I love books about taboo subjects that are truly accessible and relatable. Losada delivers in this hilarious book about sex, women's pleasure, and ways to explore deeper into one own's sexuality.

Advanced Reader copy - Enjoyed this book, really opened my eyes and made me seek out other similar books to read.

This book is basically about detailing the author's own experiences and her efforts to better understand her relationship to sex and her own body, and female pleasure. This book is written in a funny way and is really informative and interesting, well for most of the parts. It was certainly boring in some parts but I am glad I didn't give up. She has talked about many practices and organizations about which I wasn't aware and you could certainly do your own further research for those. I wasn't aware that this book would also involve some kind of spiritual stuff but if that is something you like to read, then you might enjoy this.

This book implies that there is a lack of knowledge of female sexuality (which I think is true to an extent) and if you feel the need for enlightenment on this topic or if you are just curious, this book would certainly help you. I really applaud the author for having written such a brave book.

This book is not really a guide on sex, it's really a memoir of a woman attending several workshops on sex. Although she is funny, her views are very single minded, and the whole book was too vanilla for my taste. I do think there is a public for this book, but not me.

I thought this book was interesting, certainly very informative and pretty funny. I did find it a little same-y at times so there were bits I needed to skim but overall I enjoyed it. Not necessarily my cup of tea as I didn't seem to enjoy it as much as some others did, but there was definitely nothing wrong with the writing!

I found this book just too serious, not what I was expecting when the title said "adventures in sex, love and laughter". I understand that the balance does need to swing to women exploring sexual pleasure and intimacy in ways to suit them but it was all too much of a full-time pursuit which sort of took away from any spontaneity. Too long, a much shorter account may have done the job better.

Isabel Losada has written a bunch of other memoir-style books, including For Tibet, with Love: A Beginner's Guide to Changing the World and The Battersea Park Road to Enlightenment. Even though she's apparently a popular author, Sensation was actually the first book I've read from her. Holy smokes, I LOVED it. Losada goes to all these kinda crazy sex workshops, and visits doctors and teachers and gurus to learn about female anatomy and sexuality. She's very open about her experiences and feelings---and though she keeps the name of her boyfriend confidential (referring to him only as T), she's also very honest about how all of this affects him and their relationship, too.

For example, Losada focuses a lot of attention on OM workshops, where, no joke, women go to have a partner rub their clitoris for two 15-minute sessions. The first session is with a partner the woman came with (usually a significant other), but the second 15-minute session is with a stranger. The point of each session isn't to have or give an orgasm. It's really more about feeling the sensation of being touched. But the whole process is "out there," for sure---especially when you consider that Losada does this with her boyfriend. I don't know that I would ever have the guts to have a stranger rub my vag for 15 minutes, but it sure is entertaining reading about someone else doing it.

Ultimately, I surprised myself by learning a lot from this book. I'm definitely not going to slack on my Kegel exercises from now on, I can tell you that... But even more important, I loved how Sensation celebrated a woman's sexual experience. The book reminded me that a woman's body deserves attention and love, compliments and gratitude, patience and adoration. It made me thankful for my body, for all it has done and for all the joy it brings me. When I finished the book I just felt really, really happy to be a woman. What a nice feeling, you know?

I've read many wonderful reviews of this one, but sadly it didn't carry me away the way it did so many other readers. The author is warm, funny and extremely brave to investigate so much of female sexuality and sensation throughout the book, but part of me just felt like I was being brought to conferences and sold things I don't really have any interest in.

Losada focuses her book toward straight women who are in relationships with the significant other, and much of her narrative revolves around a standard male-female relationship. As a result, the book probably closes off its potential engagement with those in other types of relationship, a situation the author does acknowledge.

The need to keep certain experiences private and the reducing of the author's partner to 'T' meant it was hard sometimes to see the actual outcomes from some of these experiences and one of the most pivotal characters still feels enigmatic and removed by the end of the book. I don't regret reading this, but it didn't hold me the way I had expected it to based on other reviews.

Genuinely fascinating reading that made me dramatically rethink my own squeamishness around such topics - I can't imagine ever seeking out a book about sexuality but I'm so glad I read this and it's made me all the more interested to find out more.

