Top Ten Tuesday: Books with BOOKS on the cover

Posted in Top Ten Tuesday by Lisa @ Bookshelf Fantasies

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, featuring a different top 10 theme each week. This week’s topic is Books with [___] On the Cover (Pick a thing (a color, an item, a place, an animal, a scripty font, a sexy person, etc.) and share covers that have that thing on the cover.). I took what seemed like an easy-ish approach and went with books!

I love books about books and readers — how about you? Do you have a favorite?

What was your TTT theme this week? Share your links, and I’ll come check out your top 10!

3Aug2021

Top Ten Tuesday: Covers That Made Want to Read/Buy the Book

Posted in Top Ten Tuesday by Lisa @ Bookshelf Fantasies

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, featuring a different top 10 theme each week. This week’s topic is Titles or Covers That Made Want to Read/Buy the Book. I think I’ve done quite a few title-related TTT lists, so let’s focus on covers! Below are 10 covers that caught my eye and made me NEED the book.

The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
What Should Be Wild by Julia Fine
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
The Mina Lima edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
Outlawed by Anna North
The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moren-Garcia
Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour
Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal
Cress by Marissa Meyer

What books have you bought because of their covers? Please share your TTT links!

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20Apr2021

Top Ten Tuesday: Colorful Book Covers

Posted in Top Ten Tuesday by Lisa @ Bookshelf Fantasies

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, featuring a different top 10 theme each week. This week’s topic is Colorful Book Covers. I misread the topic, so I had a completely different list ready to go… but I guess I’ll save that one for another time! I went back to my shelves and looked through all the covers there, and came up with this collection of colorful book covers:

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Icons by Monica Ahanonu & Micaela Heekin
Jane Was Here by Nicole Jacobsen
The Roommate by Rosie Danan
Outlawed by Anna North
Mythos by Stephen Fry
The Peacock Emporium by Jojo Moyes
The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon
A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey
The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

What colorful book covers did you feature this week?

Share your links, and I’ll come check out your top 10!

28Jan2020

Top Ten Tuesday: Cover Elements I Love & Loathe

Posted in Top Ten Tuesday by Lisa @ Bookshelf Fantasies

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, featuring a different top 10 theme each week. This week’s topic is Book Cover Freebie – meaning we come up with our own spin on the topic, so long as it relates to book covers.

I thought I’d keep it simple and highlight types of covers that I love… plus a couple that I loathe.

I LOVE:

1. Covers featuring dreamy characters gazing out to sea — my favorite example being this lovely cover for The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley:

2. Bright colors on a black background: Maybe it became popular back with Twilight, but I’m always a sucker for the bright-on-black look.

3. Cutesy cartoon-y romance covers:

4. Cheesy 70s covers:

5. Moody urban fantasy heroes:

6. A series with a committed cover theme:

7. Bonkers looks for a bonkers book — such as these covers for books by Grady Hendrix:

8. Covers full of YUM — I’m not a foodie, but I do love a good cupcake!

And just a couple types of covers that I LOATHE:

9. Bare chests. Muscles. Tattoos. Muscle-y tattooed chests. You get what I mean.

[Note: Sorry — I started looking for images to go with this one, and I just couldn’t. For whatever reason, this type of cover makes me cringe SO much.]

10. Movie/TV tie-ins. I mean, I love a great adaptation as much as anyone, but I still prefer my book covers to be just book covers, not pictures of movie or TV stars. Even for my beloved Outlander series, I’d still take an old-fashioned cover over the new Jamie/Claire/TV cover (and don’t get me wrong, I adore the TV series!)