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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “This was one of those impulse grabs from the new books section of our library, and it turned out to be a book that I enjoyed. The author is a psychologist who has studied how people's environments - their bedrooms, bathrooms, offices, websites, and so on, reflect their personality traits. The...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“You'll look at your office in a whole new way.
Paula C wrote this review Wednesday, November 11 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Drat! I'm not as conscientious as I like to think.”
“An interesting read on how our living spaces reflect our personalities. You will learn more about yourself and those around you by reading this book.”
Greg L wrote this review Sunday, November 1 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Overall, this book was very interesting. For being a book of the nonfiction genre, it was easy enough to understand but also a little bit challenging. I learned a lot about how people portray themselves through their stuff, and it was very cool. I really liked this book. ”
Karlie K wrote this review Wednesday, September 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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David Garrett wrote this review Wednesday, August 19 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“got a little repetitive”
Michael B wrote this review Friday, July 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Well-written, no earth-shaking revelations.”
Gregory E wrote this review Friday, June 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Insightful, fascinating read. What your stuff says about you”
Enigma23 wrote this review Monday, May 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I enjoyed this book but anyone that is a fan of personality quizzes probably has already heard of all of the studies cited in this book. The title and cover are catchier and more original than the content. ”
Lib Natalie wrote this review Thursday, December 25 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No1 of 1 members found this review helpful“This was one of those impulse grabs from the new books section of our library, and it turned out to be a book that I enjoyed. The author is a psychologist who has studied how people's environments - their bedrooms, bathrooms, offices, websites, and so on, reflect their personality traits. The entire premise is based on a "Big Five" personality test that measures openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism. He includes a very basic test, but I took a longer version at John Johnson's website that gave an idea of how I score compared to other women my age. It helped lots in understanding the rest of the book. In care you're wondering, I'm average in extroversion, openness, also agreeableness; I'm high in conscientiousness, and also neuroticism. Not real surprising to me, but interesting. The rest of the book discusses clues that reliably reveal levels of Big Five traits. In one interesting chapter he analyzes the offices of two folks from Good Morning America, Charlie Gibson and Mike Bartz, based on their bookshelves and desktops. MAkes me wonder how much we can tell about one another from our shelves here.”
sthurner wrote this review Sunday, December 7 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Snoop was lots of fun. I might have gotten bogged down in the chapter on five factor analysis if I weren't already familiar with it, and I'd have liked even more specifics about snooping research. Overall, though, this book helped me understand how others might interpret my "stuff" (rightly or wrongly), and how I might interpret the stuff of others. Too bad this book hadn't been published back when I was dating. ”
Beth Y wrote this review Monday, November 17 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
