These aren’t pretty. Seriously, they just aren’t. It’s been weird for a while. Like “pretty” book covers have gone out of style. There’s cute, there’s interesting, there’s intriguing, there’s scary, there’s outright gory, there’s occasionally downright boring, but not “pretty”. I think I’m weirded out.
The cute ones are (unsurprisingly) the romance covers, It Seemed Like a Good Idea and The Lust Crusade. This Story Might Save Your Life has an interesting cover. Grief Eater and Needlemouth certainly have scary and gory covered (in blood). The intriguing covers – at least for this reader – are A Trade of Blood and Wickhills. (I KNOW both books are fascinating because I’ve already finished them for Library Journal reviews.
I’ll leave boring in the eye of the beholder. But pretty seems to have left the building – or at least the last few weeks’ stacks.
What about you? Anything in YOUR stack you can’t wait to dive into this 3-day weekend?
For Review:
The Curse of Hester Gardens by Tamika Thompson
Deep Black (Arcana Imperii #2) by Miles Cameron
Earth 7 by Deb Olin Unferth
The Encore by Juliet Izon
The Final Target by Nora Roberts
Grief Eater by Emma Osborne
The House That Eats the Dead by Max Doty
Innocence Road by Laura Griffin
It Seemed Like a Good Idea (Darling Springs #1) by Lauren Blakely
More Than Enough by Anna Quindlen
Needlemouth by K-Ming Chang
Nothing Tastes as Good by Luke Dumas
A Perfect Hand by Ayelet Waldman
Portrait of a Witch Undone by K.S. Shay
Sweetbitter Song by Rosie Hewlett
The Temptation of Charlotte North by Camilla Bruce
A Trade of Blood (Shadow of the Leviathan #3) by Robert Jackson Bennett
Until Death by Mary Berman
Whalesong (Arcana Imperii #3) by Miles Cameron
Wickhills by Premee Mohamed
The Write Off by Kara McDowell
Borrowed from the Library:
The Lust Crusade by Jo Segura
This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum
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Some fun covers for sure, but not out and out pretty! I can’t wait to start on A Trade of Blood; I really need to clear the decks for it.
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Marlene Harris recently posted..The Sunday Post AKA What’s on my (Mostly Virtual) Nightstand 5-24-26
I agree, the romance covers are cute. I like the colors on some of the other ones too. Have a great week. 🙂
Definitely cute. But it just seems like ‘pretty’ book covers are going away. Which would be sad if true. I hope you have a good week as well!
Marlene Harris recently posted..The Sunday Post AKA What’s on my (Mostly Virtual) Nightstand 5-24-26
I do like the cute romance covers. I have The Final Target to read, too. It looks good. Enjoy your books!
I hope you enjoy yours as well. Thanks for stopping by!
Marlene Harris recently posted..The Sunday Post AKA What’s on my (Mostly Virtual) Nightstand 5-24-26
I’ve been hearing so much about This Story May Save Your Life – it’s one that I will be reading, for sure.
I agree with you on the covers! They aren’t really ones that draw you into wanting to read the book
There’s just something missing this time around. I mean, I adored A Trade of Blood and was waiting for it breathlessly but the cover isn’t all that unless you’re already familiar with the series. Earth 7 is so boring I didn’t include it in the Insta image.
And I’ve been hearing about ‘Story’ as well. I hope it’s as good as it looks for both of us!
Marlene Harris recently posted..The Sunday Post AKA What’s on my (Mostly Virtual) Nightstand 5-24-26
I can’t remember the last cover that I thought was just drop dead gorgeous! There are of course still pretty/nice covers and what not. But the cover that makes you just stop right in the middle of the bookstore? Yeah, it’s been awhile for that type! I still remember when I saw one cover at a book convention (how I miss those!) and it was a stop in the middle of walking because OMG it was amazing! I was obsessed with that cover and it’s still one of my favorites to this day! Lol.
Hope you enjoy all of your lovely new reads! Pretty much all new to me ones but hope they are enjoyable ones!
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I hope you had a great week yourself. I love your site graphics and your STS. I see you have the latest Nalini Singh. I adored her Psy-changeling series for the longest time but just never got into the archangels. I hope you enjoy!
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