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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
He makes the most mundane things interesting and makes me appreciate modern conveniences even more.
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
On the one hand, I found the book really interesting with lots of fun information. On the other hand, a lot of it was random with no noticeable connection to "home". It was more a sort of social history of England (with some US facts thrown in) than anything else. But still, it was interesting and I enjoy Bryson's writing.
4/5 - interesting collection of historical events, places and facts connected to the home/house.
A better title for this book would have been one that implied that it's a short history of English homes. I get why the book is so centred on the history of English homes, and some stuff from North America, but it still bothered me that the author never ever mentions something from another continent, such as Asia, or even other regions in Europe (other countries such as Italy or ancient Greece are mentioned just as a means to describe the history of a particular trend or architecture).
Not the best one to read in Audiobook format, since the author jumps very quickly from fact to fact, name to name and you need to pause and go back often in order to understand what's happening and how everything was connected.
A better title for this book would have been one that implied that it's a short history of English homes. I get why the book is so centred on the history of English homes, and some stuff from North America, but it still bothered me that the author never ever mentions something from another continent, such as Asia, or even other regions in Europe (other countries such as Italy or ancient Greece are mentioned just as a means to describe the history of a particular trend or architecture).
Not the best one to read in Audiobook format, since the author jumps very quickly from fact to fact, name to name and you need to pause and go back often in order to understand what's happening and how everything was connected.
Enjoyed this book. Some useful information for me about life in workhouses.
This book is better read every once in awhile over a long period of time rather than straight through. Full of information that is often only tangentially related to the home and private life (e.g. the chapter on the basement is really a history of cement) but written in Bryson's entertaining style.
Loved this book. His wandering a remind me if the way my mind works.
It took about a hundred years for civilized society to finally agree that poop in the water will always make humans sick. That tidbit of information will be of great comfort to me when I feel like our current society is standing still on so many issues that seem equally obvious. At Home is full of those lessons from history. It was funny and refreshing and a nice reminder of how far we've come.