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Our month of Mary Roach draws to a close tonight. If you‘d like me to log your books, please comment below with the number you read this month. OR if you prefer to make a collage of the books you read, please post using the hashtag #AAMMR and remember to tag me so I see it.

Tomorrow we start reading Toni Morrison‘s books! I‘m excited for her!

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Skygoddess1 I read 5 books by Mary Roach this month. 5y

Soubhiville That‘s awesome @Skygoddess1 ! I just love her. She makes science writing so interesting. 5y

Megabooks Just 2 for me and I enjoyed both! 5y

CareBear I can‘t wait for Morrison! 5y

Susanita One 5y

Texreader One-Packing for Mars. Thank you!! 5y

DHill Not quite gonna get one done this month. 5y

BookwormAHN I just read one, Grunt 😺 5y

Skygoddess1 @Soubhiville she really does! I wish my high school and college science books had been written by her. 5y

Lcsmcat Two for me this month: Bonk and Stiff. 5y

NeedsMoreBooks I don‘t read any 😭😩 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa One for me

Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Skygoddess1 Great Job! 🎉 5y

erzascarletbookgasm Read one.

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

Cinfhen I didn‘t read any this month ☹️but I already picked up a Toni Morrison for August!! It will be my first! 5y

rockpools None 🙁 5y

phatsallylee One for me. Thank you 5y

dariazeoli None for me this month, but I have a Toni Morrison queued up for August 5y

OriginalCyn620 None for me this month 🙁 5y

AmyG One. Grunt. Thank you! 5y

Melismatic One for me! 5y

sudi I'm currently reading packing for mars but it doesn't count cause i haven't finished it yet. But i have one lined up for next month. 5y

Eggs 7 📚 for me: Grunt, My Planet, Bonk, Stiff, Spook, Packing for Mars, Gulp. @Soubhiville #authoramonth2020 (edited) 5y

CoffeeNBooks I read one- Stiff. 5y

Amiable 1 for me— “Packing for Mars” 5y

Sarahreadstoomuch Zero for me in July. 😔 5y

ValerieAndBooks Just confirming that I finished none by Roach in July. 5y

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Skygoddess1

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void | Mary Roach

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The creation and evolution of the space program has always been interesting to me. This was a good and interesting look at the origins of the space program and where we stand now with entertaining and humorous stories from astronauts. #AuthorAMonth #AAMMR

Soubhiville

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I loved this book when I first read it! 5y

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Skygoddess1

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex | Mary Roach

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When I was in college, I took a Psychology of Human Sexuality Class. Sadly I don‘t remember a lot of actual discussion surrounding the actual topic, instead I remember the two days we watched porn and then watching the birth of my professor‘s son from years before. This book is what I wish that class had been, I learned so much more from Bonk than my Prof, and I enjoyed this more than that class. #AuthorAMonth #AAMMR

Soubhiville

WomanistBibliophile Your professor showed pornography in class?!! 5y

Skygoddess1 @WomanistBibliophile Pretty much, although they were described as “educational materials” in the syllabus. One of the videos was all about masturbation, complete with people doing so. The other one actually showed people having sex along with performing oral sex. 5y

WomanistBibliophile 😨 that sounds not at all educational and highly gratuitous, it must have been very uncomfortable. I‘m sorry your professor did that to you, that‘s so unethical 5y

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Skygoddess1 @WomanistBibliophile I actually found watching the video of his oldest sons birth (someone I knew for he‘s only a couple years older than me) to be way more uncomfortable, but I think that‘s because of knowing the person vs it being someone I don‘t know. His class was the most popular and hardest class to get into on campus 5y

ChasingOm Did you go to Northwestern? 😄 We had a similarly hard class to get into although I never took it so don‘t know anything about the course materials. (edited) 5y

Skygoddess1 @ChasingOm No, do they have a similar class? 5y

ChasingOm @Skygoddess1 I was just editing my original statement to clarify why I asked, lol. 😂 5y

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Skygoddess1

Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife | Mary Roach

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I thought that this would be a good follow up read to Roach‘s book Stiff, sadly I didn‘t enjoy this book as much. There were a few things mentioned that I found interesting, but for the most part I found the overall information lacking and was left wanting more. I also didn‘t find as much humor in this as other books by Roach. #AuthorAMonth #AAMMR

Soubhiville

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Skygoddess1

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal | Mary Roach

so-so

Although I didn‘t enjoy Gulp as much as I did Stiff, I still learned a lot, more than I probably wanted or need to know. The one piece of info I took away, is why dogs stick their heads out of car windows. #AuthorAMonth #AAMMR

Soubhiville

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Skygoddess1

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers | Mary Roach

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This was my first Mary Roach book and I really enjoyed it. I never thought I‘d be one for medical non-fiction, but this taught so much while managing to be engaging and she explained things in a wonderful manner. I especially loved the mention of my alma mater Colorado State and their Vet School. Can‘t wait to pick up my next Roach book. #AuthorAMonth #AAMMR

Soubhiville

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