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.

This week’s theme:

A book with a landscape you’d like to visit

Well, I had a more difficult time with this one than you might expect.  A lot of the places I read about are violent or war soaked places, there are crazy magicians and dark overlords tring to rule the world, armies of orcs and trolls rampaging around – and basically I’m a huge coward so to be honest I don’t want to go there thank you very much.  So I had to try and think outside the box a little bit.  I thought of using Narnia, the Shire (definitely not Mordor) or Hogwarts but I’ve probably used these before.  Instead I’ve gone for a book/series that is perhaps something of a cheat – The Invisible Library series by Genevieve Cogman.  Now, okay, I admit I said it’s something of a cheat but – those who are allowed access to this library can open doors to an infinite number of worlds.  In fact through the books I’ve read from the series I’ve already travelled to a steampunk London and an alternate Venice where Carnival never stops and St Petersburg’s Winter Palace.  So – lots of places to visit in this series – who am I kidding, I’d probably just stay in the library – it has a strange warped sense of time and the librarians barely age at all – think of all that reading time.

This week I’ve picked all the covers from the series:

Do you have a favourite?  I’ve been back and forth but find myself drawn to :

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 – A Wicked Grin

2021

July

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