What We're Reading: 'Bonk: the Curious Coupling of Science and Sex'

Posted at 1:24 PM Nov 20, 2008

By Bonnie Ruberg

It may surprise you to know that we heartless dolls have the power to read. Okay, that probably doesn't surprise you -- and neither will the fact that we love books. Some of us are in grad school reading at ruler-point, others of us are would-be academics squirreling away novels from the library, and some of us just really like a good story. That's why we're bringing you this new regular feature called "What We're Reading."

Today on the agenda: Mary Roach's Bonk: the Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. Roach is also the author of a book on the entertaining science of corpses, called Stiff. She turns otherwise only mildly entertaining topics into excessively entertaining ones, by researching their history and poking fun at things like -- in this case -- penis implants, in-lab orgasms, and the poor souls whose job it is to impregnate sheep. Oh, and Roach has a chapter on Fucking Machines, a subject near and dear to this sex writer's heart.

Bonk is in-depth enough to interest a sex expert, approachable enough to interest a non sex expert, and funny enough to hold anybody's attention. Go on, read it!