19 March 2007
Reviewing books is fun.
I very much enjoyed working my way through a personal finance book and reviewing it. With that in the mind, I hit up the library’s website and decided to see what other personal finance and faith books I could find. While it’s selection isn’t as large as a bookstore, here’s what I managed to find, and request.
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Personal Finance in your 20’s and 30’s, Personal Finance for Dummies - not necessarily faith-related, but at the bargain-buster price of FREE, I’ll at least see if its worth the paper its printed on. |
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-Faithful Finances 101: From The Poverty Of Fear And Greed To The Riches Of Spiritual Investing - “Financial counselor Gary Moore strips the veneer from evangelical views of the illusions that dominated much of the economic scenes of the last two decades and offers, with ‘hopeful realism,’ a guide to true riches based on a biblical worldview.” Could be real good, depending on whatever the hell that buzz-word laden sentence means above. |
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- The Feng Shui of Abundance: A Practical and Spiritual Guide to Attracting Wealth Into Your Life - I’m intrigued by what other faiths and belief systems say about money. I have noticed they prefer using the word “abundance” over “prosperity.” I think I like that. Better description of the hopeful end result - which is ‘way more than enough.’ |
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The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity: A Simple Guide to Unlimited Abundance - but hey, the Christians can use the abundance word too. booya. “Gaines, a Unity minister, was once down-at-heel and wondering where the next meal was coming from, but now lives a life of luxury. She claims that to follow her example, readers need only put into practice four simple spiritual laws: tithe ten percent of all they earn or receive; set specific financial and spiritual goals; forgive others and themselves daily; and find and commit to a divine purpose.” huh, kinda reminds me of another book I read. |
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-The Gospel Truth About Money Management: Making Every Dollar Count - kinda hokey title. Who knows, could be good. |
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-Green With Envy: A Whole New Way to Look at Financial (Un)Happiness - another shot in the dark. Envy’s not really my bag (, baby), but any approach to finance that tries something new is worth at least a gander, in my opinion. |
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-The Spirituality of Success: Getting Rich With Integrity - If you’re gonna get rich, this is certainly how I’d prefer it. With integrity, I mean. |
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-Get a Life: You Don’t Need a Million to Retire Well - really looking forward to this. Publisher’s review seems to indicate that there’s more to retirement than sitting around slowly tapping your IRA and 401(k). huh. |
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-The Ten Commandments of Financial Happiness: Feel Richer with What You’ve Got - Hope the content reflects the title. |
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-You Don’t Have to Be Rich: Comfort, Happiness, and Financial Security on Your Own Terms - Same author of previous book, and I again hope it lives up to its name. |
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-What If I Owned Everything? - children’s book by the godfather of Christian writing meshed with personal finance, Larry Burkett. I love the title. |
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-The World’s Easiest Guide to Finances - We’ll see about that, won’t we. Another from Mr. Burkett. |
Don’t worry that all I’m going to do is book review. I’m sure at least half of these will be returned to the library, because they don’t really have any content that differ from another book/books.
