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[Following is a volunteer review of "Reconfigurement" by E. Alan Fleischauer.]

Reconfigurement, by E. Alan Fleischauer, is about financial planning and planning ahead for your future at any point in your life. The author covers various topics, including the importance of income and 401(k)’s. He also covers disability insurance, retirement planning, career assessments, health insurance, budgets, and trusts, just to name a few. The author also notes that 70% of Americans don’t like their jobs, which was interesting to me. Amongst these topics, the author includes some history and lots and lots of jokes and puns.

The part of the book I liked most was the author’s conversational writing style. It felt like he was talking directly to me instead of writing a book. It made a dry topic much more engaging. He also included quite a few on-topic jokes. One I really loved was “Doctor: what’s the condition of the boy who swallowed a quarter? Nurse: no change.” When I started getting bored while reading, I knew I had a joke to look forward to soon.

The part of the book I liked least was the fact the author used Wikipedia as a source. It lacked credibility, in my opinion. But that was just one small thing that didn’t truly detract from the book overall. It was just an annoyance.

I would recommend this book to those who need to make a plan for their future. The author states that you can do this at any age, as long as you’re planning ahead. I personally think this book is best suited for those at least in their forties. I’m a bit younger, but I thought I would give the book a try since I need a new job, and part of the book covers that. A lot of the topics didn’t interest me yet, so I don’t think younger readers would have much use for the book unless they’re genuinely interested in financial planning. Also, the author does say there are parts of the book you can skip if they don’t currently interest you.

I would rate Reconfigurement 4 out of 4 stars. I wouldn’t rate it any lower because it was well-written and professionally edited. It also sets out to do what the author intended. It summarizes the topic of planning ahead well. The author acknowledges that the subject matter is boring multiple times and does his best to make it interesting. It is informative and covers an important topic.

If you’re looking to plan ahead for your future and love corny jokes, I highly recommend Reconfigurement.

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The review is well written. It seems to be a great book, I am trying to imagine a non-fictional book with a bit of jokes there and there, that could be pretty interesting. I'm trying to wrap up my head around the statement of recommending the book to those who are in their forties, I want to Challenge that Idea. i should try reading it sometime.

I quite agree that reading about financial planning can be monotonous. The author deserves applaud for trying to make the book more interesting by adding jokes.

Good review.

Such a great piece.Would like to read anon fictional book with spicy jokes that makes it interesting and keep the reader wanting not to put the book down

Great review! Very honest and informative. The strange thing for me is that from your review I gather that the book was well-written, but I don't understand why, as you said, the author used Wikipedia as a source.

It's too late for me to reconfigure. The whole idea depressed me. He seems to have written this for people like me, so I'll give it a shot. Soon!

I had an interesting time reading this review. I look forward to reading it's contents and more especially the jokes!!

Your review has gained my attention. We all could use some financial advise and a few jokes mixed in will make it easier to stay with it.

Am not into bussiness nor a marketing,but,reading the review,its for bussiness and it will help them along the way,plus the corny jokes,it a good book for you,a good review

Nice review! I think you answered most of my initial questions about the book, thus enabling me to decide if I would want to read it or not. I think I just might. Thank you.

Retirement is something that requires planning from an early stage. The author did well to write this book. It would remind people like me to start now to plan my retirement. Thanks for a good review.

It was interesting when I has reading this book. But the review was so much jokes there, but decided to read the book. By the way thanks you

Wonderful review. Like you said, I believe it's necessary for everyone to plan ahead into the future before making further plans on their next action.

Everyone needs to plan financially not just for retirement but also for emergencies.
I like the fact that the author incorporated some jokes into the story. It'll definitely make an interesting read.
Thanks for the beautiful review.

Fascinating book to read to understand many topics about planning future reality of jobs and some jokes around overall is a book I would recommend to anyone.