Book Cover Throwback: Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Charlie & the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl What I Love about This Cover: It’s cartoon-ey and fun, much like the book at a surface level read. What I Don’t Love about This Cover: There are Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Otherland #1
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Otherland #1, City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams What I Love about This Cover: There is a level of rich detail to this cover that you don’t see a lot of on books anymore. Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Bridge to Terabithia
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson. What I Love about This Cover: This was the cover of the book when I read it in 6th grade, though it’s changed a lot since then. Some of Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Neverwhere
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. What I Love about This Cover: Again, the simplicity of the cover. There is so much being said in it, yet there are only two scenes. The color usage is also Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Mathemagics
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Mathemagics by Margaret Ball. What I Love about This Cover: “A Chicks in Chainmail Novel”–when I was in middle & high school, stuff like this was right up my alley. Cheesy + cheesy covers = Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Damia
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Damia by Anne McCaffrey, art by Larry Hampton. What I Love about This Cover: I love the leggings the women in this series wear. I always wanted a pair as a kid. I also love Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Don’t Bite the Sun
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Don’t Bite the Sun by Tanith Lee. What I Love about This Cover: I love the imagery and the style of detail in this cover. I had no idea Brian Froud was the cover artist Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: A Wizard of Earthsea
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin. What I Love about This Cover: I had an entire box set of these in this style. They were simplistic by design, yet intricate and detailed. I Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: A Wrinkle in Time
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. What I Love about This Cover: This was the original cover on my copy as a kid, and I loved the abstract feel of the cover. What I Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: First Book of Swords
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: The First Book of Swords by Fred Saberhagen. What I Love about This Cover: The cover drew me in as a kid because there was a picture inside the hilt of the sword. I thought Read More…
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