Finance ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
The Joy of Money
Carrie Joy Grimes · 2026
🎙 Narrated by Carrie Joy Grimes
73/100
👍 Worth It
Grimes brings genuine frontline credibility from leading a nine-million-member financial nonprofit, and her behavioral-science approach — focusing on the habits and beliefs that block financial progress — is more inclusive across income levels than most personal finance books. The early praise from Charles Duhigg and Farnoosh Torabi is a strong signal, though the book is too new for long-term consensus to have formed. Her self-narration is described as engaging and relatable, making the listen feel accessible rather than clinical.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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🎙 Narration: good Grimes narrates her own book and preview listeners found her delivery engaging and conversational — her accessible written voice translates naturally to audio.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety82
Substance / usefulness79
Craft & writing77
Originality71
Evidence & accuracy68
Hype vs delivers70
Age-fit83
👁 Human-eye gut-check68
Penny’s verdict73
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