Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
25 March 2016
Filed under Book Reviews
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’
Come join in the fun!
‘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
Filed under Book Reviews
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:
