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Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share ten colorful book covers this week. I thought about choosing ten covers with crazy colors but I couldn’t think of any books I’ve read to fit that prompt. So instead, I made my own rainbow of covers, choosing one cover to represent each color of the rainbow and added pink, white, and black to get ten. Click the title to read my review.
At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson
Circe by Madeline Miller
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
She-Rain by Michael Cogdill
A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
He Is Legend: An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson, edited by Christopher Conlon
That’s my list! Have you read any of these? Which covers would you have chosen for each color? Link up every Tuesday at That Artsy Reader Girl!
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I love the rainbow colors with those! I have read two of those and the other half are already on my TBR. Great spread.
I love your rainbow of book covers! I… wow, I haven’t actually read any of these. Circe is on my “get to eventually” list, though.
Oh, I chose some good titles for this one. You might like I Capture the Castle and The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. I know you lean more toward fantasy but those main characters are something special. I hesitate to recommend any Game of Thrones books until we see if Martin ever actually finishes the series and if he ends it as badly as the HBO writers did.
Yeah, Game of Thrones is on my list of books to not read. Partly because of the unlikely series conclusion, partly because of the book length, and partly because of the content. Too much dark stuff for me to want to pick it up.
Lovely rainbow! These covers look great together.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Thanks!
CIRCE is an amazing book on many levels. My TTT is off-topic, again
Yes, Circe was a good one!
I loved the Calpurnia Tate books! (Before it became a dumbed-down series)
I haven’t read any of the Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet series. I did read The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate and was slightly disappointed in it after loving the first book so much. I don’t think I’ll read more.
The first book IS better, but I still liked them–they were books I would have loved as a girl 🙂
Me too! Calpurnia felt like a kindred spirit.
I like your color matching on the covers and the book titles! I never really think much about book cover design, but I can see (now that it’s been pointed out to me!) how The Glass Castle gives the impression of glass.
Someone matched the font to the title in last week Top Ten Tuesday and gave me the idea. But I can’t remember who it was to give them credit!
Yeah, this week’s TTT topic was as difficult as last week’s. I think in terms of book covers, Glass Castle is of a unique coloring — it really does give that glass effect somehow.
You’re right! Kind of like a frosty window but you’ve maybe scraped off enough ice to see through to the little girl whispering. I never noticed that before.
Nice take on the topic! I’ve read Circe and I Capture the Castle, and loved both. I especially like the cover for “She-Rain”, that is a beautiful example of monochrome design.
Circe and I Capture the Castle are both excellent! She-Rain is set in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where home is for me. The cover is so evocative of the mist on the mountains, which is what the title refers to. It’s beautifully done.
I really like Circe and The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. And Clash of Kings!
Do you think Martin will ever finish A Song of Ice and Fire?!? (I can’t even remember what the last one is supposed to be called. Something about winter?)
No! I gave up lolol