Little Century

   
A must read! Another teenage girl story for all of you out there. when her mother dies unexpectedly Ester is left to figure out her life on her own. she choices to take the chance to move to the frontier with a distant cousin she has never met. Ester takes her chances in the wilds of America at the turn of the century with nothing but the will of youth and the spirit of change coursing through the country on the eve of a new day. Ester might not get everything right but you will turn the pages and hold your breath through the life changes and murder mystery to come!

Grade: A+

Matched

This book was fun. That's about all, it didn't change my world view or in-rich my mind but it was quick and easy. The perfect beach read for someone overwhelmed and wanting to unwind just like I was. Matched looks at a distopian society, so in right now, and the effects its confines have on one teenage girl. apparently hormones don't stop in the future either and Cassia gets a good dose of em' when her prearranged match goes wrong. She not only sees the face of her best friend and match on her screen but that of another boy....
what is a teenage girl to do in a society monitered by statistical probability?

Grade: Beach Read

The Number: a completely different way to think about the rest of your life.

Well that's what it really is nowadays isn't it? retirement isent just a stepping stone to old age and death, far from it. the "r" word, as Eisenberg calls it, is now close to a second half to your lifespan. so how do you want to spend it? what, you mean by 30 at the latest you haven't thought of that? didn't think that was something that mattered, or if it did only in a slightly buzzing kind of way. well Eisenberg is here to tell you that, sorry, it is important and not just later but right now!
dont be alarmed The Number wasent written to scare you or tell you that everyone needs three mill. to make it through life without the buggy man coming for you. it was however, written for those in there late twentys to early thirtys as a way to really look at finance or more importantly what you want finance for.
while there is no magic grid to simply tell you how much you will need to put away, in what way, and for how long there are some simple facts about investment, how much should you really have in stocks and how much in bonds, and some tough life choices to make. what is retirement to you if you really had to think about it?
My answer was easy: becoming the wondering vagabond of my dreams with a simple but comfortable home that can be a base of operations from which to pack the next suitcase. while the book is longish it is an easy read, written not for those in the know, but for those who don't know anything. once you pick it up you might just get hooked like me and end up wondering why you never thought of such logical points about your own future happiness!