From Library Journal
Books offering money-saving ideas are a perennial favorite, and this collection offers a very sensible selection. Sanders and Bullen (Staying Home: From Full-Time Professional to Full-Time Parent, Little, Brown, 1992) keep their suggestions realistic, eschewing time-consuming gimmicks. They offer quick and easy ways to shave a few dollars here and there around the house, in the garden, and while shopping, managing your money, and maintaining your car. For instance, they recommend using simple kitchen preparations instead of buying expensive cleansers and being selective about bulk buying-it's only a bargain if you use it. And mash and freeze that overripe banana for baby food or banana bread. For popular collections.
Susan B. Hagloch, Tuscarawas Cty. P.L., New Philadelphia, Ohio
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Susan B. Hagloch, Tuscarawas Cty. P.L., New Philadelphia, Ohio
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
This slim volume is a list that lives up to its title. Most of the suggestions are simple and cover things like appliance repair, recycling, and using an inflatable wading pool as a portable baby crib. Although some can't always be instantly implemented (e.g., "276--Live in a district with a good school"), most seem doable, nearly all, sensible (e.g., "21--Bake in batches"). Some are nothing short of inspirational: for instance, "365--A truly creative use for dryer lint" (it turns out the fuzzy residue of dry laundry makes an extremely powerful craft paste "for super-strong papier ma{ƒ}che{‚}"). This suggestion constitutes the creation of a useful substance from a waste product--that is, it's modern-day alchemy. A truly useful little book. Mike Tribby
