The road goes ever on and on….
29 April 2016
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Tags: Books by Proxy, JRR Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Rings, The Friday Face Off
Here we are again with the Friday Face Off meme being hosted by Books by Proxy . This is a great opportunity to feature some of your favourite books covers. The rules are fairly simple and can be found here. Each week, following a predetermined theme choose a book, compare a couple of the different covers available for that particular book and choose your favourite. Simples. This week the theme is:
Like One, That on a Lonesome Road
A cover which features a road
I thought about this for a while and came up with a few choices but I’ve decided to go with The Fellowship of the Ring by JRRTolkien.
I quite like all of these to be honest for different reasons. I like the first one that clearly shows the fellowship heading off into a mysterious forest. The second one succeeds in having an epic feel with gandalf and his cloak flaring out. The third image is very peaceful and rural, a perfect picturesque countryside – just before the darkness moves in! And, finally a rather darker cover that reflects the seriousness of the Fellowship and their mission in I love the colours.
Difficult to choose this one but I would have to go for the first – I just love all the detail and the fact that the characters seem to be travelling on a road that is set to become darker!
‘Death, is only the beginning…’
22 April 2016
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Tags: Books by Proxy, Neil Gaiman, The Friday Face Off, The Graveyard Book
Here we are again with the Friday Face Off meme being hosted by Books by Proxy . This is a great opportunity to feature some of your favourite books covers. The rules are fairly simple and can be found here. Each week, following a predetermined theme choose a book, compare a couple of the different covers available for that particular book and choose your favourite. Simples. This week the theme is:
Dead Men Tell No Tales
A cover which features something or somewhere relating to death
This week I’ve gone for The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman and a whole bunch of covers to choose from:
So, from the top-
- Very creepy cover with the two characters
- Not sure about this one – bloody knife with a little toddler running along the edge – I understand why – ‘there was a hand in the darkness… and it held a knife’ – very creepy though
- I really like this one – the whole floating graveyard!
- I really like the simplicity of this cover and the angel gravestone
- This is beautifully illustrated, I admit this cover originally made me think this was a children’s book but I really like it now.
- This is the version I own – and I do love it – plus it’s signed!
My favourite this week is difficult to choose but I think I would probably go with this one:
Next week’s theme:
Like One, That on a Lonesome Road
A cover which features a road
‘Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
8 April 2016
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Tags: Books by Proxy, Covers which feature war, The Friday Face Off
‘Here we are again with the Friday Face Off meme being hosted by Books by Proxy . This is a great opportunity to feature some of your favourite books covers. The rules are fairly simple and can be found here. Each week, following a predetermined theme choose a book, compare a couple of the different covers available for that particular book and choose your favourite. Simples. This week the theme is:
08th April 2016 | Peace is Poor Reading
A cover which features War
This week I’m going for the first book in the Shadow Campaigns series by Django Wexler: The Thousand Names
UK vs US
I think both of these covers are excellent and certainly the UK version depicts a full battle scene in the background. That being said my favourite this week is the US version. I love the colours and the layout and there’s just something about the central figure striding forwards with his crossed swords. This week’s winner:
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15th April 2016 | Metropolis
A cover which features a city
Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink
1 April 2016
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Tags: Books by Proxy, Neil Gaiman, The Friday Face Off, The Ocean at the End of the Lane
‘Here we are again with the Friday Face Off meme being hosted by Books by Proxy . This is a great opportunity to feature some of your favourite books covers. The rules are fairly simple and can be found here. Each week, following a predetermined theme choose a book, compare a couple of the different covers available for that particular book and choose your favourite. Simples. This week the theme is:
‘Water, Water Everywhere’
This week I’ve gone for three covers: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman, firstly, I love Neil Gaiman’s books, his imagination and ability to just completely pull me into whatever world he has created and, secondly, these covers are all excellent:
So, we have the first cover with the young girl, the second cover with the young boy and the third cover with the boy and the girl in the background. I like all of these covers for different reasons but without doubt my favourite is the third. I like the fairytale feel, the style of the font and the title framed by the trees and then in the very back the two figures like two shining lights emerging from the dark.
Next week’s theme:
01st April 2016 | Peace is Poor Reading
A cover which features war
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Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
25 March 2016
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Tags: Books by Proxy, Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Friday Face Off
‘Here we are again with the Friday Face Off meme being hosted by Books by Proxy . This is a great opportunity to feature some of your favourite books covers. The rules are fairly simple and can be found here. Each week, following a predetermined theme choose a book, compare a couple of the different covers available for that particular book and choose your favourite. Simples. This week the theme is:
‘A cover which is predominantly green’
A book that I thoroughly enjoyed and my first Ray Bradbury book. Something Wicked this Way Comes (oddly, I was inspired to read this by the song in the Harry Potter film (the title of this post is a snippet of the lyrics).
UK : US
I love the UK book cover. I just can’t help it – it’s so deliciously dark and gothic. It makes me think of foggy streets and evil and things that go bump in the night! Scary things – Jack the ripper, Jekyll and Hyde – you get the picture I’m sure!
Next week’s theme:
‘Water, Water Everywhere’
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