30 DAYS TO TAMING YOUR FINANCES

Pegues's recipe for financial solvency is dissected into small daily tasks and explained in everyday language that makes her message accessible. However, Kiersten Kingsley's narration has a colloquial style and, as such, could be distracting for listeners who prefer a more polished or measured tone. Her sentence delivery is often choppy, a weakness that disorients the listener, who is often left wondering when a chapter begins and when it ends. While the upbeat and lively tone is the narration's most positive characteristic, the listener will have to overlook the many occurrences of overenunciated vowels and stressed syllables, which do not augment the reading overall. M.R. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine [Published: DEC 07/ JAN 08]