Archive for the ‘Book Reviews’ Category

Review of Can I Retire? by Mike Piper

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

I met Mike Piper of The Oblivious Investor briefly at FinCon11 and he came bearing gifts.  (I guess I was The Oblivious Conference Attendee and did no such thing myself.)  I snagged two copies of his newest book, Can I Retire?  (I'll offer the second copy to a randomly-picked subscriber ...

Review of Living the Savvy Life by Melissa Tosetti and Kevin Gibbons

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

The authors were kind enough to get a complimentary copy of Living the Savvy Life into my hands a while back.  Subtitled "The Savvy Woman's Guide to Smart Spending and Rich Living," Melissa Tosetti and Kevin Gibbons have a lot to say in this 219-page book.  The book's primary audience ...

Review of Jeff Yeager’s The Cheapskate Next Door

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

This book caught my eye at Borders, so I flipped through the pages a bit and bought the book off of Amazon when I got home.  (I'm probably not doing my part to help Borders out of bankruptcy, but oh well.)  Jeff Yeager's The Cheapskate Next Door is a well-researched ...

Review of Kimberly Palmer’s Generation Earn

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

I received a complimentary copy of Kimberly Palmer's new book Generation Earn.  It is subtitled "The Young Professional's Guide to Spending, Investing, and Giving Back."  I would place my age group (late thirties) above the mean age of the typical person to whom she's addressing the book, but not outside ...