![]() ![]() As it stands, looking at other reviews of this book on GoodReads with many history buffs pointing out factual errors within the text, I don’t think I would classify this book as non-fiction, which is a serious problem for me! I chose this book specifically to learn things about history and the way modern homes are shaped by behaviors of people who lived hundreds of years ago. Although the end of the text includes a Picture Section and a Bibliography, footnotes would be able to connect these historical facts to their origins in other texts much more directly. ![]() This book could have also seriously benefited from the inclusion of footnotes, and the author choosing to omit them was a glaring oversight. And when I say England I mean ENGLAND, not the United Kingdom-the word “Ireland” is found in this book a whopping TWO TIMES, whereas “Wales” fares slightly better at a grand total of six mentions. If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home has a laser-beam focus on the country of England that is not accurately represented in the book’s title. This book presents a lot of potentially interesting historical facts about the way people lived in the long-ago past, but the flow of this book is very disorganized, and it frequently feels like Lucy Worsley did NOT show her work. As annoying as these picky teachers can be, I believe that author Lucy Worsley could have used such words of wisdom when writing If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home. This teacher would absolutely, positively make sure to impatiently cry out, “Twenty-seven WHAT?” to ensure you dutifully write down “27 sticks of butter,” as if the conversation had somehow shifted mid-problem and the number 27 could mistakenly be counted for elephants instead. Have you ever had a stickler for a math teacher who constantly reminded you to “show your work?” Say, for instance, you are adding together sticks of butter, arriving at a total of twenty-seven. The fireworks were fantastic and that was the highlight of the trip.If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home by Lucy Worsley We made some great friends and most of the staff were great and the security presence made us feel safe. The people we met and hung out with were friendly and welcoming. Overall- we will go again but would go when it was alittle less busy. We enjoyed the freedom to partake in the friendly environment and even got some accessories from the shop. The pool area was a little crowded at times for my taste, but the view and music was good The resort is green friendly and everyone (including the on duty staff which surprised me) seemed to be partaking. Real personable even though he looked hot and busy. The older gentleman who served us a few times over the weekend was good. the next time we went up that day for lunch it was like we were an inconvenience to them all when we pulled her and the other male staff away from looking at something on her cell phone. The first morning we were there (friday) we interupted the girl who was working (dark curly hair I think) from her smoke break and got the 'hold on darlin' while she finished up her 'cigarette'. Seemed like we were bothering them or interrupting them from something whenever we showed up so we started ordering from the pool bar most of the time. ![]() We visited for breakfast lunch and dinner and can't say anyone was that pleasant or helpful except for the one guy taking orders. The pizza was pretty good and we were surprised it was actually real pizza and not some frozen stuff The service at the snackbar was not to great. the food was adequate but seemed just thrown together at times - but it was a busy weekend so maybe that played into it. ![]() We visited the bar and snack bar many times during our stay. Its a beautiful large property with trails and all. We tented so I can't say anything about the rooms, but the bathroom and shower facilities were adequate and clean. We visited Sunny Rest resort for July 4 long weekend - We arrived the Thursday before. ![]()
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