Stiff (Questions 3 of 6)

How does Mary Roach's tone appeal to her readers & to those who wouldn't usually read a non-ficiton text?

If you were a surgeon how you would cope with the vulgar scents & sights faced during work?

PS: Happy Birthday Arturo Medina, 17!

It's Christmas!

Stiff (Chunk 1 of 3)

In the first part of Mary Roach's book, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, I managed to read the first three chapters (pages 1- 84). Overall I'm finding this book very enjoyable yet informative. Roach's hilarious approach to such goury topics keeps you wanting to read more and more, and then as you stop; the history behind it hits you! Each chapters give an indepth analysis of a different topic relative to cadavers. She uses first hand account from her following of cadavers & surgeons, which I think is extremely important because it just makes you feel like your there for example, " If you lower your head to within a foot or two of an infested corpse (and I truly don't recommend), you can hear them feeding. Arpad pinpoints the sound: 'Rice Krispies.' Ron frown. Ron used to like Rice Krispies. (page 68)"