The Monkey's Wedding and Other Stories by Joan Aiken

I’ve never really understood the great love for bobby pins. On Bobby Pins, And Other Things They Do Not Tell Us Perhaps around the beginning of August, to give everyone time to procure for themselves a copy of the book.ĭo you have an infectious curiosity concerning precious things, fancy obsessions and sensual fascinations? If so, peek in on our Goodreads group and request an invite–we’d love to read some fancy books with you! Since we both had our eyes on The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul, we decided that would be the one to kick things off, and we’ll most likely get discussions underway in the next few weeks. (No cookbooks, though, unless almost exclusively narrative/historical, with barely any recipes.)” Out of this discussion, a new book club was born! Non Fiction For The Senses is “a virtual book club to indulge in non-fiction books about all things relating to the senses, mostly focusing on the history, lore and science around them, as well as books celebrating obsessions with anything like perfumes, potions, intriguing sounds, textiles and textures, and delicious foods. Last week in a brief discussion spurred by a book about the bizarre digestive by-product from whales used as a fixative in fine fragrances, Tanya and I came to the enthusiastic conclusion that we needed an outlet wherein we could discuss this weird little gem and other such titles. 💀 Natural Burials Are Rising And That’s Good For The Planet 💀 What the Provincetown AIDS Memorial Leaves Out 💀 The Tragic, Forgotten History of Zombies 💀 The Horse Skulls Hidden in the Dance Floors of Ireland 💀 A Dreamer’s impossible dilemma: where to die? 💀 Dead gorgeous: ancient sarcophagus held mirror, cosmetics

💀 The crime scene investigator’s ‘murder bag’ was created because of this horrific murder 💀 191 Years After His Death, the Poet William Blake Is Getting a New Tombstone 💀 Funeral ads banned by Transport For London over ‘widespread offence’

💀 Megan Devine Shares Thoughftful Insights On How To Help A Grieving Friend From somber to hilarious, from informative to creepy, here’s a snippet of things that have been reported on or journaled about in or related to the Death Industry recently. A gathering of death related links that I have encountered in the past month or so.

The Monkey's Wedding and Other Stories by Joan Aiken