A solid book of financial insights clearly aimed at millennials.
A self-described millennial advises his peers on fiscal responsibility.
In this debut personal finance book, Dumont, who is “on track to retire in 10 years even though I had $50,000 of debt only four years ago,” walks readers through the basics of living within one’s means, saving for retirement, and investing. The volume addresses familiar topics—like budgets, the role of debt, how to invest for long-term growth, and the relationship between finances and personal values—that are broadly applicable, though the text makes it clear that the primary audience is millennials: “We tend to focus on experiences instead of financial security, mostly because we believe having both is not feasible.” The author’s approach to financially responsible behavior is strong, with plenty of examples, calculations, and charts, and will be familiar to readers who have already spent time in the genre—limit expenses, establish an emergency fund, maximize income, institute saving as an automatic process, and make a fulfilling retirement the object of all this frugality and planning. One thing that sets this work apart from its competitors is that Dumont is Canadian, and he provides detailed information specific to Canadian readers, like retirement and investment options, that is not often found in American books. (Readers used to U.S. college tuition may feel more than a twinge of jealousy when the author notes that he paid one semester’s costs by selling 20 iPhones on eBay.) The text is deftly written and informative, though as with many personal finance books, it covers a recognizable set of instructions for monetary success. Readers who find that advice like “Take advantage of happy hour if you are going out with friends. The cost savings will add up” and “If a girl is only dating me because I have a car, that is not a good sign” fits well with their lifestyles and goals will likely appreciate Dumont’s particular take on the topic.
A solid book of financial insights clearly aimed at millennials.Pub Date: Aug. 6, 2019
ISBN: 978-1-9991326-0-6
Page Count: 290
Publisher: Time Tunnel Media
Review Posted Online: Aug. 15, 2019
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 15, 2019
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
An autobiography as toxic and addictive as any drug its author has ever ingested.
The legendary booze-addled metal rocker turned reality-TV star comes clean in his tell-all autobiography.
Although brought up in the bleak British factory town of Aston, John “Ozzy” Osbourne’s tragicomic rags-to-riches tale is somehow quintessentially American. It’s an epic dream/nightmare that takes him from Winson Green prison in 1966 to a presidential dinner with George W. Bush in 2004. Tracing his adult life from petty thief and slaughterhouse worker to rock star, Osbourne’s first-person slang-and-expletive-driven style comes off like he’s casually relating his story while knocking back pints at the pub. “What you read here,” he writes, “is what dribbled out of the jelly I call my brain when I asked it for my life story.” During the late 1960s his transformation from inept shoplifter to notorious Black Sabbath frontman was unlikely enough. In fact, the band got its first paying gigs by waiting outside concert venues hoping the regularly scheduled act wouldn’t show. After a few years, Osbourne and his bandmates were touring America and becoming millionaires from their riff-heavy doom music. As expected, with success came personal excess and inevitable alienation from the other members of the group. But as a solo performer, Osbourne’s predilection for guns, drink, drugs, near-death experiences, cruelty to animals and relieving himself in public soon became the stuff of legend. His most infamous exploits—biting the head off a bat and accidentally urinating on the Alamo—are addressed, but they seem tame compared to other dark moments of his checkered past: nearly killing his wife Sharon during an alcohol-induced blackout, waking up after a bender in the middle of a busy highway, burning down his backyard, etc. Osbourne is confessional to a fault, jeopardizing his demonic-rocker reputation with glib remarks about his love for Paul McCartney and Robin Williams. The most distinguishing feature of the book is the staggering chapter-by-chapter accumulation of drunken mishaps, bodily dysfunctions and drug-induced mayhem over a 40-plus-year career—a résumé of anti-social atrocities comparable to any of rock ’n’ roll’s most reckless outlaws.
An autobiography as toxic and addictive as any drug its author has ever ingested.Pub Date: Jan. 25, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-446-56989-7
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Dec. 1, 2009
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This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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