Not Enough Bookshelves
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Book Review – SHADOWS by Paula Weston
It’s almost a year since Gaby Winters was in the car crash that killed her twin brother, Jude. Her body has healed in the sunshine of Pandanus Beach, but her grief is raw and constant. It doesn’t help that every night in her dreams she kills demons and other hell-spawn.And then Rafa comes to town. Not only does he look exactly like the guy who’s been appearing in Gaby’s dreams—he claims a history with her brother that makes no sense. Gaby is forced to accept that what she thought she knew about herself and her life is only a shadow of the truth—and that the truth is more likely to be found in the shadows of her nightmares.Who is Rafa? Who are the Rephaim? And most importantly, who can she trust?Fast-paced and gripping, Shadows, the first book in the Rephaim series, is a standout paranormal romance for fans of Richelle Mead and Cassandra Clare. (from Goodreads)
I bought Shadows on the strength this fantastic review, by Nomes. She is not normally a fan of paranormal, so I knew this must be something special.
It was.
I started Shadows at 9pm on a Wednesday night and was still reading at 2am. Despite knowing that my son would be waking at 6am, I just couldn’t put this down. Paula Weston is an absolute master of the cliff hanger. Every. Single. Chapter ends with one. Making this a breathless, can’t read it fast enough book.
Given the cover I don’t think it’s giving much away to say it’s about Angels. I’m not well versed on angel mythology, so I can’t say if Paula Weston’s take is unique, but I can say it is brilliantly done. The world building is fantastic. I loved the way information was dripped to us. I loved how I would start having doubts about a certain characters actions, or motives, or explanations and then, bam, I’d find out I was right to be having doubts. I am still slightly unsure about certain things, but I fully expect them to be addressed in Haze, Book 2 of the Trilogy.
The break neck pace of Shadows doesn’t mean characterisation is sidelined. I loved Gaby from the first pages, she has a great voice, and her grief is believable and heart wrenching and I was on her side completely. As for Rafa I was swooning from his first meeting with Gaby and kept swooning for the whole book. I loved his banter with Gaby, it was reminiscent of the way Sarah Rees Brennan’s characters converse, spiky sarcasm and sharp edged one liners, which made the swoony parts even more swoony.
I really can’t wait for Haze to come out so I can continue with Gaby’s journey. Highly recommend.
The first three chapters of Shadows, the first chapter of Haze and, Blood Song, the story Gaby posts online are all available on Paula Weston’s website.
Friday, 3 May 2013
Friday Five – So Many Good Things
1) Melina Marchetta was answering questions on Goodreads.
I’m so excited to hear that Jimmy (from Saving Francesca) is camping out in her head. I long, LONG for another book about those characters. I also love the sound of her new book.
2) Four books from my Top Ten to Read in 2013 list got covers.
3) Elizabeth Scott has a new book coming out on September HeartBeat. I’m so excited, Elizabeth Scott is an auto buy author for me and this sounds so good.
4) The Countdown to The Great Gatsby is on. 16th May here in the UK! I kind of want to buy a hat or a headband to wear to the cinema.
5) I’ve read a lot of blog posts over the last month, but this one, by Jo Knowles, is the one that stuck in my head the most – The Smallest Gesture
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
The Month Is May*
These are some of my favourite photos I took last month.
* Every May I think “The month is May” which is a quote from the film Anne of the Thousand days. It’s about Anne Boleyn, who was queen for 1000 days. When she says that line in the movie she’s so sad because her life has changed so much in a year, it’s always stuck in my head.
Friday, 1 March 2013
And the Winner is. . .
Thursday, 14 February 2013
Happy Valentine’s Day
I loved this book, so much, so much. It’s a book about love and how it can save you and free you. You can read my review here.
I know it’s not going to be to everyone’s taste (please don’t tell me if you don’t like it, it will hurt my heart), but if you’d like to give it a try, just leave a comment below. Extra entry if you post about the giveaway on Twitter.
Open to where ever the Book Depository Ships
I’ll randomly pick a winner on the 28th.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
The Dream Thieves Cover
Oh lord, I am so excited about the new Maggie Stiefvater book, which now has a cover and a title, and what a cover! So gorgeous! I’m not sure how I’m going to survive the wait until 17th September.
