I still recall that day (more than 3 years ago) when I was planning a quiet weekday afternoon (one of the perks of university life) in the lovely Jurong Regional Library. I was originally looking out for some fiction but I still found myself checking out the personal finance section first, even though I had already read most of the collection by then.
If you’re a regular to the books with the 332.001 code, you should be able to understand why I am so amazed that there are so many books that talk about the same thing. Seriously, how do so many of them become bestsellers? After all, there’s only so many times you want to read about money management advice that appeals to the mainstream: how to eliminate your debt, reduce peripheral expenses to save 15% of your income and invest to produce 10% returns blablabla.
Therefore, I was just harbouring a small hope of finding some interesting new additions. And I was ......