Top Ten Tuesday: Memorable Book Covers
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
This week’s topic is a book cover freebie.I decided to choose memorable covers to me. These are books I have reviewed on the blog and are a mixture of covers with unique designs/ones that stood out to me. It’s hard to pick just 10 covers, but here’s a small selection. 🙂
Don’t Date Rose Santos | Escaping Exodus | Kingdom of Souls
A Killing Fire | Child of a Hidden Sea | The Frame Up | Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck & Fortune
My Sister, The Serial Killer | Walk on Earth a Stranger | The Prince and the Dressmaker
What books do you have on your own list? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.
Escaping Exodus is so gorgeous!
It’s got a very galactic feel which I love!
Hallo, Hallo, Rachel –
This week for TTT, rather than focusing strictly on book covers with a selected theme I released the post I wanted to feature earlier in the month when we were all discussing our most Anticipated Reads for 2020? I had such a lot of joy putting this together throughout January as I had the chance to connect with the authors as I wrote the post itself. These were authors I’ve read in the past or are truly newer discoveries for me this New Year or one, I recently read during Christmas!! I have a feeling those seeking striking book covers might be swayed to swing by me as I must admit, the covers are seriously impressive, too!
For me – despite the art on a cover I want to feel hooked into the story itself – otherwise the cover art is just that ‘art’.
I only wish you had said why you wanted to read each of these.. ooh wait!? I hadn’t realised at first you linked to your reviews rather than GoodReads like everyone else was doing! 🙂
I was going to comment on “Child of a Hidden Sea” but the comments were locked. I could completely relate to what you were saying about the world not becoming introduced properly to a reader. I’ve called authors out for this before on my blog. Sometimes it also happens in Historical Fiction – where an extra chapter in the beginning would suffice to make you feel aligned within the scope of the world itself but also within the character’s background. Prologues are getting a bit on the rare side and it is a marked error because without them, it becomes the kind of story you’ve reviewed – where we feel left behind and out of the loop!
Of all the books that was the one I felt most intrigued to read but from your notes on it, I know I best avoid it as I’m going to be as disappointed as you were for the same reasons.
I attempted Natalie Tan’s story via audiobook via my library!? I couldn’t connect with the plot. Maybe you’ll have better luck!! Ooh and you did! How wicked! See? We all connect with different stories! Cheers!!
Lovely post!
“Natalie Tan” actually made my top ten list for 2019 reads. The author is coming out with a new book soon, so maybe you might like that one. The more I thought about “Child of a Hidden Sea” the more I might give the sequel a chance. It was just frustrating that the world building was so jumbled. I agree with you that it sometimes happens in historical fiction too.
Hallo Rachel,
Hmm… maybe I ought to read your fuller review and determine if I should borrow the story in print to make a final call on it. I do admit, sometimes narrators can make/break a story for me.
I fully understood your world-building jumble – when that happens to me it is the worst feeling because it usually hits me out of the blue and I just wonder “how did all this loveliness turnt out so poorly?” I sometimes wonder if the writers haven’t let the stories percolate enough – to where they feel they’ve lived in the world long enough to know how it might resonate to other readers? Its a hard call…. sometimes I do happily rejoice when I feel I’ve entered a book which feels “lived in” – to where the writer has fully fleshed out not just their world but the intonations of what that world feels like for the reader. A layer of familiarity that is so dearly appreciated.
Alas with #HistFic is is the most discouraging (at least for me) as I truly love time jumping through History; so if I feel myself pulled ‘out’ before I’ve soaked into that timescape it is rather disheartening.
What a lovely convo, thank you!
Oh I agree too. Sometimes I read some fantasy novels like that where they hop right into the action before explaining the rules, landscapes, and universe the main character is in. It can be so frustrating!
PS: You’ve definitely convinced me now… I need to put in time to give “Natalie Tan” another go in the print edition. The atmospheric Magical Realism descriptions you’ve discussed on your review combined with the Foodie culture & Foodie fiction styling and the methodology of self-healing through community outreach, reconnecting to one’s own spirit & inner truthfulness and the ways in which our lives have a path we cannot always foresee which renews our souls is definitely the kind of story I originally felt this might have been like to read!!
Thank you for re-tipping the scale for me to reconsider this title! Also, your comments were closed otherwise I would have left this as a new comment on your review.
Thanks for alerting me to the closed comments issues! I had no idea. It should be fixed now. 🙂 I hope you enjoy reading the book if you choose to read it. I love books about food so I think that’s what drew me to this story most.
That cover for Kingdom of Souls is incredible. Wow.
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It’s one of my favorites! I heard it’s being adapted into a film too.
I canNOT stop looking at Kingdom of Souls and I don’t know if I want to be saved or not… It’s just SO. DAMN. BEAUTIFUL. You have excellent taste, matey.
It’s one of my favorite book covers of 2019! I can’t wait for the sequel. The cover art for that book should be amazing as well.
I loved Walk the Earth a Stranger – thanks for reminding me that I need to get back to that series. 🙂
Lauren @ Always Me
I need to do a re-read of the book too!