I had read Mary Roach's 'Stiff' (the curious world of human cadavers) several years ago, and when visiting my friend Jenn this past weekend, we met up at The Strand so that she could purchase her newest book, 'Packing for Mars' (the curious science of life in the void). Which I then proceeded to monopolize for the rest of the weekend.
Since I didn't want to abscond with her most recent purchase at the end of the weekend, Jenn lent me 'Bonk' (the curious coupling of science and sex) instead. And, after an hour and a half waiting for my bus, and another four and a half hours riding it, I had finished the book.
Mary Roach has a knack for tying together wacky research findings and journalistic interviews into a fairly coherent narrative. Even when the connections are a bit wayward, she's funny enough to keep you reading along at a good, swift pace. And luckily the cover of the book is tame enough that I felt reasonably comfortable reading it while sitting next to the nice, mild-mannered mother of two beside me on the bus. Perhaps she never even picked up on its subject matter? For a book that's all about sex it really isn't very racy, but it certainly is fascinating.
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