Review: Helpful for Younger Housewives
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 5, 2014
The author does a great job of offering helpful tips, but the demographics--who the tips are for appear to be a little murky. As a much older woman, who has been running a household for over 40 years, much of this I knew. In some areas, regarding the recipes, directions are not succinctly stated. For instance: With the oven-fried chicken, the reader is told to flip the chicken over after 20 minutes, but does not know how long to cook the other side. With the homemade kettle corn, the instruction to "toss three kernels" without saying where leads to a bit of humor. In another recipe, she advises the reader: "using your hands" to mix ground beef and other ingredients. What if people don't want to use their hands?The gardening tips are good assuming the reader has a yard and does not live in an apartment.Saving money with baby needs--all good except for the hot topic of breastfeeding. If mothers choose to breastfeed, that is their business and no one else should attempt to influence.Cleaning the microwave--the reader is told to mix 1/2 (?) of water.Tips are good for younger housewives, but I find the second person point-of-view irritating. The author uses "you" throughout, instead of using a third person point-of-view or even a first person point-of view.On another note--with regard to mechanics--there are several issues with subject-verb agreement. They are minor, but they exist.For younger housewives who are just starting to keep house--this is a good choice; for the older, more mature housewives, not so much.