Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink!
6 January 2017
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Tags: Books by Proxy, Friday Face off, Lagoon, Nnedi Okorafor
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:
Ocean “What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams”
This week’s choice is: Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor:
And my winner is:
I think this is a great cover. Your eye is drawn immediately to the young female who seems to be suspended in water and surrounded by tentacles – then you realise the city depicted along the top seems to be being swamped in some sort of tidal fury!
Which is your favourite?
Next week’s theme:
Clown “Nobody likes a clown at midnight”
Give a Girl the Right Shoes and she can conquor the world – a cover with shoes
16 December 2016
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Tags: Books by Proxy, Friday Face off, L Frank Baum, 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:
16 December – Give a Girl the Right Shoes and she can conquor the world – a cover with shoes]
This week my choice is the Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum – inspired by the Ruby Slippers. (believe me when I say there are A LOT of covers for this book, and I don’t intend to post them all because life is too short. But here are a few and some of these are absolutely gorgeous:
It was really tough choosing a winner because these are all so lovely but when it came down to it I was torn between the picture with Toto on the Yellow Brick Road; or
my winner:
I love this – it’s so beautiful with the vivid colours.
Which is your favourite??
If you fancy joining in with the FFO the themes for the next few weeks are below.
23rd December – The first noel… – a cover with angels
30th December – Ho ho ho! To the bottle I go… – a cover with drink
Soul Meets Soul on Lovers’ Lips
9 December 2016
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Tags: Books by Proxy, Friday Face off, Laini Taylor, Lips Touch: Three Times
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:
9th December – Soul Meets Soul on Lovers’ Lips – a cover with lips
And, my choice this week is Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor. (I have this book on my shelves but haven’t read it yet – it’s such a beautiful book though. Time to bump this one up the list.
and my winner:
I love this cover. It’s so striking and it just makes me want to keep looking at it. The cover I own is the one with the fruit (could have used that one last week!)
Which is your favourite??
If you fancy joining in with the FFO the themes for the next few weeks are below.
16 December – Give a Girl the Right Shoes and she can conquor the world – a cover with shoes
23rd December – The first noel… – a cover with angels
30th December – Ho ho ho! To the bottle I go… – a cover with drink
Oranges and lemons say the bells of St Clements
2 December 2016
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Tags: Books by Proxy, Five Quarters of the Orange, Friday Face off, Joanne Harris
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:
Oranges and lemons say the bells of St Clements – A cover with fruit
This week I’ve chosen two covers for Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris: (curiously, the other book I chose was Blackberry Wine, also by Joanne Harris!)
and my winner:
This is a lovely cover, it just appeals to me, the colour and the font.
Which is your favourite??
If you fancy joining in with the FFO the themes for the next few weeks are below.
9th December – Soul Meets Soul on Lovers’ Lips – a cover with lips
16 December – Give a Girl the Right Shoes and she can conquor the world – a cover with shoes
23rd December – The first noel… – a cover with angels
30th December – Ho ho ho! To the bottle I go… – a cover with drink
As old as the hills?? – A cover with mountains
25 November 2016
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Tags: Books by Proxy, Friday Face off, Half a King, Joe Abercrombie
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:
As old as the hills?? – A cover with mountains
and my winner:
I just like the scope of it – the tiny figures in the background, the crispness – it makes me feel cold just looking at it and of course mountains.
Which is your favourite??
If you fancy joining in with the FFO the themes for the next few weeks are below.
2nd December – Oranges and lemons say the bells of St Clements – A cover with fruit
9th December – Soul Meets Soul on Lovers’ Lips – a cover with lips
16 December – Give a Girl the Right Shoes and she can conquor the world – a cover with shoes
23rd December – The first noel… – a cover with angels
30th December – Ho ho ho! To the bottle I go… – a cover with drink
Books and travelling with Lynn 