Book Club

  • Skepchick Book Club: The Martian

    Note: Details about next month’s book are at the bottom of this post. Welcome back to the Skepchick Book Club! This month, we finally read a sci-fi book, The Martian by Andy Weir. The overall consensus from my fellow readers is that this book was a quick read (even though it was 350 pages) because it was just so hard to put…

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  • Skepchick Book Club: Ha! The Science of When We Laugh and Why

    Note: Information about next month’s book and date are at the bottom of this post. *** Welcome back to the Skepchick Book Club! This month we read Ha!: The Science of When We Laugh and Why by Scott Weems. It was a nice, short read, all about, well, the science of laughter. The book was interesting, although sometimes a bit dry, but…

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  • Skepchick Book Club: The Poisoner’s Handbook

    Note: information for next month’s book is at the end of this post. Also, there’s a super tasty vegan recipe! Welcome back to the Skepchick Book Club! This month, we read The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York. The book was pretty much exactly what the title says, a look back on how the…

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  • Skepchick Book Club: An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth

    Welcome back to the Skepchick Book Club! This month we read An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield, otherwise known as “that Canadian astronaut who made all those neat videos.” I wasn’t too sure what to expect from this book, but it was a quick read. The general consensus from our in-person meeting was that the best parts…

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  • Skepchick Book Club: Sybil Exposed

    Note: Details for next month’s book and meeting date are at the bottom of this post. Welcome back to the Skepchick Book Club! This month we read Sybil Exposed: The Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality Case by Debbie Nathan. In 100 words or less, here is an over-simplified summary of the book: Sybil a.k.a. Shirley Mason was an imaginative…

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  • Skepchick Book Club: Call for Ideas

    Just a quick reminder: This Sunday is the Skepchick Book Club and I’ll be posting about Sybil Exposed by Debbie Nathan. I’m about 90% done with the book and I’m really enjoying it! It’s a quick read because it’s so compelling and I’ve always wanted to know the backstory behind the multiple personality controversy. So I just wanted to start this…

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  • The Girls of Atomic City

    Skepchick Book Club: The Girls of Atomic City

    Note: Details for next month’s book are at the bottom of this post. Welcome back to the Skepchick Book Club! This month, we read The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II. The “Atomic City” refers to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the sister city to Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project (the…

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  • Skepchick Book Club: The Great Agnostic

    Note: The bottom of this post contains information for next month’s book club. Welcome back to the Skepchick Book Club! This month, we read The Great Agnostic: Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought by Susan Jacoby. Before I read this book, I hadn’t heard of Ingersoll, so I enjoyed reading about his speeches and learning more about the history of freethought…

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