I would like to start with the positives (as the book encourages): it is funny, informative, interesting and extremely brave. Unfortunately it is also quite boring at times, I nearly gave up on the book early on, but luckily I didn’t as it picked up after a while. I have a new favourite joke thanks to the book, and I have learnt about a lot of classes and conferences taking place that I never knew existed.... I’m not so much into the spiritual arena, but if this is something you’d like to explore you might enjoy more parts of this book than me. The book explains that there is a lack of knowledge of female sexuality (personally I really hope this is not as widespread as the book implies) but if you feel the need for enlightenment or you are curious, this book covers a range of suggestions/options out there to improve the relatively normal (I.e. non-fetish) female pleasure. I applaud the author for having written such a brave book!

There were time when reading Sensation that I could feel myself blushing.

Isabel Losada went on a journey of discovery of pleasure. Attending various workshops and visiting various experts, Losada writes of her discoveries. While a serious topic, there were several laugh out loud parts.

This book is much more than one woman's search for pleasure. It's an exploration in how we as a women have a relationship with our bodies and our pleasure.

Sensation is about one woman’s journey into discovering how best to know the way to her own pleasure, especially when it comes to her sex life. Author Isabel Losada goes through a number of different experiences to find out the methods out there to know your ‘yoni’ better and to instruct your lovers in making you a very, very happy woman.

This book was fascinating for me. I genuinely had no idea that some of the methods and places Isabel visited existed. The idea of the ‘Om’ workshops and conventions actually existing was both baffling and wonderfully refreshing for me. I love that there seems to be so much out there dedicated to giving women a better sex life, and ways to teach them about their own bodies (and to teach their partners) in safe environments that are there for them, and no-one else and are also relaxed, unafraid and not vulgar in any way.

This is definitely one of those books I’d end up gifting some of my friends (and tell them to thank me later) but it’s one that women should be aware of, even if it’s just to think about our own bodies, our relationship with our bodies and our attitudes towards sex, orgasms and simple pleasure. A fascinating read!

A fun adventure through modern love and sex, with lots of research and experimenting from the author - both first hand and second hand! This will definitely appeal to fans of Mary Roach's 'Bonk' which is another excellent book in this genre.

Losada is very open and honest in this book as she talks about her sexual experiences, knowledge (or lack of), and attempts to learn more about female - and her own - erotic pleasure. I guess I expected it to be both funnier and less earnest than it actually is. There are giggly moments such as when Losada goes to Google sex advice and finds the top result is '10 Sex Tips Inspired By Game of Thrones' (!), but an awful lot of the book consists of details of sexual workshops and the in-depth recounting of conversations word for word.

The main, um, thrust of the book is positive: female self-acceptance, the prioritisation of pleasure, intimacy over performance, and it's never judgmental. For all the good stuff, though, it just goes on too long - sometime short and sweet just hits the spot perfectly!

I was hoping for a humorous and candid account of Losada's journey through the various workshops that she did in order to explore sexuality. I thought the book would be interesting and funny and honest.

Losada is certainly honest, and there is a lot of detail in here. Sometimes too much as she tends to transcribe whole conversations she has had, which can be a bit much (the one on breathing is especially long). She's also honest in the sense that this is a no-holds-barred account of her own experiences, which makes for a rather randomly structured book as she tries different things seemingly as they occur to her.

Losada can be quite funny too, but I found a lot of the book too earnest to be more than slightly amusing. She seems to focus on the more 'spiritual' dimension of sexuality - there's a lot of chakras and tantra here, about which I will admit to needing a lot more convincing than Losada herself does. I'm glad that her journey helped her, but I remained sceptical to the end about her endorsement of some slightly odd-sounding practices!

Still, the book was an eye-opener (who knew there was an international convention dedicated to clitoral stroking?!), but not one I would whole-heartedly recommend unless you are interested in tantra and breathing practices, with a short diversion into Kegel exercises.

My goodness, the things I learn at age 64! I'm always surprised at some of the things going on this world I know nothing about.

That being said, I enjoyed Losada's writing and candidness but sometimes there was a little too much detail and I found myself skimming.

Thanks to the publisher for the advance digital reading copy.

Details the author's experience in enhancing her sexual knowledge and expression by going to sex workshops with her boyfriend where they both explore clitorises and vaginas, she being touched by random strangers. Broadly speaking, it's about being comfortable in your own skin and knowing what works for you as a woman.