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Showing posts with label book reviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book reviews. Show all posts
Friday, June 25, 2010
Midwest Book Review: A Choice and Highly Recommended Read
"Money doesn't buy happiness, so you can get it on the cheap. "Broke is Beautiful: Living and Loving the Cash-Strapped Life" is a guide to living a cool life where money isn't the king, but how you live your life in spite of your poverty is. Laura Lee gives readers a good array of thoughts and wisdom and makes for a very entertaining and fun read. "Broke is Beautiful" is a choice and highly recommended read which shouldn't be missed for those who want to live well when they got nothing in the wallet."-Midwest Book Review
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Best Opening to A Review/Interview Ever!
This is how Brokelyn opened its article interviewing me about Broke is Beautiful:
"Author Laura Lee may have well written the Brokelyn manifesto, the recession-victims’ King James Bible and the brokester I Ching all wrapped into one. Her new book, Broke is Beautiful, is a vast, thoughtful and intensely researched tome on the value of living the cash-strapped life."
You've got to like that!
Brokelyn is an on-line publication that focuses on cheap stuff to do, and living a creative broke life in Brooklyn. Some recommended articles include Artists, Barter for Medical Care and How to Sell Your Hair Online.
You can read the feature on Broke is Beautiful to hear me reflect on free coffee vs. Starbucks, how paper towels are like throwing money directly in the wastebasket and the irony of "broke chic."
Incidentally, in that last section, I'm quoted as talking about "skinny waist" models. I actually said "skinny waif" models, but it occurs to me that it is pretty much the same.
In the book, I had a sentence that began, "People may say many things about Paris Hilton..." The copy editor put "People" in italics as the magazine title. I had actually been thinking of people in the human beings sense, but I enjoyed that it could be read both ways, and decided I liked it in italics. (It's on page 113 if you're following along)
"Author Laura Lee may have well written the Brokelyn manifesto, the recession-victims’ King James Bible and the brokester I Ching all wrapped into one. Her new book, Broke is Beautiful, is a vast, thoughtful and intensely researched tome on the value of living the cash-strapped life."
You've got to like that!
Brokelyn is an on-line publication that focuses on cheap stuff to do, and living a creative broke life in Brooklyn. Some recommended articles include Artists, Barter for Medical Care and How to Sell Your Hair Online.
You can read the feature on Broke is Beautiful to hear me reflect on free coffee vs. Starbucks, how paper towels are like throwing money directly in the wastebasket and the irony of "broke chic."
Incidentally, in that last section, I'm quoted as talking about "skinny waist" models. I actually said "skinny waif" models, but it occurs to me that it is pretty much the same.
In the book, I had a sentence that began, "People may say many things about Paris Hilton..." The copy editor put "People" in italics as the magazine title. I had actually been thinking of people in the human beings sense, but I enjoyed that it could be read both ways, and decided I liked it in italics. (It's on page 113 if you're following along)
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Charlotte Observer Review
The Charlotte Observer today ran a review of Broke is Beautiful.
If you're feeling down about the state of your exchequer, pick up this cheery little book..."Broke is Beautiful" is guaranteed to make you feel better about life in "times like these."
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Video fo the Day: Is Your Stuff Holding You Back?
Matt Cheuvront, who blogs at Life Without Pants, has recorded this book review of Everett Bogue's "The Art of Being Minimalist" and a call to lose the attachment to stuff.
Your Hindering Your Potential (With Your Stuff) from Matt Cheuvront on Vimeo.
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