Book Review
by Amy Dacyczyn
ISBN: 0375752250
Review by Jennifer Thieme
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About the Author:
Amy Dacyczyn is a tireless advocate of "voluntary simplicity"
while being known as the ultimate tightwad. She lives the frugal life
and offers others advice on how to live cheaply. She's retiring after
seven years of publishing her newsletter, considered by some the Bible
of pennypinching.
Book Description:
This self-styled "Frugal Zealot" wrote and published The
Tightwad Gazette for over six years to spread the frugal gospel. Each
issue contained tips from her personal experience and from her many readers.
The wealth of information contained in all these issues has been compiled
into one volume for the first time. You'll find literally thousands of
ideas for saving money, from the simple or practical to the difficult
or bizarre.
Book Review by Jennifer Thieme, self-employed in the accounting field, having served small businesses for over nine years. She's very interested in esoteric ideas and has studied them under the same teacher since 1985. Married since 1988, she home schooled her three beautiful children for ten years. Writing is one of her hobbies.
The Complete Tightwad Gazette
Author Amy Dacyczn does an outstanding job teaching readers not only how to save money, but why save money. If you need to jump start your budget, this book is well worth the regular retail price, many times over.
Some readers may feel that the author goes overboard in her quest to save money; a few tips may seem too obscure, too difficult, or not worth the time involved. However, for people needing an extreme budget makeover, these few off-the-wall ideas may prove very helpful.
A compilation of the author's newsletters she published for several years, this book is also available in three separate volumes: Tightwad Gazette Volumes One, Two, and Three. This book contains all three of these volumes, plus about ninety pages of additional articles.
People desiring a more simple lifestyle will love this book, as many money saving practices are totally compatible with a simplified lifestyle.
As a reference book, you will turn to it again and again. The index is very well populated, and turning to it for a specific solution is a breeze. For example, if your washing machine is leaking, you will find an idea for fixing it that costs about $3.
The author's straightforward and yet humorous writing style is very refreshing. Read at your own risk, because Amy Dacyczn may alter your money ideas forever.
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