Saturday, 9 February 2013
I Love my Library!
Now the library would be fabulous all on it’s own. It’s a place dedicated to books and reading, what’s not to love? But what makes our library extra special is our fabulous librarian, Kate. She is helpful and full of knowledge and always greets my son by name. One of the reason he loves going to library is to see her.
Today a part of the celebration of National Libraries Day there was this display. To encourage reading outside of your comfort zone.
So as well as picking up Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple, I also picked up this. So exciting!
Inside was this.
Long Live the Library!
What’s your local library like? Do you love it?
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Second Time Around – The Demon’s Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
As I was searching my bookcase in search of distraction and solace, my eye fell on THE DEMON’S SURRENDER by Sarah Rees Brennan – oh yes I thought. I download the first book (THE DEMON’S LEXICON) onto my Kindle and I was off. I gobbled up all three books and then I flew through the rather fantastic short stories on Sarah Rees Brennan’s web site (find them here). I loved revisiting this series so much that I thought I’d share my thoughts.
Okay, firstly I have a CONFESSION ~
The first time I read (or rather listened, I had the first two books on audio) to THE DEMON’S LEXICON I was underwhelmed.
I mean, I liked it. It centres around the Ryves Brother, Nick and Alan, who are on the run from magicians and demons. I loved the magic and the demons and the world building, and I adored Mae and Jamie, siblings, who come to Nick and Alan for help. But I had a major problem.
I hated Nick. Hated him.
I kept wondering why no one had pointed out to Sarah Rees Brennan that her pov character was an ass. Sure, I thought, have him be an ass, but why is this book not told from Alan perspective (I LOVED Alan from his first line) or Mae’s (she’s fab), or even Jamie’s (he’s funny).
Why Nick? Why? WHY?
Then I got to the last quarter of the book and realised Sarah Rees Brennan is a GENIUS. This was Nick’s story and could have been told from no one’s POV but Nick’s. Everything fell into place perfectly at the end. When I re-read it, I had a much better opinion of Nick and because I knew the plot there were so many tiny moments I caught and appreciated. If any book deserves a re-read it is THE DEMON’S LEXICON.
So I laughed and cried my way through Book 1 and moved straight onto THE DEMON’S COVENANT. Which was originally my favourite. Told from Mae’s point of view it still centres around the same characters; Nick and Alan (or those Ryvee boys as I like to think of them) Mae and her brother Jamie. I won’t say much about the plot as I’d hate to spoil it. I’ll just say Mae is one of my all time favourite fictional characters, from her pink hair, to her witty remarks, to her refusal to be bossed around and told what she can and can’t do, to her t-shirts, to her complete loyalty to her brother. I LOVE Mae.
Which meant when I originally read Book 3, I was slightly miffed Mae was no longer centre stage. THE DEMON’S SURRENDER is told from Sin’s POV. Sin is the heir apparent of the Goblin Market and had a small part in the previous books and I liked her, but I did feel a little Why Ms Rees Brennan? Why have you taken away Mae? WHY?
On the re-read, however, I discovered, again, that Sarah Rees Brennan is a GENIUS (I’ll never doubt her). I think I may love Sin even more than Mae and seeing Mae’s story through Sin’s eyes was actually better, I’m not sure I’d have liked to have been in Mae’s head during some points of this book. Plus Sin is such a fabulous, strong, determined character and her story was great, especially the love story element which made me all swoony.
So, I guess what I am trying to say is that second time around the THE DEMON’S LEXICON series is even better. If you have’t read it definitely run out and get it. If you need further convincing some favourite (spoiler free) quotes.
“Hi Nick,” he said, and after a pause, “Well , that’s right, I sent you a text. If you insist on killing people with paintbrushes you have to get the Tube home. Those are my rules. I consider them harsh but fair.” The Demon’s Surrender)
“Sometimes when you pull knives on people, they get this impression that you’re going to hurt them, and then they’re completely terrified. Crazy, I know!”
“Okay,” said Nick. He turned to Jamie and popped his left sheath again. “Look.”
