HOW TO SATISFY YOUR WOMAN EVERYTIME: The Straight Guy's Guide to Housework and Good Grooming

Offering such advice as "If toenails are between the sheets, romance won't be," this housework and hygiene guide for guys certainly starts off on the right foot. Catered to the truly clueless male, this comprehensive manual presents step-by-step instructions on how to maintain each room of the home and tackle such diverse tasks as carving a chicken and caring for houseplants. Helpful charts assist readers in making daily, weekly, monthly and yearly plans of action, but even the cheerfully colorful illustrations cannot mask the fact that these authors are fanatical about housework. Women who long for tidier men may balk at a boyfriend who insists on airing the bed every day or a husband who washes out the garbage bin each time he takes out the trash, and hygiene suggestions such as moisturizing one's feet with mashed fruit lend the book an air of the absurd. Still, those who persevere will come away with useful advice on how to make their loved one's life a little easier and a whole lot cleaner. (Feb.)