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I loved this book but then again I love trivia books and this is very relevant to our everyday lives. This book goes item by item in our houses tells the history of that item. Fascinating! We all know the Victorians had arsenic laden wallpaper but this book goes a step further educating its readers about how fashionable France invented wallpaper. The book talks about household items big and small. Some readers might consider this book tedious but this is not a book to read all at once but to savor over time. I read this book in short bursts while waiting for things like prescriptions in the drive-thru which takes forever! Or while I am on hold which I am a lot these days, or just waiting for something to come out of the oven. One of my goals during quarantine was to learn something or several somethings new every day and this fit the bill. I also think this would be a great book on the shelf for home schoolers. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing to read and learn in exchange for a review.… (plus d'informations)
 
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BarbaraS2016 | 1 autre critique | Jun 4, 2020 |
The Elements of a Home: Curious Histories Behind Everyday Objects, from Pillows to Forks by Amy Azzarito is a fun and fascinating look at many objects you might find in your home, or at least is in many homes.

This is not, nor was it meant to be, an in depth look at every object. Since almost every item could be represented by an entire book, that is a physical and logistical impossibility. To whine otherwise is a weak attempt at appearing intelligent. Congrats, you failed! This is also done as more of an encyclopedia with each entry being a self-contained whole rather than, say, a stroll through a house and showing the history of items that way. Both work wonderfully (Bryson) but have entirely different purposes, one is a more memoirish personalization of the items while the other is a straightforward overview of each item to offer some insight and, through a wonderful bibliography, avenues for further reading if so desired. To make it sound like one book would be a substitute for the other is asinine at best and also fails at the same thing as the other faux-critique. Just for the record, unwarranted negativity does not equal intelligence, in fact, the opposite.

The entries in this book are ideal for either having handy to read when time is short or for simply having in your library as a reference. This is the kind of book I would keep on my nightstand for a few weeks until I finished all the entries, they would make ideal bedtime or waking in the middle of the night reading material. Much like a collection of short stories or essays.

While not oversized as many coffee table books, this would still make a fine one. It would be ideal for conversation starters or shifters. Or for reading when you're sitting there waiting for the party to start or for your favorite show.

Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.
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pomo58 | 1 autre critique | May 24, 2020 |

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Œuvres
2
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60
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3.9
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