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’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.

I’ve added themes in below. For information, I’m trying out some new ideas so along with coming up with particular items for book covers I thought we could also look for certain elements contained within the book or that play a large part in the story – this really broadens things out because I have plenty of more ideas with this – I’ve gone for a few of the Tough Travel Themes (so a book with that theme – just choose any book – the theme isn’t necessarily on the cover, then compare covers), also, I’ve thrown in some genres and some colours.  Hopefully this will open things out a little and give us some more freedom to come up with new books.

This week’s theme:

Tough Travel Tropes : Made for each other

Firstly, apologies for not blog hopping.  I don’t know why I’m so far behind this week but I am aiming to catch up with everyone later today.  Anyway, today’s theme, I actually had lots of ideas for this one but I’ve gone for a book that I really enjoyed and that, feels perfect for this week’s theme if you take it literally.  The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey is a futuristic book that looks at genetic cloning and the lengths that some people will go to to get things right!  Here are the covers:

I quite like a few of the ideas here although there are little things that just niggle me somehow.  I like the second cover with the black background and two rings – the second ring is not quite a perfect imitation if you look closely and I really like that idea but I’m not keen on the way the title is echoed – although I understand the reasoning.  I also quite like the black and red cover.  It gives me vibes of an illusion where you look at a picture and see a ‘vase’ (for example) but then when you look more closely it’s maybe something else like the outline of two faces.  Again, I like the idea but think the execution overall just needs something else.  I’ve instead gone for the cover which represents perfect suburbia with two women relaxing in the garden with the garden hedge in the background – don’t ask me why this appeals to me, something about being behind your garden hedge, secluded, everything looking perfect but the reality is there’s lots going on.

Which one is your favourite?

If you’re taking part in this week’s theme feel free to leave your link in the comments below.

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’s Theme : Gadgets and airships – a book that is ’steampunk

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