My Planet
Finding Humor in the Oddest Places

I had mixed feelings while reading these essays by Mary Roach. First, I was incredibly amused. She is hilarious and honest yet clean. CLEAN. Did I mention hilarious? That's where the mixed feelings come in. Mary is funnier than I am. So I have to hate her just a little bit. Still, her writing is so h......more

I first read Roach's columns in Reader's Digest (RD) & loved them, so when a friend told me she had written a book about bodies after death, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, I was immediately interested, read it, loved it & have loved every book since. As they originally appeared, each col......more

Mary Roach has taught me about germs, sex, and death, so when I saw that she had written a compendium about the planet, I felt that nirvana was at hand. However. This is a collection of 500 word essays written for Reader's Digest. They fit perfectly: all about Life in these United States, all perky, a......more

From acclaimed, New York Times best-selling author Mary Roach comes the complete collection of her “My Planet” articles published in Reader’s Digest. I did not expect to enjoy this title so much, but I really related to almost all the stories in here, and was giggling throughout the book, which I re......more

From one of my all-time favorite authors (and people-surrounding-me's least-favorite authors, due to her incredible read-out-loudability) comes something that...well, I wasn't sure what it was at first, but it had Mary Roach's name on it so it had to be good. And it was, though not quite like I expec......more