Jamie backed up. “Which part of “completely terrified” did you translate as “show us your knives Nick? Don’t show us your knives, Nick. I have no interest in your knives.” (The Demon’s Covenant)
“After my dad died, I looked everywhere for someone to love me. I used to sit on the bus and watch people, see if they looked kind, try to make them smile at me. I had a hundred dreams about a hundred different people, loving me.” (The Demon’s Covenant)
“Do you see any deal breakers for you here?” she asked. “In the longterm? because I was thinking about-the long term.” . . .
. . .”I don’t have deal breakers,” Alan said. “I look on tempests and am never shaken.” (The Demon’s Surrender)
And finally my favourite line “I missed you,”Nick raged.
Finally thought, if they ever make movies of these books, and they should, Ben Whishaw would make an excellent Alan.
Tuesday, 15 January 2013
Like Me, Maybe?
You can like it
Which would be super lovely of you 🙂
Not Enough Bookshelves: Review Policy
Review Policy
1) The point of Not Enough Bookshelves is to share books I loved. The comments I love BEST (I love all comments but these are the nicest) are when someone writes “Oh yes I loved this one too, didn’t you love the bit where. . . ” Ah bonding over a shared love of books it can’t be beaten.
2) I have an eight month old, I’m trying to write a book and edit another one. I barely have time to write the postive reviews.
3) I have an eight month old, I’m trying to write a book and edit another one! I have learned the art of closing a book I don’t like and choosing another, I don’t think it’s terribly fair to write a review of a half read book.
4) Although there is a lot of loving and adoring of both books and authors here, I hope I still manage to say why I loved these books so much and make you want to read them too.
Not Enough Bookshelves: May 2013
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Book Review – SHADOWS by Paula Weston
It’s almost a year since Gaby Winters was in the car crash that killed her twin brother, Jude. Her body has healed in the sunshine of Pandanus Beach, but her grief is raw and constant. It doesn’t help that every night in her dreams she kills demons and other hell-spawn.And then Rafa comes to town. Not only does he look exactly like the guy who’s been appearing in Gaby’s dreams—he claims a history with her brother that makes no sense. Gaby is forced to accept that what she thought she knew about herself and her life is only a shadow of the truth—and that the truth is more likely to be found in the shadows of her nightmares.Who is Rafa? Who are the Rephaim? And most importantly, who can she trust?Fast-paced and gripping, Shadows, the first book in the Rephaim series, is a standout paranormal romance for fans of Richelle Mead and Cassandra Clare. (from Goodreads)
I bought Shadows on the strength this fantastic review, by Nomes. She is not normally a fan of paranormal, so I knew this must be something special.
It was.
I started Shadows at 9pm on a Wednesday night and was still reading at 2am. Despite knowing that my son would be waking at 6am, I just couldn’t put this down. Paula Weston is an absolute master of the cliff hanger. Every. Single. Chapter ends with one. Making this a breathless, can’t read it fast enough book.
Given the cover I don’t think it’s giving much away to say it’s about Angels. I’m not well versed on angel mythology, so I can’t say if Paula Weston’s take is unique, but I can say it is brilliantly done. The world building is fantastic. I loved the way information was dripped to us. I loved how I would start having doubts about a certain characters actions, or motives, or explanations and then, bam, I’d find out I was right to be having doubts. I am still slightly unsure about certain things, but I fully expect them to be addressed in Haze, Book 2 of the Trilogy.
The break neck pace of Shadows doesn’t mean characterisation is sidelined. I loved Gaby from the first pages, she has a great voice, and her grief is believable and heart wrenching and I was on her side completely. As for Rafa I was swooning from his first meeting with Gaby and kept swooning for the whole book. I loved his banter with Gaby, it was reminiscent of the way Sarah Rees Brennan’s characters converse, spiky sarcasm and sharp edged one liners, which made the swoony parts even more swoony.
I really can’t wait for Haze to come out so I can continue with Gaby’s journey. Highly recommend.
The first three chapters of Shadows, the first chapter of Haze and, Blood Song, the story Gaby posts online are all available on Paula Weston’s website.
Friday, 3 May 2013
Friday Five – So Many Good Things
1) Melina Marchetta was answering questions on Goodreads.
I’m so excited to hear that Jimmy (from Saving Francesca) is camping out in her head. I long, LONG for another book about those characters. I also love the sound of her new book.
2) Four books from my Top Ten to Read in 2013 list got covers.
