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Death Scholar. Book Blogger. Co-host the Death Studies Podcast. I review books on death, dying and the dead. Dutchie 🇳🇱 living in Finland 🇫🇮 See: deadgoodreading.com
The Cow with ear tag #1389 is a thought-provoking read about cows, slaughter, meat and dairy industries, and the myth of the happy cow

💙📚 Full review here:

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October 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Unexpected item in an army surplus shop in Finland #RoyalMail
July 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I might be biased, but isn’t this the most handsomest cat?!

#catsky
June 8, 2025 at 6:53 AM
New blog! Legacy by @ucheblackstockmd.bsky.social is a powerful anger and thought-provoking memoir that outlines the ongoing and pervasive racism present in healthcare, and how skin colour affects health outcomes and life expectancy.

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May 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
In the Library Book by @susanorlean.bsky.social I may have found my favourite phrase to describe someone has died. In Senegal they say “someones library has burned”, and I think that’s beautiful.

Full blog here:
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April 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Book mail is the best mail!

A copy of the edited collection Death & Institutions, including my chapter Institutional Thoughtlessness: prison as a place for dying landed in my mailbox

Thanks to the editors for inviting me to contribute! @cendeathsociety.bsky.social 💙📚
April 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The Great Dead Body Teachers by Jackie Dent is a fascinating account on full body donation, human anatomy and the history and ethics of dissection 💙📚

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April 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🐣New blog 🐣

🪺 Happy Easter🪺

The Great Dead Body Teachers by Jackie Dent delves into the world of body donation, dissection and teaching human anatomy 💙📚

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April 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Starting Easter Sunday with a book about books, as the rain pours down outside- what is everyone else reading? 💙📚
April 20, 2025 at 6:10 AM
A Stone Is Most Precious Where it Belongs review on Dead Good Reading 📚💙

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April 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Maggie Nelson’s Bluets taught me a Dutch expression: ‘dat zijn maar blauwe bloempjes’ 📚💙
January 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Merry Christmas! Hyvää Joulua! Vrolijk kerstfeest! 📚💙💙📚
December 25, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Sarah Ahmed is getting me through the shortest day of the year- what are other people reading?

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December 21, 2024 at 11:15 AM
I believe @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social is just making up surgeon’s names in the Facemaker at this point 🥐
November 17, 2024 at 8:39 AM
New review 💙📚🐦📚💙

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October 28, 2024 at 4:37 PM
October 24, 2024 at 6:27 PM
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October 21, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Interested in death, dying and bereavement? @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social and I wrote the book Critical Approaches to Death, Dying and bereavement.

Discount code in next post!
October 21, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Read my most recent blog about Grief is For People 👇

I welcome suggestions for my next read!

💙📚 #booksky

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October 19, 2024 at 6:34 PM
New blog! Grief is for People by Sloane Crosley 👇

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October 17, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Sundays are for reading 🤓
September 15, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Are you a taphophile interested in French burial customs than this is the book by Kaylee P. Alexander might be for you!

Read my review:

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August 27, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Very exciting book mail! Thank you @chriswoodyard.bsky.social for sending a copy! 🥰

💙📚 @landisblair.bsky.social 🐦📚
March 22, 2024 at 8:09 AM

New blog! I highly recommend All The Living and The Dead by @hayleycampbell.bsky.social to anyone interested in the lived reality of professionals working in the field of death, particularly with dead bodies 📚💙

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February 27, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Not a bad way to spend a Sunday! What's everyone else reading? 📚💙
February 18, 2024 at 4:17 PM