Best Book Covers of 2013

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I don’t know about you, but I think 2013 may just have been the greatest ever year for book covers in YA. Trends have changed and there’s a whole lot of room for being different, striking and innovative – so without further ado, I’m going to let the covers speak for themselves!

Arianne’s List

1.  The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson - I don’t know what it is about this cover, but every time I look at it, I love it even more! It’s got such a luminous, mysterious feel – incredible.

2.  Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys is beautiful inside and out. The cover draws you into the story and the prose keeps you there. 

3.  The Tragedy Paper by Elizabeth Laban never fails to stun me. It’s wintry and stark and absolutely wonderful.

4.  The Archived by Victoria Schwab has such a visionary cover. It marries illusion – smoke and mirrors, keys and doors – with the absolute humanity of its narrator. Perfect.

Top Ten Covers I Wish I Could Redesign

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme created by The Broke and the Bookish

This week's TTT is really hard!  Although I love covers and it's the first thing that makes me want to read a book, I don't keep track of the ones I don't like.  Also, lately books in a series have the tendency of changing (like Shatter Me or the Immortal Rules) or the covers of the whole series gets changed (like Anna and the French Kiss or Dairy Queen).  Anyway, here's what I came up with:

1.  Harbinger by Sara Wilson Etienne - I don't know why (and I haven't read the book), but this one doesn't work for me.  I'm not sure what it is, but it may be the fame around the picture.

2.  The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling - Uninspiring. 

3.  Nameless by Lili St. Crow - I think it's the font on the title and the lack of contrast that ruins it for me.

4.  This Side of Salvation by Jeri Smith-Ready - Too plain?

5.  When the World was Flat by Ingrid Jonach - Besides the font and the ribbon, nothing else draws my eye to this cover. 

6.  The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - I adore this book, but not its cover.

7.  The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson - This is one of the best series I've ever read, but I didn't like any of the covers. 

8.  The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider -  I don't find the cover relevant to the story or even pretty. 

9.  Sever by Lauren DeStefano - What's up with the weird green cover?  The previous ones are gorgeous!

That's all I could come up with guys.  What covers do you wish to redesign?

Top Ten Scariest Looking Book Covers

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme created by The Broke and the Bookish

This week's Top Ten is so much fun!  I actually like to collect creepy covers, you can see more at my board in Pinterest.

1.  The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey - There are several versions of covers for this book and all of   hem are creepy!  The book is no walk in the park either, but so good :)

2.  Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry - The covers for all of the series is really scary (and the much worse in person); another great series though. 

3.  The Replacement by Brenna Yonaoff - What is more creepy than all these sharp objects on top of a baby? 

4.  Asylum by Madeleine Roux - The dark covers, the font and the model all make this one a dark, creepy cover.

5.  Icons by Margaret Stohl - I don't know what it is about this one that I find so creepy.  The font? The lightning? The dark, foggy background? 

6.  Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ramsom Riggs - This girl seems to be floating and the setting is so dead and dark. 

7.  Insomnia by J.R. Johansson - It seems like the model's face was smashed in, but the eye looks so tired.

8.  Long Lankin by Lindsey Barraclough - You wouldn't catch me in this creepy forest for sure!

9.  Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann - This book is just as creepy as it looks.  The desk looks supernatural and so lonely.

10. Demon Eyes by Scott Tracey - This face looks evil, right?

Do you find this creepy/scary?  Have you read any of these? Did you find them as scary as their covers?  What's in your list?

Top Ten Favorite Covers of Books I've Read

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme created by The Broke and the Bookish

This week's Top Ten should be fun as I love book covers!  Its one of the things I like best about books  :)  I can think of a lot of books with wonderful covers, so here are some form the books I've read: 

1.  Die for Me by Amy Plum - I love all the covers in the series, but the one for the first book remains my favorite.

2.  Wither by Lauren DeStefano - Even though I'm not a big fan of the series, this cover is stunning.

3.  The Goddess Inheritance by Aimée Carter - Another series with gorgeous covers, this one is my pick.

Top Ten of 2012: Best Covers

Top 10 of 2012 is a meme hosted by these wonderful blogs: Fiktshun, A Life Bound by Books, Confessions of a Bookaholic, Two Chicks of Books, and Magical Urban Fantasy Reads

Here they are in all their amazingly beautiful glory!

What do you think?  Do we have any in common?  Leave me a link so I can see your beauties!

Cover Reveal: Rogue by Leigh T. Moore

Rogue by Leigh T. Moore

Release date: November 27th, 2012

Paperback / eBook

300 Pages

From Goodreads:   Trapped in the underground theater world of 1890s New Orleans, Hale Ferrer has only one goal: escape. But not without Teeny, the orphan-girl she rescued from the streets and promised to protect.

Freddie Lovel, Hale's wealthy Parisian suitor, seems to be the easy solution. If only his touch could arouse her interest like Beau's, the penniless stagehand who captures her heart.

Denying her fears, Hale is poised to choose love until an evil lurking in their cabaret-home launches a chain of events that could cost her everything.

(Mature YA/light historical/theater romance)

About the Author:

Wife and mom by day, writer by day, editor by day, reader when time permits, chocoholic, lover of contemporary romance, lover of YA, lover of great books, beach bum, occasionally I sleep.

THE TRUTH ABOUT FAKING is my debut young adult romance. It's just a light, happy book with a hot guy and a little message tucked inside.

ROUGE, my next mature-YA/New Adult romance, will be out mid-Nov 2012. It's neither light nor happy, but it does have a hot guy. And a cabaret...

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Feature & Follow Friday

Feature and Follow Friday is an awesome blog-hop hosted by Parajunkee's View and Alison Can Read

This week's features are Carmen @ Book Me and Nette @ Nette's Bookshelf Reviews this week's questions are (Rachel and Alison have different questions so I'm answering both!):

Best Cover? What is the best cover of a book that you’ve read and didn’t like?

I love the cover for 'Wrecked' (in person is shinny and the boy has sort of 'scales'), but it was a big disappointment for me.

Best cover? What is the best cover of a book that you've read and loved?

Many books can take this honor, but I'm choosing 'Throne of Glass' because is one of the last books I've read with a 5 star rating and a gorgeous cover.

How about you?  What cover did you pick?

Feature and Follow Friday

Feature and Follow Friday is an awesome blog-hop hosted by Parajunkee's View and Alison Can Read

This week's features are Carmen @ Book Me! and Amber I. and Amber R. @AwesomeSauce Book Club this week's question is:

Worst cover? What is the worst cover of a book that you've read and loved?

These are some of the covers that come to mind.  I love every single of these books, but the covers didn't reflect how good they really are. 

What are some of the worst covers for you? 

Top Ten Creepy YA Covers

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme created by The Broke and the Bookish

This week is kind of a freebie, so I decided to pick ten creepy YA covers to share with you.  I am in no way saying these aren't great books, because some of these are favorites of mine, and others I haven't read yet.  Please share with me your creepy covers!

Scary, but an awesome book!

I have this eBook, but haven't read it yet!

If you haven't read this book, please do!

I haven't read this book, but the cover sure looks creepy!

Another great book!

Just imagine a snake around your neck *insert scream here*

I haven't read this book either, but it looks scary

I haven't read the book, but the cover is creeply-beautiful, if that makes sense.

 What is in your Top Ten this week?

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