Kate's review
The Number: What Do You Need for the Rest of Your Life and What Will It Cost?
by Lee Eisenberg
I'm actually listening to this on CD...part of my plan to decrease time spent on the cell phone in the car...and only because the library was closed and it was one of the few audiobooks Borders had on clearance.
I hated the entire first disc. He spends it describing the money habits, woes, uses, etc. of the rich, really rich, and obscenely rich. He also mentions his disdain for Wisconsin (I've been to Dodgeville, and it's a nice little town) and his $25,000 yearly property tax bill on his near NYC home. Um, yeah...you can relate to me, buddy.
I'm now on the 2nd disc, and it's getting better. He has gotten into discussion of the things that get in the way of planning for one's retirement...this definitely applies to us...so I have hope that the book will end up being worth the $5.99 I paid for it! (And when I yard-sale it in the spring, I'll be sure to include a note suggesting that the reader skip the 1st CD!)
Kate's review
The Number: What Do You Need for the Rest of Your Life and What Will It Cost? by Lee Eisenberg
Kate's review
rating:
bookshelves:
financial,
quit-reading-hated-it-
I got about halfway through and couldn't take it anymore. I wasn't interested so much in theorizing as in practical strategies and information. I also found the author/narrator (don't read your own books, people, unless you have a background in acting, too!) and his anecdotes about super-rich acquaintances off-putting.
I'm actually listening to this on CD...part of my plan to decrease time spent on the cell phone in the car...and only because the library was closed and it was one of the few audiobooks Borders had on clearance.
I hated the entire first disc. He spends it describing the money habits, woes, uses, etc. of the rich, really rich, and obscenely rich. He also mentions his disdain for Wisconsin (I've been to Dodgeville, and it's a nice little town) and his $25,000 yearly property tax bill on his near NYC home. Um, yeah...you can relate to me, buddy.
I'm now on the 2nd disc, and it's getting better. He has gotten into discussion of the things that get in the way of planning for one's retirement...this definitely applies to us...so I have hope that the book will end up being worth the $5.99 I paid for it! (And when I yard-sale it in the spring, I'll be sure to include a note suggesting that the reader skip the 1st CD!)