Ugh. I hate budgeting. My husband has refused to do it for 46 years of marriage. Focus, discipline, thought, and control - those are the building blocks offered by Lewis. They're good ideas. It's a workable process.

If you're looking for simple, practical advice on starting or maintaining a budget, I recommend this book. It highlights how to make decisions toward financial balance and freedom. Good for those starting out and those digging themselves out of a financial hole.

I was interested to read this book to see if there was anything* that I could learn. However, I stopped reading after reaching the chapter on. Tithing, religion and the church. The chapter is an aggressive and deeply offensive to opinion towards the church and the biblical concept of tithing. Apparently we are being conned out of money and that we are the victims of mystics and neo cheaters. As a bible believing Christian, I am called to tithe. I would caution anyone with sincerely held Christian beliefs not to bother reading the rantings of this author.

I received a complimentary copy from the publisher and all opinions expressed are entirely my own.

This is a personal finance book with a twist. It challenges the premise of old budgeting tools and elaborates on how budgeting can be easy. He shows a simple way of budgeting that allows one to budget with zero guilt and shame. Well written, witty and easier to grasp. Recommend it to beginners of budgeting .

I thought this book would give a simple different way to budget each month.
What I got were a lot of words and some almost simplified ideas. I am not saying that I will not think of some of these and look into the principles of the book, but I feel that it was a little too much for a budget book.

The author explores everything about money and things in our lives that influence our financial decisions-and it is the kind of book that highlights areas in our lives we overlook, so for me- I was interested in chapter five "how to make better financial decisions," because it is the one question that I had when seeking to read this book.
I believe that this book would appeal to other people for it's practical responses.
Thanks Netgalley for the eARC.

I found this to be more of a rant than a useful work on how to handle finances. I found the author to be dismissive and negative. Yes, there is some useful info but in the whole I would not recommend this work

This was a wonderful book that is easy to understand and implement, Tired of budgeting books that make it all sound so easy, but when it comes right down to it, their methods don't work? This book is for you.