3) Elizabeth Scott has a new book coming out on September HeartBeat. I’m so excited, Elizabeth Scott is an auto buy author for me and this sounds so good.
4) The Countdown to The Great Gatsby is on. 16th May here in the UK! I kind of want to buy a hat or a headband to wear to the cinema.
5) I’ve read a lot of blog posts over the last month, but this one, by Jo Knowles, is the one that stuck in my head the most – The Smallest Gesture
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
The Month Is May*
These are some of my favourite photos I took last month.
* Every May I think “The month is May” which is a quote from the film Anne of the Thousand days. It’s about Anne Boleyn, who was queen for 1000 days. When she says that line in the movie she’s so sad because her life has changed so much in a year, it’s always stuck in my head.
Not Enough Bookshelves: February 2013
Thursday, 14 February 2013
Happy Valentine’s Day
I loved this book, so much, so much. It’s a book about love and how it can save you and free you. You can read my review here.
I know it’s not going to be to everyone’s taste (please don’t tell me if you don’t like it, it will hurt my heart), but if you’d like to give it a try, just leave a comment below. Extra entry if you post about the giveaway on Twitter.
Open to where ever the Book Depository Ships
I’ll randomly pick a winner on the 28th.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
The Dream Thieves Cover
Oh lord, I am so excited about the new Maggie Stiefvater book, which now has a cover and a title, and what a cover! So gorgeous! I’m not sure how I’m going to survive the wait until 17th September.
Saturday, 9 February 2013
I Love my Library!
Now the library would be fabulous all on it’s own. It’s a place dedicated to books and reading, what’s not to love? But what makes our library extra special is our fabulous librarian, Kate. She is helpful and full of knowledge and always greets my son by name. One of the reason he loves going to library is to see her.
Today a part of the celebration of National Libraries Day there was this display. To encourage reading outside of your comfort zone.
So as well as picking up Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple, I also picked up this. So exciting!
Inside was this.
Long Live the Library!
What’s your local library like? Do you love it?
Not Enough Bookshelves: January 2013
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Second Time Around – The Demon’s Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
As I was searching my bookcase in search of distraction and solace, my eye fell on THE DEMON’S SURRENDER by Sarah Rees Brennan – oh yes I thought. I download the first book (THE DEMON’S LEXICON) onto my Kindle and I was off. I gobbled up all three books and then I flew through the rather fantastic short stories on Sarah Rees Brennan’s web site (find them here). I loved revisiting this series so much that I thought I’d share my thoughts.
Okay, firstly I have a CONFESSION ~
The first time I read (or rather listened, I had the first two books on audio) to THE DEMON’S LEXICON I was underwhelmed.
I mean, I liked it. It centres around the Ryves Brother, Nick and Alan, who are on the run from magicians and demons. I loved the magic and the demons and the world building, and I adored Mae and Jamie, siblings, who come to Nick and Alan for help. But I had a major problem.
I hated Nick. Hated him.
I kept wondering why no one had pointed out to Sarah Rees Brennan that her pov character was an ass. Sure, I thought, have him be an ass, but why is this book not told from Alan perspective (I LOVED Alan from his first line) or Mae’s (she’s fab), or even Jamie’s (he’s funny).
Why Nick? Why? WHY?
Then I got to the last quarter of the book and realised Sarah Rees Brennan is a GENIUS. This was Nick’s story and could have been told from no one’s POV but Nick’s. Everything fell into place perfectly at the end. When I re-read it, I had a much better opinion of Nick and because I knew the plot there were so many tiny moments I caught and appreciated. If any book deserves a re-read it is THE DEMON’S LEXICON.
So I laughed and cried my way through Book 1 and moved straight onto THE DEMON’S COVENANT. Which was originally my favourite. Told from Mae’s point of view it still centres around the same characters; Nick and Alan (or those Ryvee boys as I like to think of them) Mae and her brother Jamie. I won’t say much about the plot as I’d hate to spoil it. I’ll just say Mae is one of my all time favourite fictional characters, from her pink hair, to her witty remarks, to her refusal to be bossed around and told what she can and can’t do, to her t-shirts, to her complete loyalty to her brother. I LOVE Mae.
