Friday Face Off : ‘In winter with warm tears I’ll melt the snow’
20 July 2018
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: Books by Proxy, Friday Face off, Mark Lawrence, Red Sister
Here we are again with the Friday Face Off meme created by Books by Proxy . This is a great opportunity to feature some of your favourite book covers. The rules are fairly simple each week, following a predetermined theme (list below) choose a book, compare a couple of the different covers available for that particular book and choose your favourite. Future week’s themes are listed below – the list has been updated to help out those of you who like to plan ahead – if you have a cover in mind that you’re really wanting to share then feel free to leave a comment about a future suggested theme. This week’s theme:
‘In winter with warm tears I’ll melt the snow’ – A cover featuring icicles or snow
I had a few books in mind for this but I think I’d used them before, in fact there’s a possibility that I’ve used the book I’ve gone with although I can’t remember. My choice this week is : Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor #1) by Mark Lawrence
My covers:
My favourite two:
My favourite this week is:
Which is your favourite?
Next week – a cover that is steampunk
Future themes: (if you’re struggling with any of these themes then use a ‘freebie’ of one of your favourite covers)
27th July – “I saw huge buildings rise up faint and fair, and pass like dreams.” – a cover that is steampunk
3rd August – “Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.” – a cover featuring a starry sky
10th August – ‘…Christine, who have torn off my mask and who therefore can never leave me again! – A cover with a mask
17th August – ‘Knock, knock… ‘who’s there?’ – A cover featuring a door ajar or closed
24th August – ‘To be a legend, you’ve either got to be dead, or excessively old!’ – A cover with a title featuring the word ‘legend’
31st August – ‘“Come buy our orchard fruits, Come buy, come buy’ – A cover featuring a goblin or dwarves
7th September – ‘Mirror, Mirror on the wall – A cover featuring a queen
14th September – “He had killed man, the noblest game of all, and he had killed in the face of the law of club and fang.” – A cover featuring a wolf or wolves
21st September – ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’ – a cover featuring clouds
28th September – Eyes wide shut – a cover featuring eyes
5th October – “He sounded like a man who had slept well and didn’t owe too much money.” – A cover that is ‘noir’
12th October – “The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.” – A cover for a mystery novel
19th October -“If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!” – A horror cover
26th October – Trick or treat – A halloween inspired cover
2nd November – ‘Remember, remember the fifth of November,’ – A cover inspired by Bonfire Night
9th November – ‘All right! They’re spiders from Mars! You happy?’ – A cover feturing a critter of the eight legged variety
16th November – There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.’ – A scary cover
23rd November – ‘The child is in love with a human. And not just any human. A prince!’ – A cover featuring a mermaid/man
30th November – “..the children of the night. What music they make!” – a cover with a vampire
7th December – ‘I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will.’ – A cover featuring a hero
14th December -“Heavy is the head that wears the crown” – A cover featuring a crown
21st December – ‘ho, ho, ho’ – A seasonal cover
28th December – A freebie – choose one of your favourite titles and compare the covers
2019
4th January – A cover that is fresh – New beginnings for a New Year
11th January – ‘I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king’ – A cover that depicts a novel set in the Tudor period
18th January – A cover featuring an Amulet – either in the cover or title
25th January – ‘Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.’ – A cover featuring a monk/priest/person of the cloth
1st February – A comedy cover
8th February – ‘Hi little cub. Oh no, don’t be ssscared.’ – A cover with snakes
15th February – A heart – for Valentine’s day past
22nd February – “Woe, destruction, ruin, and decay; the worst is death and death will have his day.” – A cover with abandoned building/s
1st March – ‘who will buy this wonderful morning’ – A cover featuring a shop or market
8th March – ‘Two little fishes and a momma fishy too’ – A cover featuring a fish/fishes or other sea creatures
15th March – ‘Beware the moon, lads.’ – A cover with a shapeshifter
22nd March – ‘A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse’ – A cover featuring a king
29th March – “I thought unicorns were more . . . Fluffy.” – A cover featuring a unicorn
5th April – ‘nomad is an island’ – A cover featuring a desert landscape
12th April – ‘Odin, Odin, send the wind to turn the tide – A cover featuring a longboat
19th april – ‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times – A cover featuring a school
I totally agree. 🙂
Thanks
My fave is the one of the right once you narrowed it down to 2. There is something about it that looks totally badass to me.
It really is a badass cover that one 😀
Wow, this is one of those books where all the covers are really good. I love #3 best, I think😁
I like them all too. Difficult to choose.
Lynn 😀
I like the 5th one best because I love the little bit of red swirling around her. The other covers don’t have enough red!
Yep, that one certainly has the red going on.
Lynn 😀
All the covers for this book are good, but I’d actually forgotten about the ones with ice/snow on them so I was surprised you picked this one. It works perfectly, though! I have it on loan from the library right now so hopefully I’ll get to it soon. 🙂
Ooh, I hope you love it.
Lynn 😀
The one on the right of your two final choices is very intense: I like how the eyes of the girl in the picture seems to look right at you!
Creepy!
I agree with your choice here, Lynn. That one is my favorite as well. I’ve been meaning to check out this series too.
the thing with the Mark Lawrence books you don’t have to read the series in order so if you fancy jumping in at any point you really can. Which is quite a good feeling.
Lynn 😀
Oh nice, I hadn’t realized that!
I love your choice – what an amazing cover, Lynn! But there are a number of impressive covers for this book, aren’t there? What a brilliant week:))
there are indeed.
Lynn 😀
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I agree with your choice. And wow, I can’t believe I missed this book, because those are some epic icicles!
I very nearly missed it too tbh.
Lynn 😀
I actually like the UK ones better than the US (even though it’s pretty) because I thik it shows the tone and the setting a lot better? And love those icicles. 😀
I very nearly overlooked this title for this week’s theme. I love those icicles too.
Lynn 😀
Lynn, I haven’t read this or in fact anything by Mark Lawrence. Some great covers though and my favourite is the same as you! 🙂
Thanks Jessica. Not sure if Mr Lawrence would be your style or not – quite grimdark (or very).
Lynn 😀
I have never tried it but I doubt grim dark is for me either!
I like the one on the bottom left 🙂
It’s a good cover – difficult to choose really. 😀
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