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 (this doesn’t have to be a book that you’ve read), compare a couple of the different covers available for that particular book and choose your favourite.   Future week’s themes are listed below – 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.  I’ve also listed events that take place during the year, that I’m aware of, so you can link up your covers – if you’re aware of any events that you think I should include then give me a shout.  This week’s theme:

Dressed in White – could be a person could be a landscape – or something else completely?

This week I’ve gone for a book that I haven’t read, in fact I haven’t read the author but would definitely like to do so.  Ursula K LeGuin’s The Left Hand of Darkness.  This fits the theme and also works for the Vintage Sci Fi event (more info here and here).  Here are some of the covers:

I am a bit of a sucker for the SF Masterworks covers I must admit and at first glance I think my favourites are:

It’s difficult to choose really but at the moment my thoughts are leaning towards the footsteps in the snow and the figures retreating into the distance:

Do you have a favourite?  And have you read this book?  Is this a good starting point to pick up a LeGuin?

I’ve updated the list now to include themes for next year.  If you know of an event that’s coming up let me know and I’ll try and include covers that work for the event itself so that you can link up to the Friday Face Off and, as always, if you wish to submit an idea then leave me a comment – or if you’d like to host a week then simply let me know.  Also, I would just mention that it’s very possible that some of these might be repeats from previous FFOs although I have tried to invent more ‘open ended’ prompt that can be interpreted differently and also prompts that relate to emotions.  Finally, don’t struggle with any of these, this is meant to be a fun way of highlighting books.  If you can’t come up with a book you think fits for a particular week use a freebie – perhaps a recent read for example:

Next week – Books with ‘Moon’ in the Title

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January

Vintage Sci-Fi month – if you’re taking part you could try and find some vintage style covers

8^th – Books with ‘Moon’ in the Title

15^th – An Aerial encounter – spaceships and explosions

22^nd – An Alien Encounter – ‘we come in peace’ or maybe not.

29^th – A favourite classic or vintage sci-fi

February

5^th – A Book with a romance that you enjoyed

12^th – Furry – a beast, something cuddly, or a fur covering

19^th – Serpentine – could be a snake, could be a snake-like font, could be a snakeskin style cover

26^th – A book with ‘Magic’ in the Title

March

5^th – March is named for the Roman God of War – a Roman style cover or a cover with a God or Gods or simply a book about war

12^th – Middle Grade – choose whatever pleases you

19^th – Ruin or derelict, old and worn, could be the book itself, a building, a place

26^th – A picture within a picture

April

2^nd – A train or tram – travelling down the track, could be old style, futuristic, overhead, down below.

9^th – Cartoonish or graphic

16^th – I have to have it – a cover that gave you ‘grabby hands’

23^rd – Your current read (if it has covers to compare) or any recent read

30^th– A series that you love – highlight all the books in the series

May

Month of Wyrd and Wonder

7^th – A Series where the cover changed midway through – which style do you prefer most

14^th – The earliest fantasy you recall reading – or the first fantasy book you really loved, maybe the book that kickstarted your love of fantasy

21^st – The Top Hat

28^th – The Hood

June

4^th – The nose boop – any animal, or human, with a close up shot.

11^th – A cover that annoyed you and why

18^th – Out of Perspective, or make you feel a bit dizzy

25^th – Upside down, back to front or topsy turvy

July

2^nd – A book with a landscape you’d like to visit

9^th – A Wicked Grin

16^th – Books with ‘book’ in the title

23^rd – A Black Hole – could be in the universe or going deep into the ground

30^th – Chaos – maybe too much going on in this one

August

6^th – “They cluck their thick tongues, and shake their heads and suggest, os so very delicately!” – The Motel

13^th – A favourite holiday read

20^th – Dressed to kill (could be literally someone dressed to kill, or someone dressed up for a big night out

27^th – Sunbathing or on the beach

September (RIP event)

3^rd – 1920s feel, noir detective

10^th – I’m Henry the Eighth I am – let’s look at Kings or other Emperors/rulers

17^th – Books with ‘Murder’ in the title

24^th – A favourite thriller

October

1^st – A Halloween read

8^th – Chills – anything at all that almost makes you too scared to pick up the book (your own pet hate)

15^th – Your favourite book of magic

22^nd – Books with ‘Queen’ in the title

29^th – Must be gothic

November – Sci Fi Month

5^th – Your earliest sci-fi read or the first sci-fi you reviewed

12^th – A book with ‘star’ in the title

19^th – Futuristic vista

26^th – A Black Hole – in the universe or going deep into the ground

December

3^rd – Windswept, the classic figure, stood majestically, with wind blowing out in a fetching way

10^th – A fairytale retold

17^th – Winter Solstice approaching – anything cold and seasonal

24^th – All things fire – red hair, red covers, fire breathing dragons, simply fire?

31^st – What’s your catnip – if it’s on a cover you have to pick it up