Which meant when I originally read Book 3, I was slightly miffed Mae was no longer centre stage. THE DEMON’S SURRENDER is told from Sin’s POV. Sin is the heir apparent of the Goblin Market and had a small part in the previous books and I liked her, but I did feel a little Why Ms Rees Brennan? Why have you taken away Mae? WHY?
On the re-read, however, I discovered, again, that Sarah Rees Brennan is a GENIUS (I’ll never doubt her). I think I may love Sin even more than Mae and seeing Mae’s story through Sin’s eyes was actually better, I’m not sure I’d have liked to have been in Mae’s head during some points of this book. Plus Sin is such a fabulous, strong, determined character and her story was great, especially the love story element which made me all swoony.
So, I guess what I am trying to say is that second time around the THE DEMON’S LEXICON series is even better. If you have’t read it definitely run out and get it. If you need further convincing some favourite (spoiler free) quotes.
“Hi Nick,” he said, and after a pause, “Well , that’s right, I sent you a text. If you insist on killing people with paintbrushes you have to get the Tube home. Those are my rules. I consider them harsh but fair.” The Demon’s Surrender)
“Sometimes when you pull knives on people, they get this impression that you’re going to hurt them, and then they’re completely terrified. Crazy, I know!”
“Okay,” said Nick. He turned to Jamie and popped his left sheath again. “Look.”
Jamie backed up. “Which part of “completely terrified” did you translate as “show us your knives Nick? Don’t show us your knives, Nick. I have no interest in your knives.” (The Demon’s Covenant)
“After my dad died, I looked everywhere for someone to love me. I used to sit on the bus and watch people, see if they looked kind, try to make them smile at me. I had a hundred dreams about a hundred different people, loving me.” (The Demon’s Covenant)
“Do you see any deal breakers for you here?” she asked. “In the longterm? because I was thinking about-the long term.” . . .
. . .”I don’t have deal breakers,” Alan said. “I look on tempests and am never shaken.” (The Demon’s Surrender)
And finally my favourite line “I missed you,”Nick raged.
Finally thought, if they ever make movies of these books, and they should, Ben Whishaw would make an excellent Alan.
Tuesday, 15 January 2013
Like Me, Maybe?
You can like it
Which would be super lovely of you 🙂
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
Ten 2013 Books I can’t Wait to Read
My Ten Must read books in 2013.
Not Enough Bookshelves: Top Ten Tuesday – Cover Love
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Top Ten Tuesday – Cover Love
I always judge books by their covers! Sometimes I’m disappointed, sometimes very pleasantly surprised.
So my (current) favourite book covers
Not Enough Bookshelves: The Month Is May*
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
The Month Is May*
These are some of my favourite photos I took last month.
* Every May I think “The month is May” which is a quote from the film Anne of the Thousand days. It’s about Anne Boleyn, who was queen for 1000 days. When she says that line in the movie she’s so sad because her life has changed so much in a year, it’s always stuck in my head.
Not Enough Bookshelves: Book Review – SHADOWS by Paula Weston
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Book Review – SHADOWS by Paula Weston
It’s almost a year since Gaby Winters was in the car crash that killed her twin brother, Jude. Her body has healed in the sunshine of Pandanus Beach, but her grief is raw and constant. It doesn’t help that every night in her dreams she kills demons and other hell-spawn.And then Rafa comes to town. Not only does he look exactly like the guy who’s been appearing in Gaby’s dreams—he claims a history with her brother that makes no sense. Gaby is forced to accept that what she thought she knew about herself and her life is only a shadow of the truth—and that the truth is more likely to be found in the shadows of her nightmares.Who is Rafa? Who are the Rephaim? And most importantly, who can she trust?Fast-paced and gripping, Shadows, the first book in the Rephaim series, is a standout paranormal romance for fans of Richelle Mead and Cassandra Clare. (from Goodreads)
I bought Shadows on the strength this fantastic review, by Nomes. She is not normally a fan of paranormal, so I knew this must be something special.
It was.
I started Shadows at 9pm on a Wednesday night and was still reading at 2am. Despite knowing that my son would be waking at 6am, I just couldn’t put this down. Paula Weston is an absolute master of the cliff hanger. Every. Single. Chapter ends with one. Making this a breathless, can’t read it fast enough book.
