I participated in Birthstone Books Covers for the first time in August, and now I’m hooked! Leslie at Books Are the New Black hosts this fun monthly meme — and since I love anything related to spotlighting amazing book covers, I just had to jump in.

The rules are simple:

Mention the creator (Leslie @ Books Are The New Black ) and link back so she can see your post! Pick 5+ book covers that match the current month’s Birthstone.
HAVE FUN!

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January is my daughter’s birth month, so I’ve been buying her garnet-colored gifts all her life! I must say, though, that I’ve never given her a book with a garnet cover! Clearly a major oversight!

According to Thomas Michael Jewelry:

Garnet is January’s birthstone. Garnets symbolize eternal friendship, loyalty and a light heart.  There is evidence of garnet jewelry found in Bronze age burials in Eastern Europe. Garnet jewelry has been discovered in ancient Egypt and Sumeria. Garnets were treasured in jewelry by the Greek and Roman cultures as well as Pre-Columbian Aztec and Native American cultures. In Medieval times, garnets were thought to possess medicinal powers and were thought to protect one from poisons, wounds and bad dreams.  They were thought to relieve fevers, hemorrhages and inflammatory diseases.

Samples of garnet jewelry:

Onward to the books!

Garnets! Garnets everywhere!

Or at least, on two Outlander series book covers, which makes me very happy.

But I suppose I should include some non-Outlander books too… so here are a few more with hints of garnet that I found on my shelves:

Do you have any favorite garnet book covers to share?