Freebie Du Jour

I test out a lot of magazines by subscribing with the "bill me later" option, then canceling if I don't like them. As I'm trying to be a consumer advocate for the hipsters, I decided to test out Consumer Reports. (You can access some of the website's content free without paying, FYI.) When you test subscribe to the magazine, you get two free mini-books that you don't have to return when you cancel. (I'm thinking that subscribing to the website only, which is the same price as the paper magazine and gives you access to four years' worth of content, is the better deal.)

The Buying Guide describes what you should look for when purchasing products (which features are useful or unnecessary), then gives quick ratings of specific products in the back. The other book is How to Clean Practically Anything. This is something I can probably use, because I could I could write the book on How to Get Practically Anything Filthy.