America, Welcome to the Poorhouse by Jane White is a startling insight into the state of America’s personal finances My Book Review Rating: Do you know whether the money in your 401(k) plan will see you through retirement? Is your credit card maxed out? Are you struggling to even make teh minimum payments? If you prefer not to think about your personal finances then you should probably read America, Welcome to the Poorhouse. White...

Shotgun Shopping by Sheevaun Moran is an insight into how you can use the art of non-shopping to get what you really want in life My Book Review Rating: 3 stars – I can appreciate the sentiment, but it’s not really my thing! If you are a shopaholic, and you have closets lined with purchases that you bought on a whim or with the hope that you might one day be slim enough to fit into it then this book is for you. Moran walks you...

Priceless: The Case that Brought Down the Visa/MasterCard Bank Cartel by Lloyd Constantine is an intriguing insight into price fixing and antitrust cases My Book Review Rating: 3 stars an insightful tale lacking a literary edge As a Compliance Manager for a UK bank I was keen to read this offering from Lloyd Constantine promising an inside look into the ground-breaking legal battle that blew the lid off the Mastercard Visa cartel and...

Imagine by Grant Lingel is an insight into the world of backpackers My book review rating: 3 stars one to read if you have always dreamt of travelling the world When Grant Lingel discovers in his final year of college that he doesn’t quite have enough credits to complete his course he decides to throw caution to the wind, and instead of completing the missing credits and destining himself to a desk job like the rest oh his friends he...

Checkout: A Life on the Tills by Anna Sam is a glimpse into the life of a checkout girl My Book Review rating: 3 Stars – mildly amusing but would have been better as a blog than a book! According to the cover Checkout: A Life on the Tills by Anna Sam is an international bestseller, published in ten languages – and the Daily Telegraph thought it made “compelling reading”; I’m afraid I’m going to have to...

Fade to Blue by Sean Beaudoin is a strangely humorous thriller starring Sophie Blue, a clapped out popsicle truck and a crazy nurse My Book Review Rating: 3 stars – an enjoyable read, but I’m not really sure I fully understood it! Sean Beaudoin is the acclaimed author of Going Nowhere Faster which was nominated for the YALSA Best Book of the Year award. In Fade to Blue he introduces us to Sophie Blue – an artistic and...