“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
“All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.”
20 October 2017
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: Books by Proxy, Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Friday Face off, The Shadow of the Wind

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:
‘Me and my….’ – a cover featuring a Shadow
My other choice for this was going to be Nevernight but I think I’ve featured it before so went for something different. I read Shadow of the Wind a long time ago and enjoyed it very much – a quote from Goodreads to whet your appetite: ‘The international literary sensation, about a boy’s quest through the secrets and shadows of postwar Barcelona for a mysterious author whose book has proved as dangerous to own as it is impossible to forget.’
My favourite is the last one. It’s a good choice for this week’s theme with the shadow but I like the stance of the character on the front – he looks very furtive:

Which is your favourite?
Next week – a cover featuring a couple
Future themes:
27th October 2017 – “Thus with a kiss I die” – a cover featuring a couple
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
‘A dragon is not a slave’
13 October 2017
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: A Dance with Dragons, A Song of Ice and Fire #5, Books by Proxy, Friday Face off, GRRMartin

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:
You have nice manners for a thief, and a LIAR!’ – a cover with a dragon
Plenty of covers with dragons for this week. Of course I immediately thought of Smaug but I thought I’d step out of character and use something different (for me that is!): A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire #5) by George R.R. Martin
My favourite is the last one.
Which is your favourite?
Next week – a cover featuring a Shadow
Future themes:
20th October 2017 – ‘Me and my….’ – a cover featuring a Shadow
27th October 2017 – “Thus with a kiss I die” – a cover featuring a couple
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
‘.. If he wasn’t fathered by the black ram in the full of the moon my name is not Ragnar’

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:
‘Then let the crabs be cursed by Odin’ – a cover featuring a Viking ‘
I had a few books in mind for this one but when I checked they didn’t have alternative covers, so another tough week! I’ve gone for : The Grim Company (Grim Company #1) by Luke Scull. Strictly speaking these covers aren’t really vikings – although they could be right?

Which is your favourite?
Next week – a cover featuring a Dragon
Future themes:
13th October 2017 – You have nice manners for a thief, and a LIAR!’ – a cover with a dragon
20th October 2017 – ‘Me and my….’ – a cover featuring a Shadow
27th October 2017 – “Thus with a kiss I die” – a cover featuring a couple
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
‘In my heart of hearts’
29 September 2017
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: Books by Proxy, False Hearts, Friday Face off, Laura Lam

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:
Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady – a cover featuring a heart
I struggled this week – I had two books in mind but they didn’t have alternate covers so I’ve gone for a book that I currently own but haven’t yet read – this can be my incentive to get into gear: False Heart by Laura Lam:

Which is your favourite?
Next week – a cover featuring a Viking
Future themes:
6th October 2017 – ‘Then let the crabs be cursed by Odin’ – a cover featuring a Viking ‘
13th October 2017 – You have nice manners for a thief, and a LIAR!’ – a cover with a dragon
20th October 2017 – ‘Me and my….’ – a cover featuring a Shadow
27th October 2017 – “Thus with a kiss I die” – a cover featuring a couple
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




