Editors of Yankee Magazine

You need the Kindle version that has the pen and ink drawings for maximum enjoyment. Would love to be able to from some of them.

This book is like sitting down to read three volumes of the Encyclopedia Brittanica. It has an enormous range of subjects from great gardening hints to cold remedies, carpentry fixes, and even recipes. I read about all the subjects that interested me and skimmed the ones that didn't.

Love the idea of using non-gel toothpaste instead of running to the store to buy show more spackle. If you don't have enough eggs, you can replace one with a teaspoon of baking powder. A great idea of drying sweaters, a fun way of cleaning oil and grease-covered tools, and many illustrations and instructions on how make children's toys are just a few of the tips. show less

Thank to Editors of Yankee Magazine, Rowman & Littlefield, Globequot, and Netgalley for the advanced reader copy of “Yankee's New England Adventures: Over 400 Essential Things to See and Do” for an honest review.

My life has always been this interesting treatise to a love of New England. The only child of my family to be born and still living in Texas, my maternal family has been spread from Michigan through Maine for all of my life, and while the lion share of my life has been spent in show more Texas, I have been taking trips to New England for Christmas, Fall, Summers off and on since before I can remember (and I continue it currently, with trips to Massachusetts still for family and friends).

As such, it was impossible not to request this guide when I saw it slide across the options for review in upcoming months. It riddled with recommendations for off-the-beaten-path, whole-in-the-wall, long-time-favorites, in all the corners of New England you could wish to delve in to.

The guides is helpfully broken down with each state (Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont), and then even further in every section going into Essentials, Spotlights, and Top Events. I will definitely be getting myself a copy of this, half for the love of the area and half for the novelty of probably bothering my family to go say any number of things the next few times I’m up there. show less

This could be called an encyclopedia of money saving ideas. The cover says it contains over 1,500 suggestions for stretching your dollars, and I believe that!

I read this book a little bit each day, and it took me a long time to wade through all the clever tips. Some of the tips are old fashioned, depression era solutions, and some are more modern.
There are frugal ideas for EVERY part of life included here, from food to vacations, parties to home decor, cars to home offices. There's even a show more section on how to raise children inexpensively. Oh, and of course, the beginning of the book deals with how to cut expenses, raise income if necessary, and make room in the budget for building an emergency fund.

The edition I have was printed over 10 years ago, so I noticed a few ideas that were a little dated, but otherwise it is a wonderful resource. I've read quite a few of these type of books, and I still found some new-to-me advice in this volume.

Recommended if you are trying to reduce expenses (aren't we all?) and would like some creative suggestions. show less

This book had a few good ideas, the majority of which I would never do, either because I guess I'm not poor enough or a big enough penny-pincher. But the grocery, food, and car sections were good and I walked away with a few nuggets that may save me a penny here or there.