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Book Review: My House is Killing Me
Although I had heard what a great book this is, only recently did I get a chance to read it for myself. I was pleasantly surprised at how easy to read it is. The author, Jeffrey C. May, does a great job of packaging indispensable information in entertaining and interesting stories about his experience as a home inspector. Apparently, he's been doing this for quite some time, and his stories range from the funny to the horrifying to the downright absurd. But, this is not the rambling, self-indulgent memoir of a home inspector, or anything like that – every story in this book is in here solely for the purpose of conveying an important piece of information to the reader. The book is also extremely well organized into helpful sections, such as bedrooms, living rooms, kitchens, so that you can take a room-by-room tour of your home's hidden enemies.
Another highlight of the book is the large number of photos the author includes. Many of the photos are of problem spots in people's homes. Many, however, are frighteningly close up pictures of various microscopic nasty things, whom the author refers to as the "cast of characters". With portraits of things like chewed up bees and hair carpet beetles, you can finally put a face to a name – not that dust mites exactly have a face.
We'll be giving away three free copies. You can sign up to win the book until January 3rd .
Posted by Desirina on Monday, December 12, 2005
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