TT: Spirit Fox
This week’s Throwback Thursday: Spirit Fox by Mickey Zucker Reichert & Jennifer Wingert What I Love about This Cover: This cover is photo-realistic, rather than being a painted work. I’m not usually a fan of photo-realistic covers because they usually Read More…
TT: The Broken Crown
This week’s Throwback Thursday: The Broken Crown by Michelle West What I Love about This Cover: This cover carries the culture of the East without being insulting. It’s also incredibly gorgeous. What I Don’t Love about This Cover: I’m not Read More…
TT: The House of the Scorpion
This week’s Throwback Thursday: The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer What I Love about This Cover: Gritty. Scary. I want to know more just looking at the cover. What I Don’t Love about This Cover: Other than knowing Read More…
TT: The Lightning Thief
This week’s Throwback Thursday: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan What I Love about This Cover: It sucks you in. It makes me think of mythology and disaster movies, two of my favorite things. What I Don’t Love about This Read More…
TT: The Thief Lord
This week’s Throwback Thursday: The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke. What I Love about This Cover: Well, blue is my favorite color so that’s part of it, but I also love the architecture and styling of the buildings. I love Read More…
TT: The Dragonbone Chair
This week’s Throwback Thursday / TT: The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams What I Love about This Cover: There’s a level of tension in the characters’ faces–you just know something that arrow to the chest is bad news. Definitely more Read More…
TT: Alas, Babylon
This week’s Throwback Thursday: Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank. …aka the first post-apocalyptic book I ever read. Thanks Mrs. Gorenflo for having us read this. What I Love about This Cover: It portrays what this book is about in a Read More…
TT: The Golden Compass
This week’s Throwback Thursday: The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman I’m a day late on this! Oops! What I Love about This Cover: This cover is abstract and yet intriguing. I remember wondering what was with this chick. Was she Read More…
Throwback Thursday: American Gods
7/5/2024 EDIT: A lot has changed since I wrote this. Please keep that in mind as you read this ancient post. This week’s Throwback Thursday: American Gods by Neil Gaiman. What I Love about This Cover: This cover always reminded me Read More…
Throwback Thursday: The Time Traveler’s Wife
This week’s Throwback Thursday: The Time Traveler’s Wife I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I love this book. I know some see it as cheesy or cliché, but I genuinely enjoyed it. I do not, however, recommend reading it Read More…
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