Friday Face Off : Dressed to kill
20 August 2021
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: Books by Proxy, Camilla Bruce, Dressed to Kill, Friday Face off, In the Garden of Spite, Triflers Need Not Apply
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 (this doesn’t have to be a book that you’ve read), compare a couple of the different covers available for that particular book and choose your favourite. Future’s themes are listed below – if you have a cover in mind that you’re really wanting to share then feel free to leave a comment about a future suggested theme. I’ve also listed events that take place during the year, that I’m aware of, so you can link up your covers – if you’re aware of any events that you think I should include then give me a shout.
Woot – wifi is restored. I will be catching up with comments and blog hopping slowly but surely 😀
This week’s theme:
Dressed to kill
This week I’ve gone for a very recent read by an author I’m really enjoying reading. Being a new book there aren’t a lot of covers but I feel like the book and the covers really fit the theme – of course you’d need to pick up a copy to find out why that is. Don’t be fooled by the character’s seemingly sweet and respectable appearance – she is anything but. A chilling read that takes you into the mind of a serial killer. This is also a book with two different titles – which do you prefer:
I think both of these are really good covers and fit the book perfectly for entirely different reasons. I love the style of the first cover, it’s just so innocent looking although if you take a look at some of the adverts surrounding the central theme I think you might start to feel something isn’t quite right. The second cover. It has a darker feel to it almost immediately simply because of the colour palette. But, even with the dark cover the woman looks respectable enough – that is until you zoom in to the bottom and see what lies beneath her feet. I like both covers but I think the title and cover for In the Garden of Spite are probably my favourites:
Do you have a favourite?
I’ve updated the list now to include themes for next year. If you know of an event that’s coming up let me know and I’ll try and include covers that work for the event itself so that you can link up to the Friday Face Off and, as always, if you wish to submit an idea then leave me a comment – or if you’d like to host a week then simply let me know. Also, I would just mention that it’s very possible that some of these might be repeats from previous FFOs although I have tried to invent more ‘open ended’ prompt that can be interpreted differently and also prompts that relate to emotions. Finally, don’t struggle with any of these, this is meant to be a fun way of highlighting books. If you can’t come up with a book you think fits for a particular week use a freebie – perhaps a recent read for example:
Next Week : Sunbathing or on the beach
2021
August
27th – Sunbathing or on the beach
September (RIP event)
3rd – 1920s feel, noir detective
10th – I’m Henry the Eighth I am – let’s look at Kings or other Emperors/rulers
17th – Books with ‘Murder’ in the title
24th – A favourite thriller
October
1st – A Halloween read
8th – Chills – anything at all that almost makes you too scared to pick up the book (your own pet hate)
15th – Your favourite book of magic
22nd – Books with ‘Queen’ in the title
29th – Must be gothic
November – Sci Fi Month
5th – Your earliest sci-fi read or the first sci-fi you reviewed
12th – A book with ‘star’ in the title
19th – Futuristic vista
26th – A Black Hole – in the universe or going deep into the ground
December
3rd – Windswept, the classic figure, stood majestically, with wind blowing out in a fetching way
10th – A fairytale retold
17th – Winter Solstice approaching – anything cold and seasonal
24th – All things fire – red hair, red covers, fire breathing dragons, simply fire?
31st – What’s your catnip – if it’s on a cover you have to pick it up
Can’t Wait Wednesday : In the Garden of Spite by Camilla Bruce
2 September 2020
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: Camilla Bruce, Can't wait Wednesday, In the Garden of Spite, Wishful Endings
“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme that was originally created by Breaking the Spine. Unfortunately Breaking the Spine are no longer hosting so I’m now linking my posts up to Wishful Endings Can’t Wait Wednesday. Don’t forget to stop over, link up and check out what books everyone else is waiting for. If you want to take part, basically, every Wednesday, we highlight a book that we’re really looking forward to. This week my book is : In the Garden of Spite by Camilla Bruce. I absolutely loved You Let Me In so I’m super excited about this one. Here’s the description:
An audacious novel of feminine rage about one of the most prolific female serial killers in American history–and the men who drove her to it.
They whisper about her in Chicago. Men come to her with their hopes, their dreams–their fortunes. But no one sees them leave. No one sees them at all after they come to call on the Widow of La Porte. The good people of Indiana may have their suspicions, but if those fools knew what she’d given up, what was taken from her, how she’d suffered, surely they’d understand. Belle Gunness learned a long time ago that a woman has to make her own way in this world. That’s all it is. A bloody means to an end. A glorious enterprise meant to raise her from the bleak, colorless drudgery of her childhood to the life she deserves. After all, vermin always survive.
Expected publication : January 2021