guidall prematurely, we chat about It's Superman by Tom De Haven (narrated by Scott Brick) and introduce the first Bathroom Bible ever... The Book Of Secrets! We hope you enjoy listening to our FIRST EVER EFFORT at podcasting, which thankfully was not lost, and has since been recovered. Cheers!Released June 1st, 2011 Find out more on the Book Guys Show website. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/bookguys/6588b301-7b1a-4ca4-9694-399f1cc0fef0

This is our new promo for the show.  Fellow podcasters, please feel free to play this on your podcast.  We'd be glad to do the same.  Just contact us at paulthebookguy@gmail.com and send us your (up to 60 seconds) promo and we'll play it on the Book Guys Show. Find out more on the Book Guys Show website.

This is the 30 second short version of our Book Guys Show promo.  Podcasters please feel free to use this on your podcast!  Email us at paulthebookguy@gmail.com and send us your promos as well!