Friday Face Off : The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden
1 March 2024
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Tags: Books, Friday Face Of, Katie Lumsden, reading, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

Today I’m returning to the Friday Face Off, originally created by Books by Proxy). I’ve missed these for the past few months and so would like to get back to comparing covers (and hopefully I will be updating this page with a new banner. 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 link so I can take a look at what you’ve chosen.
This week I’ve chosen a book that I’ve just literally read and reviewed. The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden. Here are the covers:
I like all three of these for different reasons but this week my favourite is:

I like the way the cover is framed and I think the cut out style silhouette is a good choice – it has an almost ghostly appearance and I think this style was very popular during the Victorian era – although I could have just dreamt that up!
Which is your favourite?
Join me next week in highlighting one of your reads with different covers.
Friday Face Off : How To Make a Horror Movie and Survive by Craig DiLouie
16 February 2024
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Tags: Craig DiLouie, Friday Face Of, How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive

Today I’m returning to the Friday Face Off, originally created by Books by Proxy). I’ve missed these for the past few months and so would like to get back to comparing covers (and hopefully I will be updating this page with a new banner. 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 link so I can take a look at what you’ve chosen.
This week I’ve chosen another book that I’m really looking forward to by an author I really enjoy, How to Make A Horror Movie and Survive by Craig DiLouie:
This week my favourite is:

I like the white cover too, but the black and the red just lends itself to the horror feel.
Which is your favourite?
Join me next week in highlighting one of your reads with different covers.
Friday Face Off : All The Dangerous Things
9 February 2024
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Tags: A Flicker in the Dark, All the Dangerous Things, Book Review, Books, Friday Face Of, Only If You're Luck, reading, Stacy Willingham

Today I’m returning to the Friday Face Off, originally created by Books by Proxy). I’ve missed these for the past few months and so would like to get back to comparing covers (and hopefully I will be updating this page with a new banner. 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 link so I can take a look at what you’ve chosen.
This week I decided to look back at a book I read some time ago by an author that I really like. All The Dangerous Things was the second book I picked up by Stacy Willingham (A Flicker in the Dark being the first) and my review for her latest book (Only If You’re Lucky) can be found here.
This week my favourite is:

I quite like all the covers to be honest but I chose the above cover because I like the solitary feel to the central character and it fits with the story.
Which is your favourite?
Join me next week in highlighting one of your reads with different covers.
Friday Face Off : You Like it Darker by Stephen King
29 December 2023
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Tags: Friday Face Of, Stephen King, You Like It Darker

Today I’m returning to the Friday Face Off, originally created by Books by Proxy). I’ve missed these for the past few months and so would like to get back to comparing covers (and hopefully I will be updating this page with a new banner. 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 link so I can take a look at what you’ve chosen.
This week my book is a strange choice for me – You Like it Darker by Stephen King – an unusual choice in that this is a collection of short stories which I don’t as a rule lean towards, but this does appeal to me. Here are the covers:
My favourite:

Which is your favourite?
Join me next week in highlighting one of your reads with different covers.
Friday Face Off : Empire of the Damned (Empire of the Vampire #2) by Jay Kristoff
3 November 2023
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Tags: Empire of the Damned, Empire of the Vampire #2, Friday Face Of, Jay Kristoff

Today I’m returning to the Friday Face Off, originally created by Books by Proxy). I’ve missed these for the past few months and so would like to get back to comparing covers (and hopefully I will be updating this page with a new banner. 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 link so I can take a look at what you’ve chosen.
This week my book is Empire of the Damned (Empire of the Vampire #2) by Jay Kristoff.
Here are the covers:
Which is your favourite?
Join me next week in highlighting one of your reads with different covers.





