This book club focuses on books about sex and sexuality, and Bonk definitely falls under that category. Check out the Twitter feed to see what everyone else is saying about Bonk and the other reads (last month’s was The Vagina Monologues). This is not a book for the faint of heart.īonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex is the third book in the #bangingbookclub, run by Hannah Witton, Leena Norms, and Lucy Moon. If you want to purchase any books I’ve mentioned, please search my online bookstore: BookShop.As I recently noted on Twitter, there is an uncomfortable amount of talk about inserting stuff into bodily orifices that shouldn’t be inserted there. I may have received a book for free in exchange for my honest review, however, all opinions are my own.

Thank you for supporting this blog and the books I recommend! This post may contain affiliate links, which means I receive compensation if you make a purchase using this link. The OC BookGirl is on Instagram, Twitter, StoryGraph and Facebook. What do you think about this book? Are you an organ donor?ĭid you enjoy this post? Please take a few seconds and click to retweet! Her writing has appeared in Outside, National Geographic, and the New York Times Magazine, among other publications. It’s a necessary part of science of course but this one is not for the easily grossed out.Ībout the Author: Mary Roach is the author of seven best-selling works of nonfiction, including Stiff, Bonk, and Gulp. I’m sure my face was making all kinds of eHow a medical team could use your organs and how maybe it’s not quite what you’re imagining.

This was my first Mary Roach book and whew! what a gruesome and interesting read. “Delightful–though never disrespectful” (Les Simpson, Time Out New York), Stiff investigates the strange lives of our bodies postmortem and answers the question: What should we do after we die? For every new surgical procedure, from heart transplants to gender confirmation surgery, cadavers have helped make history in their quiet way. They’ve tested France’s first guillotines, ridden the NASA Space Shuttle, been crucified in a Parisian laboratory to test the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, and helped solve the mystery of TWA Flight 800. The Books:ģ/22 - Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roachįor two thousand years, cadavers – some willingly, some unwittingly – have been involved in science’s boldest strides and weirdest undertakings.

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