‘Double, double toil and trouble..’
13 May 2016
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Tags: Books by Proxy, The Friday Face Off, Which Witch
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:
Which Witch is Which?
A cover which features a witch and/or witchcraft
This week rather than go for one book with different covers I’ve gone for four books within a series. The Tiffany Aching series by Terry Pratchett:
I love this series, such good fun and the wee free men are awesome. In terms of covers I really like all of these – okay, the first one doesn’t feature a witch but the other three do. I think out of them all it’s a difficult choice between I Shall Wear Midnight and Wintersmith. I almost went for a tie but I admit that although I love he feel of the Midnight book Wintersmith takes the biscuit for me. I love that cover. It’s so lovely.
Next week the theme is:
Just Then Flew Down a Monstrous Crow
A cover which features a bird
The Friday Face Off: The River King by Alice Hoffman
6 May 2016
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Tags: Alice Hoffman, Books by Proxy, The Friday Face Off, The River King
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:
You Got The Blues
A cover which is predominantly blue
I had no idea how many blue covers were out there! Wow. Just wow!! The book I’ve chosen this week is from an author I really enjoy reading.
Alice Hoffman’s The River King with three covers as follows:
I’m not overly fond of the hands and fishes cover to be honest. The blurred middle cover – I like the yellow font and the layout. I think my favourite, even though it’s more green than blue is the third cover with the swan: This week’s winner:
Join in next week when the theme will be:
Which Witch is Which?
A cover which features a witch and/or witchcraft
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:
Join us next week for:
15th April 2016 | Metropolis
A cover which features a city
