Friday Face Off: Monthly Cover Compare
25 September 2026
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: Birthstone Book Covers, Book Reviews, book-blog, Books, Books Are the New Black, Friday Face off, Monthly Compare, Monthly cover compare, reading

Today I’m returning to the Friday Face Off, originally created by Books by Proxy). This is an opportunity to look at a book of your choice and shine the spotlight on the covers. Of course this only works for those books that have alternative covers (although sometimes I use this to look at a series of books to choose a favourite). So, if you have a book that has alternative covers, highlight them and choose your favourite. If you’re taking part it would be great if you leave a comment/link so I can take a look at what you’ve chosen.
I’ve decided to make a couple of changes to my weekly Friday Face Off – nothing too drastic – at the start of the month, the first Friday Face Off I’m aiming to take a look at joining in with the Birthstone Book Covers meme created by Leslie @ Books Are The New Black so for the first FFO every month I will search for covers that match that month’s birthstone (from books that I’ve read hopefully!) and compare them and choose a favourite. For the last Friday of every month I’m going to look at the books I’ve read that month and do the same. So, I anticipate reading at least one more book this month so I will include my next book in today’s line up too.










My favourite:
I have had some good reads this month and this was a difficult choice. I love the cover for A Waltz of Sinister Import – it’s my kind of cover so I’m immediately drawn to it. I also like Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel – the colours are really eye catching and it really does give a striking nod to Agatha Christie with its retro feel. But, I like the deceptiveness of the CJ Tudor cover with all the pink and the ice cream truck looking so captivating.
Which is your favourite this week?

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