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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‘ere be dragons’
18 March 2016
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Tags: Books by Proxy, Jen Williams, The Copper Promise, The Friday Face Off
The Friday Face Off (FFO#2)
‘Here we are again with the Friday Face Off meme being hosted by Books by Proxy . 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 features dragons’:
UK : US
The Copper Promise is the first in this fantastic series written by Jen Williams. I actually like both covers and particularly the way the colours share a similar colour theme. That being said I adore the UK covers for this series. They have a wonderful olde worlde feel which is really striking. Plus the three of them together look amazing.
My winner this week is the UK cover.
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit..
11 March 2016
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Tags: Book cover art, Books by Proxy, Prince of Fools, The Friday Face Off
The Friday Face Off (FFO)
Today is the start of a weekly meme being hosted by Books by Proxy called The Friday Face Off. I confess that I’m a bit of a book cover tart. Lets face it – the cover is what first attracts your eye after all. 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 Freebie! ~
This week I’ve chosen the Prince of Fools by Mark Lawrence and here are the covers for the UK/US versions:
UK: Harper Voyager. US: Ace.
I like both of these covers. I enjoy the red of the UK and the very stylised queen in the background. I like the font style and colour but, my favourite is the US version in this instance.
Winner:





