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This entire post could be summed up into one word: massages.
There is nothing I enjoy more than getting a gentle massage from someone who has a lot of experience giving them.
It’s one of the most relaxing things I can possibly imagine. I carry tension in my back and shoulders that sometimes translates into pain, so it’s glorious to have all of those knots gently loosened and sorted out.
Years ago, there was a massage studio somewhat close to my house that offered back massages at a pretty reasonable rate.
They’ve since closed, but I will be keeping an eye out for future massage opportunities once this pandemic has ended and it’s safe to get them again.
(And, no, that isn’t my dog in the photo in today’s post. I simply wanted to share a photo related to massage that was G-rated for anyone who reads this at work. Some of the massage photos on stock photo sites can be a little risqué!)
Mountains are one of my favourite natural settings to find on book covers. They’re so majestic and breathtaking!
I spent part of my childhood living right next to a large mountain range, so they also bring up happy memories from those years.
There’s nothing like being nestled right next to the mountains. You get so much snow in the winter, and the summers are nice and mild as well.
Here are ten beautiful covers that include mountains on them.
This list turned out to have more North American mountains on it than I was originally intending to include. If you know of beautiful book covers about mountain ranges in other parts of the world, I’d love to hear about them.
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This was one of those topics I could discuss for hours. If any of us ever meet in person, ask me this question if you want to see me poke my head out of my shell! (I’m often a little quiet and shy at first with new people).
Why: I adore it when talkative, extroverted people make the first gesture of friendship, especially when they’re as personable as Anne. Our personalities couldn’t be more different from each other, but our shared love of books and baked goods would give us all sorts of things to discuss.
Why: She’s the sort of character who needs friends who move slowly and are highly respectful of her boundaries. I’m excellent at both of those things. It would be cool to have a chance to ask her about how her powers work and what she plans to do next in her life.
Why: Our personalities are so similar! We’re both quiet, easygoing folks who enjoy learning new things and exploring. There’s definitely something to be said for companionable silence sometimes. Maybe she could teach me some new swimming strokes, too.
Character: The hobbits and the Entwives from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings series.
Why: Honestly, who wouldn’t want to have a dinner party with hobbits? They’re peace-loving, jolly, and kind folks who are also fantastic cooks. I’d want to meet the Entwives because I’ve wondered what really happened to them ever since I read this series. In my opinion, they survived and eventually reunited with their husbands, sons, brothers, and other male relatives.
My Favourite Part: The comparisons the author made between previous epidemics and our current one. Human behaviour patterns have remained so consistent over the centuries when it comes to how we respond to invisible threats like disease.
My Favourite Part: Learning about how children were raised throughout human evolution, especially once our distant ancestors began trusting each other to watch the baby while mom went off to gather food.
My Favourite Part: Meeting the same narrator in every story even though they were set in very different places and times. It was such a unique way to connect those worlds.
My Favourite Part: The descriptions of how emotionally draining it is to be homeless. I’d never thought about how difficult the mental part of homelessness must be when you have no idea where you’ll sleep at night or when your next meal might come.
Come visit the Toronto Reference Library if you’re ever in Toronto! It’s wonderful.
My Favourite Part: Reading the most recent theories about why Çatalhöyük was abandoned. It’s the first city humans ever built (that we know of), so I’m thrilled to see how much effort has been put into understanding who lived there and why they eventually moved elsewhere.
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Hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl Anyone who has followed this blog or my accounts on Twitter or Goodreads for a long time knows how much I love rabbits. Today I will be sharing books about rabbits! Yes, I have read them all and recommend checking them out yourself if you’re interested. Do speak up… Read More
Hosted by Long and Short Reviews. Click here to read everyone else’s replies to this week’s question and here to see the full list of topics for the year. Writing. This spring I’ve been spending more time doing this. Thank goodness for renewed interest in writing and a sharp reduction in my writer’s block!… Read More
Hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl I narrowed this week’s prompt down a little bit. The original theme was so broad that I wasn’t sure where to begin. You could interpret it to be about rainbow covers, or brightly-coloured covers, or books that include as many different colours in them as possible. Honestly, even those… Read More
Hosted by Long and Short Reviews. Click here to read everyone else’s replies to this week’s question and here to see the full list of topics for the year. This is going to be an eclectic list. Get All of My Dental Work Done at Once. It’s non-urgent and is being done slowly and as necessary.… Read More
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What a creative topic for this week! I’d never thought about book titles that also happen to be complete sentences before.
This entire post could be summed up into one word: massages.
Mountains are one of my favourite natural settings to find on book covers. They’re so majestic and breathtaking!
This was one of those topics I could discuss for hours. If any of us ever meet in person, ask me this question if you want to see me poke my head out of my shell! (I’m often a little quiet and shy at first with new people).
Along with my blogging slowdown as of about a month ago, I’ve also been reading less.
