Friday Face Off : “Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.”
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:
“Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.” – a cover featuring a starry sky
I’m thinking there should be plenty of choice for this week’s theme so can’t wait to visit everyone’s blogs to see the covers. My book choice this week is A Closed and Common Orbit (book 2 of the Wayfarers series) by Becky Chambers – which seems particularly relevant as book 3 (Record of a Spaceborn Few) has recently been released and is gaining lots of favourable attention.
My covers:
I actually really like the bottom two covers – which, yes, the majority of the cover in both cases is text but they just work for me. I think my favourite just has to be the first cover – it puts me in mind of old sci fi movie posters:
Which is your favourite?
Next week – a cover with a mask
Future themes: (if you’re struggling with any of these themes then use a ‘freebie’ of one of your favourite covers)
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
The one you chose is nice. I like it, as I do the first one on top.
Interesting choice 😀
I like the last cover best but they’re all nice.
I think the last cover has won hands down this week.
Lynn 😀
That’s my favorite as well. I’m getting real close to trying this feature one week. I always have so much fun visiting everyone!
Yes yes. Join us. 😄
Do it Barb, it’s so much fun😁
Fantastic choice for this week! I love the last cover best, I think because of the amount of stars on the cover.
Haha – everyone loves that cover.
Lynn 😀
I agree, the retro look makes the book cover resemble a classic sci-fi movie post and looks good.👍📚
I love those covers but the UK ones are definitely winning the FFO for everyone else I think.
Lynn 😀
Love that you chose this book for the theme! I think I’m partial to the UK covers on this one! I do like the old school scifi feel the US ones evoke, but I think I’m just naturally drawn to the UK one more for some reason. I really want to get some copies from Book Depository with the UK covers. 🙂
Yep, everyone loves the UK covers – I’m just an oddball lol
Lynn 😀
Hah, no I see the appeal for sure. It’s just not my particular style. 🙂
What a wonderful choice for this week’s theme! And a fabulous book:)). I prefer the cover on the right – those beautiful stars give me tingles…
It is a lovely cover. Can’t wait to read the latest book.
Lynn 😀
That’s not my favourite cover, but I never thought of it as reflective of older sci-fi movies and you’re totally right! Makes me like the cover more haha 😛
It doesn’t seem to be other people’s favourites but it always gave me a late 60’s retro movie poster vibe which I loved.
Lynn 😀
The right bottom cover has that wonderful motif of shooting stars that I find quite appealing…
It does doesn’t it.
Lovely choice.
Lynn 😀
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I really like the 4th and last cover! But they are all really pretty!
Yes, I think all the covers for this one are easy to like.
Lynn 😀
Haha, this and the first book were also options I considered featuring this week before I settled on The Space Between the Stars. My favorite is probably the UK cover, only because the text doesn’t take up so much of the sky, making it feel bigger.
Yeah, I think a lot of people like the UK cover for this book. I just love the crazy b’-movie poster feel.
Lynn 😀
The title of this book didn’t at first ring a bell and then I saw that bottom right cover; that lovely cover has definitely caught my eye before 🙂
Such a good – no great – series of books.
Lynn 😀