Given the cover I don’t think it’s giving much away to say it’s about Angels. I’m not well versed on angel mythology, so I can’t say if Paula Weston’s take is unique, but I can say it is brilliantly done. The world building is fantastic. I loved the way information was dripped to us. I loved how I would start having doubts about a certain characters actions, or motives, or explanations and then, bam, I’d find out I was right to be having doubts. I am still slightly unsure about certain things, but I fully expect them to be addressed in Haze, Book 2 of the Trilogy.
The break neck pace of Shadows doesn’t mean characterisation is sidelined. I loved Gaby from the first pages, she has a great voice, and her grief is believable and heart wrenching and I was on her side completely. As for Rafa I was swooning from his first meeting with Gaby and kept swooning for the whole book. I loved his banter with Gaby, it was reminiscent of the way Sarah Rees Brennan’s characters converse, spiky sarcasm and sharp edged one liners, which made the swoony parts even more swoony.
I really can’t wait for Haze to come out so I can continue with Gaby’s journey. Highly recommend.
The first three chapters of Shadows, the first chapter of Haze and, Blood Song, the story Gaby posts online are all available on Paula Weston’s website.
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Grrr. I somehow just knew you were going to reference SRB in this review. It's been on my radar for awhile, but how am I going to get my hands on a copy?!
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so glad you loved this one! i just finished reading Haze (the second one) and it was even better! i definitely loved it more and i know you will too!
x Nomes
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Loved it, thanks for the rec. I am dying to read Haze, but it isn't out here till October *sob*
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Not Enough Bookshelves: And the Winner is. . .
Friday, 1 March 2013
Wow, that AND THEN THINGS FELL APART one is *great*
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Yes, I love that one and the book is great too.
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I've never seen those Dessen covers before, really cute! Love the variety on your list!
My Top Ten
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They do great covers for her books here in the UK, I haven't seen the one for the latest book though, I hope they do one, at the moment it is coming up as the US one.
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Oooh, I hadn't seen the Harmonic Feedback cover before, and I really like it!
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It's gorgeous isn't it and fits the books so well.
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These are awesome covers – most of which I haven't seen before. I especially love that cover for The Scorpio Races – it really matches the book.
Tanya Patrice
Girlxoxo.com
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It's lovely isn't it, although I do really like the US version too, so dramatic.
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Oh, wow, these are GORGEOUS covers! Why are the UK covers so much better than the US ones? 🙂 I just came across a UK printing of Shannon Hale's BOOK OF A THOUSAND DAYS, and it's so beautiful. The US one is nice, too, but it's not whimsical, which the UK one is. I love the cover of I CAPTURE THE CASTLE that you posted! Very lovely. And MATCHED! And RESTORING HARMONY's cover is absolutely perfect for the novel, isn't it?
Some of my favorite covers are for THE ARCHIVED, SERAPHINA, THE PENDERWICKS, the US cover of THE SCORPIO RACES (I like the UK one, too, but the US is still my fave), Jessica Day George's "Princess" series (PRINCESS OF THE MIDNIGHT BALL and PRINCESS OF GLASS–the dresses!!!), the UK cover of DRAGON'S KEEP (called TALON in the UK), YELLOWCAKE (the hardcover, though the paperback cover is great, too), CITY OF A THOUSAND DOLLS, IF I STAY, THE GRAVEYARD BOOK, the covers in Veronica Roth's "Divergent" series (the symbols for each faction!), PECULIARS, THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY, the paperback cover of SKELLIG (with the white feather on it), and all of Shannon Hale's "Books of Bayern" series where the covers are illustrated by Alison Jay. Whew. I'll stop there. 🙂
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They do do fab covers in the UK, I find they tend to use images more than stock photos of people which I really like. I don;t want to see the characters I want to imagine them!
The US The Scorpio Races is gorgeous and maybe fits the book better. And yes I love Shannon Hale's covers too, so I guess i don't mind seeing the characters after all 😀
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I don't love that so many fiction novels today (especially YA) have photo or photoshopped covers. I like the illustrated style, better, I think, and for the very reason you named: I want to imagine the characters! That being said, LOTS of the books that I listed as favorites for their covers have photo-style covers! Ha!
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Do you buy books based on their cover alone? Or do you let the book description influence you too?
I used to judge books by their covers, but I found it to be too hit or miss, so I like to learn a little more about it before hand.
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