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A review by kessler21
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach
3.0
This is a book about your mouth to......well, your exit.
I thought this would be like a Magic School Bus episode but it wasn't. It was typical Roach but not as captivating as [b:Bonk|9444052|Bonk|Mary Roach|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1288194493l/9444052._SX50_.jpg|2398516] or [b:Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers|32145|Stiff The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers|Mary Roach|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1347656489l/32145._SX50_.jpg|1188203] but was very interesting. I learned some things about myself and about science. I liked that part of the book overlapped with [b:How to Grow a Human: Adventures in Who We Are and How We Are Made|45832845|How to Grow a Human Adventures in Who We Are and How We Are Made|Philip Ball|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1557885118l/45832845._SY75_.jpg|70635086] which I recently read which covers cell biology.
I thought this would be like a Magic School Bus episode but it wasn't. It was typical Roach but not as captivating as [b:Bonk|9444052|Bonk|Mary Roach|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1288194493l/9444052._SX50_.jpg|2398516] or [b:Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers|32145|Stiff The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers|Mary Roach|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1347656489l/32145._SX50_.jpg|1188203] but was very interesting. I learned some things about myself and about science. I liked that part of the book overlapped with [b:How to Grow a Human: Adventures in Who We Are and How We Are Made|45832845|How to Grow a Human Adventures in Who We Are and How We Are Made|Philip Ball|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1557885118l/45832845._SY75_.jpg|70635086] which I recently read which covers cell biology.