“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)
“All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told”
7 July 2017
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: Books by Proxy, Friday Face off, Golden Son, Pierce Brown
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:
Gold “All that is gold does not glitter”
I very much wanted to go with The Hobbit this week – the well known picture with Smaug sat atop his stash of gold but I decided to save him for another occasion. Instead, I went for a cover that has ‘Gold’ in the title and on the cover – at least in terms of the colour. Golden Son by Pierce Brown:
Firstly, why is Spiderman on the first cover? Secondly, seriously, what is he doing there. Regardless, a strange selection of covers and I have to say my favourite is the one I read:
Which is your favourite?
Next week – Boats
Future themes:
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”
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)
‘The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house All that cold, cold, wet day’
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:
Cat “In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this”
This week was much better than the previous two weeks which I did struggle with – this week I actually had a few books to choose from but eventually went for Holly Black’s Curse Worker series – a series I enjoyed, in fact I’ve pretty much enjoyed everything I’ve read by Holly Black – which makes me think I need to go read The Darkest Part of the Forest soon:
My favourite this week is, probably unsurprisingly the cover I’m most familiar with:
Which is your favourite?
Next week – Hat
Future themes:
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 