Book Review: Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Shhh.   I’ll tell you a secret.   I had actually read a book about surviving foreclosure that I had planned to review today.    Being able to add to my existing section… Continue reading →

Home Girl

And then, sometimes,  there are the perks of being a blogging book reviewer.   As when a publicity agent sent me an e-mail offering a review copy of Judith Matloff’s  Home Girl.   Subtitled  "Building… Continue reading →

House Lust

If you’ve come to fear that you spend Way too much time watching House Hunters on HGTV,  if you’ve found yourself Zillow-ing everyone from your neighbors to a blind date or if you… Continue reading →

Rammed Earth and Concrete Houses

Today’s architectural books are a far cry from my usual eye candy selections.  Both The Concrete House by Pieter A VanderWerf and The Rammed Earth House by David Easton are detailed and practical… Continue reading →

Buying A Home

First off a hat’s off  to Cecilia Sherrard’s Cleveland Ohio Real Estate Blog,  which every day provides great advice for home buyers and sellers alike.  Today’s book, Buying A Home by the Better… Continue reading →

Perfect (ly Hideous) Neutrals

Lately Ron and I have become regular viewers of a show on HGTV where two rather pompous designers visit with the owners of homes that have been on the market for awhile and… Continue reading →

Dream Home Alternative: Association Living

When I was a high school senior I had a sociology class, taught by a really nice man who was not a very stern disciplinarian. One day during a unit on group communications… Continue reading →