Last week (or possibly the week before?) I finished reading Dr. Sharon Moalem’s How Sex Works. How could I not read a book with that sort of title? Much of the information was a repeat from other books I’ve read, but Moalem also covered a lot that I appreciated, such as a chapter on homosexuality. My main grudge with books like these is that they’re so focused on reproduction that they tend to ignore the fact that desire doesn’t necessarily always follow reproductive, even if we’re biologically hardwired to be a certain way. I just don’t buy all that stuff, and Moalem writes about studies being completed on the function of homosexuality in society and in the animal kingdom. It was nice for once to have someone acknowledge the fact that not everyone is heterosexual. In any case, if you’re looking for a fun read that will help you come up with some great conversation starters (my coworkers have heard all of this by now), then pick this up. But a word of advice: skip the STI chapter. I found it hideously boring. The rest of the book kept it interesting with random facts but that one chapter just read like a health book, and not a very good one at that.