Book Review: Never Pay Full Price Again by Mr. Cheapskate
3 Stars , Latest Posts , Non-Fiction / May 11, 2015

About: Never Pay Full Price Again: 5 Simple Lessons on How to Save Money on Anything & Everything by Mr. Cheapskate is an eBook containing a few short lessons on saving money. 15 pages Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc. Language: English My rat­ing for Never Pay Full Price Again — 3 Buy this book from Amazon.com Thoughts: I am a self-proclaimed frugal man and proud of it, so when I saw that Never Pay Full Price Again: 5 Simple Lessons on How to Save Money on Anything & Everything by Mr. Cheapskate was free (on the Facebook Books Giveaways) I downloaded it. This is a short book I downloaded and read it in less than an hour. There is nothing new in this book and it is extremely short. The author tries to teach the reader how to save money, but the lessons are common sense and anyone who had to pay their own bills a year or so knows them. Basically find discounts using several means, be nice to the hard working folks at customer service and use rebates and sites that give you money. Frankly, I think there are other lessons out there that people should know about…

Book Review: The Residence by Kate Andersen Brower
5 Stars , Latest Posts , Non-Fiction / May 4, 2015

As a fan of history, I really enjoy the small, intimate stories which give a most excellent background to world events, and this book is filled with them. It was wonderful to read about the friendship, intimacy, companionship and service the staff provides the families who are on a world stage and sometimes can feel lonely and battered.

Book Review: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
5 Stars , Latest Posts , Non-Fiction / February 19, 2015

The author manages to touch on many subjects interrelated to society and science, as well as ask many tough questions about how we treat the less fortunate of our society and the state of healthcare in the pre AHA days. There are no good answers to these questions, there are no rights or wrongs, the Skoots felt they have been cheated by John Hopkins Medical Center, scientists believed they acted according to ethical standards of the time.

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