Join us for the June installment of the No Kidding book club!

Our book this month is Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach.

We've read her previous books, Stiff and Spook, so let's go for a three-peat!

From amazon.com:

The New Yorker dubbed Roach “the funniest science writer in the country.” OK, maybe there’s not a lot of competition. But even if there were thousands of science-humor writers, she would be the sidesplitting favorite. Of course, she chooses good subjects: cadavers in Stiff (2003), ghosts in Spook (2005), and now a genuinely fertile topic in Bonk. As Roach points out, scientists studying sex are often treated with disdain, as though there is something inherently suspicious about the enterprise. Yet through understanding the anatomy, physiology, and psychology of sexual response, scientists can help us toward greater marital and nonmarital happiness. Such altruistic intentions, which the book shares, aren’t the wellspring of its appeal, however. That lies in the breezy tone in which Roach describes erectile dysfunction among polygamists, penis cameras, relative organ sizes and enhancement devices, and dozens of other titillating subjects. Not to be missed: the martial art of yin diao gung (“genitals hanging kung fu”), monkey sex athletes, and the licensing of porn stars’ genitals for blow-up reproductions. To stay on the ethical side of human-subjects experimentation, Roach offers herself as research subject several times, resulting in some of her best writing. --Patricia Monaghan, Booklist

Available on amazon for $10.19 new, or used from $4.00.

Rather than have the typical dinner beforehand, once again Dan will be grilling, so book club includes dinner, hence the 6:30 start time. On your RSVP, indicate what side dish, dessert, etc. you'll be bringing!

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  Debra

  Dan will be grilling hamburgers and chicken sausages (the same kind we served at book club dinner in February). Debra will make a batch of potato salad and set out some chips. If something else for the grill strikes your fancy, please feel free to bring it.

  Posted Jun 16, 2010 at 10:04 PM
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  Heather

  James and I will probably be bringing some dessert. Sorry it won't be homemade; my in-laws are here all week and we won't have time to make something.

  Posted Jun 16, 2010 at 10:19 PM
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  Laura D.

  I sure would have loved to have been there for this book discussion - - I'm sure it was entertaining and often raunchy!

  Posted Jun 30, 2010 at 3:56 PM