At Home

Another delightful book by Bill Bryson, "At Home: A Short History of a Private Life". It was utterly charming. He went, room by room, through a house and described the history of how the modern home came to be: the plumbing, heating, lighting, windows, stairs, paint, wallpaper, etc. Under a less skillful writer it would have been a dreadful bore, but Bryson has such a great talent for teasing out the interesting facts and writing with humor that the book was just wonderful. I'm trying to ration myself so I don't read everything he's written *too* quickly, but it's tough!