‘O God of battles! steel my soldiers’ hearts. Possess them not with fear.’

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:
No soldier outlives a thousand chances (A cover which features a soldier)
This book cover is one I’ve used before and yet I unashamedly use it again because I like it: The Thousand Names by Django Wexler.
My favourite this week:

Which is your favourite?
Next week – Food
Future themes:
18th August 2017 – The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork (A cover which features food)
25th August 2017 – If I be waspish, best beware my sting (A cover which features an insect)
1st September 2017 – Being born in a stable does not make one a horse (A cover which features a horse)
8th September 2017 – That great condenser of moral chaos, The City (A cover which features a city)
‘He knows how to play. Itty-bitty-baby-Potter.’

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:
From the ashes a fire shall be woken (A cover which features fire)
This week I’ve gone for: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J K Rowling
My favourite this week:

Which is your favourite?
Next week – Soldier
Future themes:
11th August 2017- No soldier outlives a thousand chances (A cover which features a soldier)
18th August 2017 – The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork (A cover which features food)
25th August 2017 – If I be waspish, best beware my sting (A cover which features an insect)
1st September 2017 – Being born in a stable does not make one a horse (A cover which features a horse)
8th September 2017 – That great condenser of moral chaos, The City (A cover which features a city)
“O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die.”

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:
The kindest use a knife, because the dead so soon grow cold (A cover which features a knife)
This week I’ve gone for: The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials #2) by Philip Pullman
To be honest I’m not totally sure I have a favourite this week! Although I’m strangely drawn to the cat cover and the red cover with the balloon.
Which is your favourite?
Next week – Fire
Future themes:
4th August 2017 – From the ashes a fire shall be woken (A cover which features fire)
11th August 2017- No soldier outlives a thousand chances (A cover which features a soldier)
18th August 2017 – The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork (A cover which features food)
25th August 2017 – If I be waspish, best beware my sting (A cover which features an insect)
1st September 2017 – Being born in a stable does not make one a horse (A cover which features a horse)
8th September 2017 – That great condenser of moral chaos, The City (A cover which features a city)
Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.
21 July 2017
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: Books by Proxy, Friday Face off, Robert Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

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:
Planet “Any planet is ‘Earth’ to those who live on it”
This week I’ve gone for: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein.
Oddly enough I like the fourth cover. It just feels really retro:

Which is your favourite?
Next week – A knife
Future themes:
28th July 2017 – The kindest use a knife, because the dead so soon grow cold (A cover which features a knife)
4th August 2017 – From the ashes a fire shall be woken (A cover which features fire)
11th August 2017- No soldier outlives a thousand chances (A cover which features a soldier)
18th August 2017 – The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork (A cover which features food)
25th August 2017 – If I be waspish, best beware my sting (A cover which features an insect)
1st September 2017 – Being born in a stable does not make one a horse (A cover which features a horse)
8th September 2017 – That great condenser of moral chaos, The City (A cover which features a city)
“They sailed away, for a year and a day, To the land where the Bong-tree grows

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:
Boats “The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea, in a beautiful pea green boat…”
The first book I thought of for this one was a book that I’ve recently been seeing reviews for: The Ship by Antonia Honeywell:
My favourite cover is the first – the spooky, misty waters – I’m not sure that this really is representative of the book but I like the eerie feel.

Which is your favourite?
Next week – Planet
Future themes:
21/07/2017 – Planet “Any planet is ‘Earth’ to those who live on it”
28th July 2017 – The kindest use a knife, because the dead so soon grow cold (A cover which features a knife)
4th August 2017 – From the ashes a fire shall be woken (A cover which features fire)
11th August 2017- No soldier outlives a thousand chances (A cover which features a soldier)
18th August 2017 – The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork (A cover which features food)
25th August 2017 – If I be waspish, best beware my sting (A cover which features an insect)
1st September 2017 – Being born in a stable does not make one a horse (A cover which features a horse)
8th September 2017 – That great condenser of moral chaos, The City (A cover which features a city)




