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The Tightwad Gazette is an old and out of print book.  The Gazette was originally a newsletter and the book is compiled of articles from the newsletter.
It was originally published in 1991 in the midst of the early 90s housing correction and recession and the Author was a fairly popular guest on game shows, news shows and the like.

Now that economy is back in style I thought I’d give it a read.  The main thing that’s up to date is the philosophy, economy is a way of life, not because you are forced into it but because you want to … Continue Reading

Amazon suggested this book to me because I had purchased a couple of books on management.  This is the first Peter Drucker book I’ve read and according to his bio on the back cover he is quite a management guru.

Two things tipped me off about this baby though, the first was that all the quotes of praise on the covers are about Peter as an author, not one of them mentioned this book.  That’s usually a tip off that the book you are about to read is a sub par knock off from an otherwise decent author.  The Second tip … Continue Reading

I don’t know how I missed this for so many years.  My parents even had a copy floating around when I was little but I ignored it like all the other books they had sitting around from when they went to college.

I really did enjoy this one.  The tone was fantastic and the first person viewpoint is hard to pull off for most writers.  The dismissive attitude of the protagonist could have easily been overdone but it was just the perfect amount.  In chapter 14 when I just started to notice it Holden has his meltdown and everything starts to … Continue Reading

This will be where I post about my 52 books in 52 weeks.  There are a few others from www.quartertothree.com who will be participating, the official thread is in the books, comics, TV and Music Forum.

My first book is Catcher in the Rye and I’m halfway finished with it so I’m actually on pace with a resolution!

If you want to join in  just message me on Facebook, Q23 or comment here and I’ll add your blog to my Bloglines page.