“P.S. please if you get a chanse put some flowrs on Algernons grave in the bak yard.”
26 May 2017
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Tags: Books by Proxy, Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon, Friday Face off
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:
Mice “Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, ‘it might have been’…”
This week the first book that sprang to mind was Mice and Men – but, in spite of the title I’m not sure there are any mice on the covers. I knew there were mice on the cover of Hitchhikers Guide but the book that really jumped out to me was Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes.
Next week – Moon
Future themes:
02/06/2017 – Moon “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars”
09/06/2017 – Mummy “It shuffles through the dry, dusty darkness”
16/06/2017 – Guitar “You couldn’t not like someone who liked the guitar”
23/06/2017 – Cat “In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this”
30/06/2017 – Hat “It is always cruel to laugh at people, of course, although sometimes if they are wearing an ugly hat it is hard to control yourself “
07/07/2017 – Gold “All that is gold does not glitter”
14/07/2017 – Boats “The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea, in a beautiful pea green boat…”
21/07/2017 – Planet “Any planet is ‘Earth’ to those who live on it”
Twist the bones and bend the back. Itch-it-a-cop-it-a-Mel-a-ka-mys-ti-ca
12 May 2017
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Tags: Books by Proxy, Friday Face off, Hex, Thomas Olde Heuvelt
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:
Phone “Don’t use the phone. People are never ready to answer it”
I thought this was going to be tough – but, a book immediately sprang to mind for this one. A very unusual and creepy tale involving a witchy haunting: Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt:
I’m not overly fond of the title font although there is a good reason behind the choice. I like the colour, I think there’s plenty to lead the eye and then upon closer inspection you will notice the ghostly looking face towards the top of the cover.
Which is your favourite?
Next week – Plane
Future themes:
19/05/2017 – Plane “When everything seem to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ….”
26/05/2017 – Mice “Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, ‘it might have been’…”
02/06/2017 – Moon “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars”
09/06/2017 – Mummy “It shuffles through the dry, dusty darkness”
16/06/2017 – Guitar “You couldn’t not like someone who liked the guitar”
23/06/2017 – Cat “In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this”
30/06/2017 – Hat “It is always cruel to laugh at people, of course, although sometimes if they are wearing an ugly hat it is hard to control yourself “
07/07/2017 – Gold “All that is gold does not glitter”
14/07/2017 – Boats “The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea, in a beautiful pea green boat…”
21/07/2017 – Planet “Any planet is ‘Earth’ to those who live on it”
‘Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my!’
5 May 2017
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Tags: Books by Proxy, Friday Face off, The wonderful wizard of Oz
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:
Lion “If you place your head in a lion’s mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off”
This week I’ve again gone for a classic – to be honest, I had two choices for this one that immediately sprang to mind. The first was The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. Then I considered an Ilona Andrews book that I have that has a lion in the background. Then it came to me – in a rush of singing and dancing, broomsticks and flying houses – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum. It was obvious really. ‘Follow the yellow brick road, follow the yellow brick road, follow, follow, follow, follow, follow the yellow brick road’ (and, I was singing that in a proper Munchkin voice). (TBH I think I’ve had this book before – I recognise the covers – but, hey ho!)
I’ve gone for mainly lion covers and my favourite is:
Which is your favourite?
Next week – Phone
Future themes:
12/05/2017 – Phone “Don’t use the phone. People are never ready to answer it”
19/05/2017 – Plane “When everything seem to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ….”
26/05/2017 – Mice “Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, ‘it might have been’…”
02/06/2017 – Moon “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars”
09/06/2017 – Mummy “It shuffles through the dry, dusty darkness”
16/06/2017 – Guitar “You couldn’t not like someone who liked the guitar”
23/06/2017 – Cat “In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this”
30/06/2017 – Hat “It is always cruel to laugh at people, of course, although sometimes if they are wearing an ugly hat it is hard to control yourself “
07/07/2017 – Gold “All that is gold does not glitter”
14/07/2017 – Boats “The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea, in a beautiful pea green boat…”
21/07/2017 – Planet “Any planet is ‘Earth’ to those who live on it”
‘I’m just going to stay here, in the darkness under the arch. I can hear you all out there, trip-trapping, trip-trapping over my bridge..’
21 April 2017
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Tags: Benedict Jacka, Books by Proxy, Bridges, Friday Face off
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:
Bridge “I demolish my bridges behind me…then there is no choice but to push forward”
This week I’ve gone for a series. The Alex Verus series by Benedict Jack. Lots of bridges sprinkled around both sets of covers. A good series that I do need to catch up with:
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I like both sets to be honest but something just screams out at me to pick these covers with the stylised fonts:
Which is your favourite?
Next week – Beach/Seaside
Future themes:
28/04/2017 – Beach/Seaside”Oh I do like to be beside the seaside!”
05/05/2017 – Lion “If you place your head in a lion’s mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off”
12/05/2017 – Phone “Don’t use the phone. People are never ready to answer it”
19/05/2017 – Plane “When everything seem to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ….”
26/05/2017 – Mice “Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, ‘it might have been’…”
02/06/2017 – Moon “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars”
09/06/2017 – Mummy “It shuffles through the dry, dusty darkness”
16/06/2017 – Guitar “You couldn’t not like someone who liked the guitar”
23/06/2017 – Cat “In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this”
30/06/2017 – Hat “It is always cruel to laugh at people, of course, although sometimes if they are wearing an ugly hat it is hard to control yourself “
07/07/2017 – Gold “All that is gold does not glitter”
14/07/2017 – Boats “The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea, in a beautiful pea green boat…”
21/07/2017 – Planet “Any planet is ‘Earth’ to those who live on it”
Roll up, roll up, roll up
7 April 2017
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Tags: Books by Proxy, Friday Face off, Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes
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:
Circus “You can get the monkey off your back, but the circus never leaves town!
Again, it feels like we only just had this theme so coming up with another cover was not easy. I’m not sure if my choice falls more into ‘carnival’ than ‘circus’ and I’m not sure if it matters so I’m just going to go ahead anyway:
I like a few of these. The copy I own is the green and black on the top row. I rather like the middle cover, the red one with the stormy clouds and the mysterious figure but I love this one:
Which is your favourite?
Next week – Easter
Future themes:
14/04/2017 – Easter “The rabbit of Easter. He bring the chocolate”
21/04/2017 – Bridge “I demolish my bridges behind me…then there is no choice but to push forward”
28/04/2017 – Beach/Seaside”Oh I do like to be beside the seaside!”
05/05/2017 – Lion “If you place your head in a lion’s mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off”
12/05/2017 – Phone “Don’t use the phone. People are never ready to answer it”
19/05/2017 – Plane “When everything seem to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ….”
26/05/2017 – Mice “Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, ‘it might have been’…”
02/06/2017 – Moon “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars”
09/06/2017 – Mummy “It shuffles through the dry, dusty darkness”
16/06/2017 – Guitar “You couldn’t not like someone who liked the guitar”
23/06/2017 – Cat “In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this”
30/06/2017 – Hat “It is always cruel to laugh at people, of course, although sometimes if they are wearing an ugly hat it is hard to control yourself “
07/07/2017 – Gold “All that is gold does not glitter”
14/07/2017 – Boats “The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea, in a beautiful pea green boat…”
21/07/2017 – Planet “Any planet is ‘Earth’ to those who live on it”
Books and travelling with Lynn 