Life Skills (Nifty)

by Nifty

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Originally posted on my blog Nonstop Reader.

Tasty Home: Life Skills is an accessible and useful collection of tips and tricks for home and organization curated by the staff of Tasty Home on Buzzfeed and on their popular YouTube channel. Due out 7th Nov 2023 from Simon & Schuster on their Adams Media imprint, it's 176 pages and will be available in hardcover and ebook formats. 

This is Tasty Home in print format. It's a collection of useful, interesting, and "oh, I never thought of that" tips and tricks for streamlining and learning skills, from sensible kitchen organization to sewing on a button. Many (possibly most) are things which folks of yesteryear either took for granted (clothes maintenance, since they didn't *have* duplicates) or weren't an issue at all (digital and electronics clutter). 

The book is arranged in chapters of short, bite sized tips: cleaning & organizing, home decor & improvement, clothing & laundry, cooking & entertaining, beauty & wellness, and gardening & outdoors. There's also an index, to make specific tips easier to find. The info is arranged in paragraph length short entries, with several per page in each category. Many are quite sensible and potentially obvious, but many of them are ingenious, creative, and time saving. 

It's well illustrated and full of colorful clear photography throughout. The writing style is upbeat and easily accessible. 

Four stars. This would be a good public or school library acquisition, and a great "care package" moving out gift (bundled with cleaning supplies and housewares) to newly fledged young adults living on their own for the first time. 

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes