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Holidays means morning reading sessions.

Bookmail for my holidays! Late Show has been on my tbr for ages - and it‘s this month‘s #bookspin choice. I also started to read Eve as ebook but thought it‘s one if those books that are better read as a real book :)

There's not much to say that hasn't already been said. This was fascinating, informative, and, at times, rage inducing. Bohannon is an engaging narrator, making the history and science come to life.

This was fascinating! Bohannon explores the impact that women have had on the world through multiple perspectives including evolution, culture, gender, mothering (or not), freedom, and power. Brilliantly researched, compelling and pretty funny in places, I highly recommend this one! And great on #audio ! #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

August #BookspinBingo list. And how? How? How is it August?

The first two chapters are fascinating. It goes downhill from there. Lots of interesting facts, too much of her trying to fit in a message. Plus it seems from some reviews from scientists that it‘s also not super accurate. Read it for the facts you can text to your friends.

I hope this isn't destined to be read only by those who identify as women; it's a fascinating book. I especially enjoyed the chapter on language and speech ('cause words, right?).

I didn't realise it was heading towards chunkster status. A two-week audio loan would not have been my format of choice, but that's what was available. It was a thoroughly engaging if intensive listen.

If ever you are in need of mallard vagina facts, look no further!🦆

#UKDailyDeal

I‘m once again on prednisone, so needed some sour Warheads to cover the taste. I‘ll lick this Crohn‘s flare eventually 🫠 Just felt right to throw a couple books into the Amazon order as a little treat #TreatYoSelf #BookHaul
I think both of these are #BlameItOnLitsy

This book is exactly in my wheelhouse and did NOT disappoint. I love books exploring the origins of life/evolution using anthropology to explain the way things are…and do that with a female-centric approach like Eve has done and I‘m pleased as punch! Bohannon aims to explain how and why the female body has evolved into the form we know it today: giving birth, going through menopause, outliving men. So much information accessibly presented! Fab!

Every once in a while, I read a book that changes how I see the world. This is one of those books. Working her way the the body, Bohannon shows that the stereotypes we are thought is not the truth. This book will stay with me. I hope it gets translated into Norwegian so I can read it again and get all the nuances.

And with Bohannon‘s finishing words:
“as I will tell my own children someday, that every power men have ever had over women is

I thought the numbers would be more equal

This book was outrageously good. I'm not a big nonfiction reader (never mind science) because I have a job that requires a lot of serious reading and I have ADHD. But this was worth the effort. Just endlessly fascinating, and witty to boot. Absolutely brilliant.

The first tool makers probably wasn‘t men, but women. Who knew?

Wow!!! This book

Here Cat Bohannon is talking about sound and different wavelengths that men and women hear up to.

Who knew that men actually stop hearing high pitched noises?

Absolutely categorically not starting a new book. *

But it was on the returns shelf when I went in this morning. And, after a day of cheerleading and Bhangra dancing, it was still on the shelf when I left this afternoon. (A normal day in this library). So it‘s coming home with me.

And it looks a lot more interesting/readable than I initially expected, so… 🤷🏻‍♀️

*Also Women‘s Prize for Non-Fiction Longlist. Not reading that either.

“A grown man‘s nipples can, under the right circumstances, deliver milk. It‘s not nearly as good at it as the adult female nipple, but it can do it. Seriously. Men can - inefficiently, and with difficulty - nurse a baby.”

This book is FASCINATING.

Women‘s bodies have and do get short shrift; Eve aims to correct that by exploring all the ins and outs of our bodies. It looks both evolutionarily at hominid bodies but also at other species, exploring the differences. Fascinating, accessible science told with great bits of humor, this book is just fantastic.

Good to get some attention on female anatomy topics. It was however, very dense. Pretty sure I fell asleep a couple different times during this book.

And fin. This was so interesting and readable. Loved the humor she mixes in as well.

There is so much of this I loved- the structure of explaining each system, the evolution of the system, how each system is different from a male, and society issues of each system. It was fascinating and so funny. I learned so much- and makes me think that, perhaps, my kids need to deliver a bigger Mother‘s Day gift each year🤣.

Very informative and a great listen!

#2023readingbracket

My favorite Nonfiction for November was Eve. (Monsters: A Fan‘s Dilemma was a very close second.)

I‘ve read quite a lot of excellent NF this year!

November 2023 wrap up

Life has thrown me a curveball and I haven‘t been able to read as much as usual (paper books), but luckily audiobooks still get me through work and commutes.

Eve was the best of the month, and also TheNarrow Road Between Desires, Monsters, The Goblin Emperor. All of these were pretty good though.

The curveball: I‘m getting divorced. Moving back to North Carolina. I‘m doing fine, but it‘s a big change!

I really enjoyed this! How women‘s bodies evolved, and how the female body may have led a lot of evolution.

There is so much info here about reproduction and mothering and social norms changing and progressing. I was fascinated through the entire book. This is in the running for the best Nonfiction of the year.

#NonFictionNovember

Cat Bohannon‘s Eve will have you rethinking your understanding of what it means to have evolved to be human. The author takes you on an evolutionary journey to modern humans, as viewed through the lens of the female body. It‘s a brilliant book and the best book I‘ve read so are this year. Highly recommended - Whether you were born with a female body or not.

Full review: https://bit.ly/Eve-rvw