by Sam Gosling
I have to say I didn't really like this book very much. I enjoyed the premise, which is that our physical trappings can give insights into our inner lives. I agree with that, but I found the presentation in this book to be off-putting.The author seems to have tried to appeal to a wider audience by c...
I am a cluttered person. Even if I didn't live with a packrat of a husband, I would still be at least a little cluttered. I very much like surrounding myself with things like pictures, stuffed animals, little figurines and knickknacks. And I prefer it when other people's homes are cluttered, too; it...
Part pop-culture, part quasi academic literature. The writing and tone in this book is uneven. At times it really held my interest, and then it would get bogged down. The basic premise is that we can tell a lot about people by their possessions, but that it takes some careful analysis and you have t...