Tag: Beautiful Cover Art

Analyzing 6 of My Favorite Recent YA Covers

Posted August 17, 2020 in Bookish Things // 5 Comments

Hey y’all! It’s been a minute since I did a top list, so I thought I’d share with you some of my personal favorite book covers from recent / upcoming YA releases! We talk about cover love all the time, so today, rather than just window shop for pretty covers, I thought I’d holler out to the artists and designers that made the covers possible and dig into the art itself. Obviously, my favorite covers will change from time to time. In the interest of keeping things contained and also promoting some newer books, I wanted to keep this list to […]

If You Haven’t Heard of Treasure Binding, It’s Beautiful

Posted June 28, 2019 in Memes // 2 Comments

Did you know that book covers as we know them didn’t exist before the 19th century? As far back as the Middle Ages (1100 – 1453), books were largely religious artifacts. Paper was precious, and as with most of history, spirituality influenced so many aspects of culture. In medieval Europe, only about 10% of men and 1% of women were literate. There were no need for books in the average home, so most of these remained relics of the Church. Don’t worry, I’m not going to go into a whole ramble about literacy and the history of books in general […]

Cover Buys, ARE YOU A VICTIM?

Posted September 8, 2017 in Memes // 29 Comments

This week’s Book Blogger Hop question is the silliest ever. Are you ready? The silliness of it will blow your mind. Put on your anti-mind-blowing helmet for extra protection. Have you ever bought a book because you liked its cover art? I’m just going to wait here a moment while everyone in the room raises their hand. This one was added by the host of the hop, Billy @ Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer. I’m being a little mean about it, but honestly? Have you ever met a reader who hasn’t said, at least once, “Yeah, I really […]

So Silver Bright by Lisa Mantchev

Posted August 22, 2017 in Reviews // 1 Comment

eatrice Shakespeare Smith is in a bit of a pickle. Having just wrested Nate and herself from the hands of the angry sea witch Sedna, she has managed to learn the truth about her father… and make a sea witch really, really mad. In the conclusion of this trilogy, Bertie is tasked with saving her family, saving her loves, saving herself, saving the theatre, and finishing her play. That’s not too much to ask, right? Before we go any further, can we just take a moment to appreciate the cover? ALL THREE BOOKS IN THIS TRILOGY HAVE COVERS TO […]