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According to Libby, I’ve missed my turn to borrow this 7 times. Here’s to hoping it’s worth the read!

Anesthesia, surgically fashioned vaginas, ostomies, prosthetics; all topics I now find highly fascinating, thanks to Mary Roach!

If I could host a dinner party where everyone I invite attends I would surely secure a seat in Mary Roach’s name. Everything she writes is interesting and the humor spot on! “The Vagina Dialogue” chapter starts on page 69 for goodness sakes lol

“Each woman I know carries it - shame - but it’s a different shape for us all.”

“This is the first time I’ve ever heard any of this. But if what you just said is really true, and if everybody were really informed, I don’t think they would sit still… it’s because no one knows about this that we’ve ended up in this situation. … I’m not saying we’re especially noble, but I think we’re just as capable as any other people on this planet of thinking responsibly.”

Some nights, I could hear the whistle of missiles so clearly, I would think to myself: “This is it, tonight our house will be struck. Tonight, we will die.”

Israel has severe restrictions on transportation of new books and journals published in the West Bank. They cannot be sent to Gaza, nor any new books from Gaza allowed entry to the West Bank. Thats like telling Americans they can’t send books from NY to California, or from N.Dakota to Texas. In short, knowledge gets restricted by the occupiers, so much so that, a new book has become a luxury in Gaza.

“The hope is for a day when a power outage for a family becomes not a moment of mortal danger but a pleasant ritual of getting together in a cozy room to tell stories by candlelight.”