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Tongue in Cheek Medical Info for Your Needs

October 22, 2017 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

While my work is in history, I love to read science non-fiction. I bounce around from Mary Roach books and other things in a similar vein, and about half of my podcast listening is science based as well. When reviews of James Hamblin’s If Our Bodies Could Talk started sliding in I thought it sounded up my alley. Somewhere along the way, I discovered that Hamblin did his own audio and added that to my queue list at the library. In If Our Bodies Could Talk […]

Filed Under: Health, Non-Fiction Tagged With: faintingviolet, If Our Bodies Could Talk, James Hamblin, medicine, read harder challenge, science

faintingviolet's CBR9 Review No:58 · Genres: Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: faintingviolet, If Our Bodies Could Talk, James Hamblin, medicine, read harder challenge, science ·
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“When we look up at a billboard in Times Square featuring a man with a large Adam’s apple, we are essentially being shown a demonstration of testicular aptitude.”

April 21, 2017 by badkittyuno 1 Comment

Thank you Lollygagger for recommending this book, because I absolutely loved it. It reminded me a lot of Mary Roach, as well as Unmentionable and the one about the plagues. Basically, I’m loving this genre of informative and entertaining nonfiction. I mean, I love a good Eric Larson book. But lately these more humorous takes on history and medicine have really become a lot of fun for me to read. So the author of If Our Bodies Could Talk: A Guide to Operating and Maintaining a […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Health, Non-Fiction Tagged With: badkittyuno, James Hamblin

badkittyuno's CBR9 Review No:103 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: badkittyuno, James Hamblin ·
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