‘Double, double toil and trouble..’
13 May 2016
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: Books by Proxy, The Friday Face Off, Which Witch
Here we are again with the Friday Face Off meme being hosted by Books by Proxy . This is a great opportunity to feature some of your favourite books covers. The rules are fairly simple and can be found here. Each week, following a predetermined theme choose a book, compare a couple of the different covers available for that particular book and choose your favourite. Simples. This week the theme is:
Which Witch is Which?
A cover which features a witch and/or witchcraft
This week rather than go for one book with different covers I’ve gone for four books within a series. The Tiffany Aching series by Terry Pratchett:
I love this series, such good fun and the wee free men are awesome. In terms of covers I really like all of these – okay, the first one doesn’t feature a witch but the other three do. I think out of them all it’s a difficult choice between I Shall Wear Midnight and Wintersmith. I almost went for a tie but I admit that although I love he feel of the Midnight book Wintersmith takes the biscuit for me. I love that cover. It’s so lovely.
Next week the theme is:
Just Then Flew Down a Monstrous Crow
A cover which features a bird
Books and travelling with Lynn 
I sadly haven’t read any of the Tiffany Aching books yet, though we do have a copy of Wintersmith however it’s cover is nowhere near as pretty as that one! I love the covers for I Shall Wear Midnight and Wintersmith – I think I Shall Wear Midnight just pips it for me 🙂
I love the Tiffany Aching series – it’s just so good and I think you would absolutely love it. The sense of humour is brilliant and the storylines really good too.
Lynn 😀
I look forward to reading them 🙂
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Ooo… I FAR prefer all the US covers to the UK ones for this fabulous series. I’ve got all the UK versions and they’re frankly rather sad… Whereas these are far prettier – and I’m with you – I think ‘Wintersmith’ just edges it:).
I do too, and the last two are really good. Wintersmith is very pretty – not as ‘witchy’ as maybe I should have gone for with this theme, but – she is a witch!
Lynn 😀
And there is such a thing as being too cliched – which is why I went for my choices. I looked through the witchy covers I had and decided they were far too similar… And that’s why I like your covers so much – they’re different, too:)
I was originally going to compare the US and UK series because they’re so very different – which actually on reflection would have been good! Oh well, hindsight!
Oh, I prefer the approach you took – because I happen to think the UK covers are all wincingly bad… Which is a real shame.
Agreed – which is really why I didn’t stick with the original plan.
Lynn 😀
I agree with your choice of cover, but I also fancy the one with the hat.
It’s definitely a bit more ‘witchy’!
Lynn 😀
I think I Shall Wear Midnight and Wintersmith are well ahead of the first two, and I think I’ll have to do with Wintersmith as well. That grumpy gnome face does it for me XD
The Nac Mac Feels – I love em!
Lynn 😀
I so want to read these! Wintersmith is definitely the winner! Love that little dude. Must up my Pratchett quota 😛
I loved these books. The Wee Free Men are so funny and all the witchy tropes get a good looking at fun poked at them! Great humour and good plots.
Lynn 😀
I’ll definitely have to get my hands on them!
You must 😀
Call me shallow, but the first wo covers have a…well, old feel to them that just don’t work for me! I agree with your choice 🙂
Yeah, I’m not feeling the first covers – they’re a bit, well, maybe, young?? Not sure if that’s what I really mean but something doesn’t appeal.
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