Today I am joining my blogger friend Umut’s meme, which is something I *often* do, buying and judging books by their covers. With a quick rumble in my book jungle I’ve grabbed those 3 pretty chicks to represent you!
This beautiful, gorgeous cover was actually a charity shop bargain. I wish it was a first edition, but sadly, it is a 2nd print. I’ve never read Zoe Heller but heard about her being praised, a lot.
When Joel Litvinoff is felled by a stroke, his wife, Audrey, uncovers a secret that forces her to re-examine her ideas about their forty-year marriage. Joel’s children will soon have to come to terms with this unsettling discovery themselves, but for the time being, they are grappling with their own dilemmas. Rosa is being pressed to make a commitment to religion. Karla is falling in love with the owner of a newspaper concession and Lenny is back on drugs. In the course of battling their own demons and each other, every member of the family is called upon to re-examine long-held articles of faith and to decide what – if anything – they still believe in.
The blurb sounds really promising, and I couldn’t turn my back to this pretty cover that promises a witty and read worthy novel.
Joanne Harris’s A Pocketful of Crows is beautiful to look at. I fell in love with this cover the moment I saw it!!! The story is inspired by a poem called The Child Ballads, and the reviews are quite good, so the force is strong with this one. I was lucky to bag a signed first edition from an Indie bookshop, happy days!
I still remember the moment I read Angela Carter’s The Werewolf for the first time, I was stunned by the power and the magical quality of the writing. I was hungry for more stories of her, most of them is available online to read or in the library, so I read nearly all stories in The Bloody Chamber.
It was the feeling of nostalgia -I’ve read those stories many years ago- as well as this beautiful cover art which made me buy this book. I love the cover. It suits the book so nicely.
Angela Carter is one of my all time favourite authors and she’s an amazing writer. Can’t recommend her more if you haven’t read from her yet. She transforms fairy tales into literary art!!!
So here are my first confessions. There are many more books I’ve bought for covers, but this time these 3 stood out for me. Did you read any of them? Do you like these covers? Drop a comment below to share your thoughts please 🙂
P.S. I was at holiday, so was quieter here! I missed blogging. ❤
A pocketful of Crows is my fav cover although they all three look great ! I really want to buy Happiness for Humans because I heard it’s pretty neon pink 💕
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I think Bloody Chamber is the winner for me here but all 3 are very pretty. I need to check out Happiness for Humans. Thanks!!!
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Thanks a lot Ova! I really enjoyed your confessions 🙂 I didn’t read all three, but you managed to pubp up my tbr pile! I LOVED the Angela Carter cover. Now I need to go find it 🙈 thanks again!
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I feel sorry to make you want to buy more books Umut, but can’t help 🙈you know what I mean!
Especially Angela Carter ones are expensive in hardcover!
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These covers are beautiful! The Believers is especially lovely to me. 🙂
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So happy you also liked them! Thanks for visiting my blog 🙂
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Nothing wrong with eye candies! 😀
I don’t actually know any of these books, but agree on the covers being lovely.
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Thanks for stopping by Norrie!
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Gorgeous books 🙂
I’ve only read Wise Children by Angela Carter, but know she’s always highly recommended so I should make an effort to find more of her books!
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Definitely one of the greatest British writers, I have read only a few of her books!
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Those are beautiful covers! I would buy them all for that reason to!
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Thank you! It’s good to know I am not alone in being tempted ❤
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Reblogged this on UmutReviews and commented:
Hi friends! Today I’m busy reading The Trick to Time that totally moved my heart, so I thought I’d re-blog my friend Ova’s post joining my Confessions of a Coverholic meme. I absolutely adored the books the bought for their covers, and I have to have that Angela Carter cover, LOL! Have fun and happy weekend reading!
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Thanks for reblogging!!!
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Goodness! These books are lovely! I’d buy them just for the covers too, ahaha.
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Welcome to the club Cassandra!!! Covercholics club 🙂
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Hey, buying a book for its cover just means that someone somewhere did a really good job designing a book cover, and that’s not a bad thing! We should support good art no matter where it comes from! Also those book covers look AMAZING! I would totally have bought them too!
Besides, that’s actually how my Mum taught me to buy wine! She said, just pick between red and white and then find the nicest looking label you can find! I don’t drink, so this is largely for present purposes, but I’ve had some really lovely complements on my taste in wine entirely based off this trick!
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Ha ha I like your mum’s witty suggestion- she is very right I think! I sometimes feel guilty by judging book by their covers but you’re absolutely right. Cover designers deserve an applause!
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Exactly! I feel so bad for them; they work so hard, but if their efforts are succesful then we all feel bad about it!
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