“Always winter but never Christmas.”
24 November 2017
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: Books by Proxy, Discworld #35, Friday Face off, Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith
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. This week’s theme:
‘I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently’ – a cover featuring snow
This week I’ve chosen Wintersmith (Discworld #35) by Terry Pratchett. I loved the Tiffany Aching series of books and there are a lot of covers for this one:
I like quite a few of these covers, some of them scream Pratchett don’t they and there’s a few on here that I’ve not seen before. My favourite this week:
I love this cover – it has a sense of mischief and fun and the Tiffany Aching books are certainly a whole lot of fun.
Which is your favourite?
Next week – a cover featuring a fancy font
Future themes:
1st December 2017 – The pen is mightier than the sword – a cover featuring a fancy font
8th December 2017 – ‘Do not go gentle’ – a cover featuring the night…
15th December 2017 – Hubble bubble toil and trouble – a cover featuring a portion/perfume bottle
‘Mirror, mirror, on the wall…’
17 November 2017
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: Books by Proxy, Friday Face off, Jackson Pearce, Sisters Red
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. This week’s theme:
Snap! – a cover featuring a double image or reflection
This week I’ve chosen Sisters Red (Fairytale Retellings #1) by Jackson Pearce:
There’s definitely a theme going on here! My favourite, just for the striking colours of the cover:
Which is your favourite?
Next week – a cover featuring snow
Future themes:
24th November 2017 – ‘I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently’ – a cover featuring snow
1st December 2017 – The pen is mightier than the sword – a cover featuring a fancy font
8th December 2017 – ‘Do not go gentle’ – a cover featuring the night…
15th December 2017 – Hubble bubble toil and trouble – a cover featuring a portion/perfume bottle
“Open the pod bay doors, Hal”
10 November 2017
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: Books by Proxy, Friday Face off, Mark Lawrence, The Liar's Key
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. This week’s theme:
‘zip it, lock it and throw away the key – a cover featuring a key
This week I’ve chosen a book with a key on the cover and the title! That was actually just pure chance though – and you have to look quite closely to find the key. Mark Lawrence’s Liar’s Key (#2 in The Red Queen’s War):
Interesting to see the different takes on Prince Jalan. If you haven’t read the Red Queen’s War by Mark Lawrence I highly recommend it starting with The Prince of Fools and concluding with The Wheel of Osheim.
My favourite:
Which is your favourite?
Next week – a cover featuring a double image or reflection
Future themes:
17th November 2017 – Snap! – a cover featuring a double image or reflection
24th November 2017 – ‘I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently’ – a cover featuring snow
1st December 2017 – The pen is mightier than the sword – a cover featuring a fancy font
8th December 2017 – ‘Do not go gentle’ – a cover featuring the night…
15th December 2017 – Hubble bubble toil and trouble – a cover featuring a portion/perfume bottle
“I should infinitely prefer a book.”
3 November 2017
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: Books by Proxy, Friday Face off, Genevieve Cogman, The Invisible Library
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. This week’s theme:
‘Desperate affairs require desperate measures’ – a regency style cover
I had a couple of books in mind for this one but I’ve gone for Genevieve Cogman’s Invisible Library. Not sure if this is a perfect representation but anyway!:
My favourite:
Which is your favourite?
Next week – a cover featuring a key
Future themes:
10th November 2017 – ‘zip it, lock it and throw away the key – a cover featuring a key
17th November 2017 – Snap! – a cover featuring a double image or reflection
24th November 2017 – ‘I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently’ – a cover featuring snow
1st December 2017 – The pen is mightier than the sword – a cover featuring a fancy font
8th December 2017 – ‘Do not go gentle’ – a cover featuring the night…
15th December 2017 – Hubble bubble toil and trouble – a cover featuring a portion/perfume bottle
“I have crossed oceans of time to find you.”
27 October 2017
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: Books by Proxy, Clay and Susan Griffith, The Friday Face Off, Vampire Empire
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. This week’s theme:
“Thus with a kiss I die” – a cover featuring a couple
Well, I thought this week was going to be a doddle. How wrong could I be. I found a couple of covers for Dracula (The Count and Mina) and also a couple of covers for Jacqueline Carey’s Miranda and Caliban. But, I decided to go with Vampire Empire (The Greyfriar (Vampire Empire #1) by Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith). Again only a couple of covers for this one but both so very different:
My favourite – I had to go with the dark vibe:
Which is your favourite?
Next week – a cover in the regency style
Future themes:
3rd November 2017 – ‘Desperate affairs require desperate measures’ – a regency style cover
10th November 2017 – ‘zip it, lock it and throw away the key – a cover featuring a key
17th November 2017 – Snap! – a cover featuring a double image or reflection
24th November 2017 – ‘I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently’ – a cover featuring snow
1st December 2017 – The pen is mightier than the sword – a cover featuring a fancy font
8th December 2017 – ‘Do not go gentle’ – a cover featuring the night…
15th December 2017 – Hubble bubble toil and trouble – a cover featuring a portion/perfume bottle
Books and travelling with Lynn 