The Wealth Cure By: Hill Harper When you first see the image of who Hill Harper is (He’s an actor on CSI:N.Y.), you assume that this is just another book by a celebrity to boost his status and pad his wallet.  What you get when you read this book, however, is another thing entirely.  Not [...]

What motivates your finances? What is the purpose that drives you to reduce your debt and make more money? For me, the one thing that keeps coming back when I ask myself those same questions is the idea of freedom. The start of my own personal finance revolution started with some realizations. I realized that [...]

Recently, I got the chance to review David Bachs new book, “Debt Free for Life” (Look for the review coming up on Yakezie.com!). David was kind enough to answer a few questions that I send to him. Some great stuff in there as well! Here’s the interview: BB: Most of your previous books seem to [...]

Early Retirement Extreme By: Jacob Lund Fisker When many of us think of retirement, we think of some far off time in our future when we’ve saved enough money and reached an age where the government will allow us to withdraw our money without significant penalties.  When Jacob Lund Fisker thinks about retirement, he’s thinking [...]

Psych Yourself Rich By: Farnoosh Torabi As a personal finance blogger, I read a lot of books on personal finance.  These books range from the simplified budgeting and saving books to more complex books (like Early Retirement Extreme, which I’m reading now).  In all honesty, Psych yourself rich lands somewhere in the middle.  Parts of [...]

Why are we so clueless about the stock market By: Mariusz Skonieczny Mariusz could have just as aptly named this book something like “The Beginners guide to the stock market” because that is what the book is; essentially.  He takes a very low level approach to the stock market in an attempt (I believe) to [...]

Almost a year ago, I released the Beating Broke Guide to your Credit Score.  Since then, a lot has happened and it seems to me that your credit score could become more important than ever as we recover from this economic disaster.  Previously, I had it set up such that you had to sign up [...]

Isn’t that a funny title.  Even I had to double take to make sure that it wasn’t typed wrong.  But, yes, unautomate it is.  And the man with the plan is Adam Baker.  You likely know him from ManVsDebt.  Maybe not, but if not, you should.  And he’s got a plan to help you unautomate [...]

I Will Teach You to be Rich By: Ramit Sethi I’ve been a reader of Ramit’s blog (iwillteachyoutoberich.com) for several years now, so when I heard that he was writing a book (and publishing one) I knew it would have to find a way onto my list of books to read. Which it did, and [...]

If you want to read Suze Orman’s 2009 Action Plan, here’s your chance to do so for free!  Suze is appearing on Oprah today as part of Oprah’s Best Life Week.  And to commemorate the appearance, Suze and Oprah are making Suze’s book “2009 Action Plan” available for free in pdf format.  It’s only going [...]