Tag Archives: book review

Book review: Debt-Free Living

Posted on July 15, 2016 by

tl;dr: This post is crazy long. Sorry! The book is good and it’s going on my keeper shelf.   I just finished reading The Spender’s Guide to Debt-Free Living, by Anna Newell Jones. It’s about her journey with, and how to … Continue reading →

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Tony Robbins

Posted on March 19, 2016 by

I’m reading his latest book, Money: Master The Game. I’ve never seen him (in person or on TV), heard him, or read anything of his before this. I know who he is because he was all over the place for … Continue reading →

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Book review: Start Late and Finish Rich

Posted on March 9, 2016 by

Again, I’m only about half way through this one. This one relies on the principle of Pay Yourself First. He advocates $10 a day. If you are in debt, $5 of it should go to debt and $5 of it … Continue reading →

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Brokenomics

Posted on March 8, 2016 by

I had to put it down. Her examples got increasingly ridiculous. Her initial examples of home ownership were either the homes of the rich and famous in L.A., or the friend of hers who slept in his car for 5 … Continue reading →

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Early book review (unfairly early): Brokenomics

Posted on March 4, 2016 by

  I went back to personal finance books after reading the first of the fiction series I was looking forward to. I’m so torn though! I really liked the fiction book and want to read the rest of the series, … Continue reading →

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Book review: author Carl Richards

Posted on March 3, 2016 by

I read two books by him recently: The Behavior Gap and The One-Page Financial Plan. Both were good. The one page financial plan is about finding out why you want money and making sure that your spending and plan revolves around that. … Continue reading →

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Book mid- read review: The Average Family’s Guide to Financial Fredom

Posted on February 18, 2016 by

I’m now reading another book. This one is from 2000 and is called The Average Family’s Guide to Financial Freedom. It’s a guide to how one family, living on $65,000 a year, built a new worth of $450,000 in just … Continue reading →

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Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Posted on January 26, 2016 by

I am VERY late to this party (like, a decade), but I have started reading the book. While the financials might be out of date, the theory might be pretty good. And, it is so far. He is a Capitalist … Continue reading →

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Chores

Posted on October 22, 2015 by

The boys have chores now. Older Boy does dishes and Younger Boy cleans up the living room and their room. Younger Boy also has homework these days. That leaves me with less to do which is nice. Today I’m catching … Continue reading →

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Post 401- a book of course

Posted on August 26, 2015 by

Wow. my 401st post. I’ve been at this a while apparently. And yes, I was up at 3:30 this morning, how did you know? Ugh! So, my kids are ready for school. All except a protractor for the older one. I … Continue reading →

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