Recently read: Janice Taylor’s All is Forgiven, Move On

As you all know, I’m a fan of Taylor’s writing, her humor, her art and her wisdom. Her new book, All is Forgiven, Move On, is now out. In it, you’ll find Our Lady of Weight Loss’s 101 Fat-Burning Steps on Your Journey to Sveltesville. I can’t resist giving some examples: Step 6—Land of the Lost and Found Pounds, Step 20—Face-to-Face with an Alien, Step 52—Walk on the Mild Side, and Step 80—The Multiplex of Things to Do. Plus, the book is full of Taylor’s marvelous artwork: from the dedication page to her husband, The Lord of the Fries (love it!) through Sacrifice your Twinkie to the concluding portrait of Our Lady of Weight Loss with her trademark spectacles (although without her weight scale halo because by now she no longer needs to remind you to eat your veggies). There are projects (like making a belt out of your now unneeded tape measure) and recipes (like the You-Don’t-Have-To-Be-Einstein Tuna Casserole). But most of all there is practical advice, not only for losing weight and keeping it off, but for reinforcing your self-esteem, helping you uncover new points of view, and giving you ways to deal with all the ups and downs of life (besides eating that last piece of cake).

This is NOT just a funny gag book—the wisdom and wit is valid, valuable, and down-to-earth. Even if you don’t have weight to lose, this book is worth reading. In Taylor’s words from her Foreword (actually, it is her Forewarned section): “This book is a road map that leads you to your best self, your higher self, your wise self.”

Visit Taylor’s blog at http://blog.beliefnet.com/ourladyofweightloss/ (where you can also watch Taylor in action via YouTube); and her web site at http://www.ourladyofweightloss.com/ . For my review of her 21-Day-Blow-the-Fat-Cells-from-your-Body cure, see my posting of April 14, 2008, and for a review of her first book, see my posting of November 25, 2007.