(Road Trip Wednesday is a ‘Blog Carnival,’ where YA Highway's
contributors post a weekly writing- or reading-related question that
begs to be answered. In the comments, you can hop from destination to
destination and get everybody's unique take on the topic.)
This week: What are your all-time favorite book covers?
How about this beauty?
And something about this one (although not YA) always makes me laugh:
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| Could have something to do with the author... |
I absolutely adore
Imaginary Girls, but someone on RTW beat me to it:
I'm not the average consumer, apparently. Because I read almost solely on personal recommendations, I tend to ignore the covers and focus only on what's inside. And when you've read a phenomenal book, it's hard to divorce the cover from the the story inside that moves us. (Which is why I still love the old
Pride & Prejudice and
Emma novel covers with the painted portraits.)
But I do appreciate the fact that book covers are no longer mere advertisement; they've become original art in their own right.
