Cover Love: Beautiful Creatures

Cover Love is a bi-monthly Thursday book blog hop where we share book covers that make our hearts go pitter-patter with their sheer beauty.

To join Cover Love:

• Follow Bookshelvers Anonymous as the host of the meme. (My work, so I get credit. No stealing.)
• Find a cover that makes you go wild with designer delight.
• Highlight said cover in a Thursday post
• Link back to Bookshelvers Anonymous somewhere in your post.
• Consider adding your meme button somewhere on your site so others can join in. This isn't required, but it'd be awfully nice. The HTML for the button is in my right sidebar, and I can help you through the process if you'd like.
• Add your blog to the linky list at the bottom of this post. Doing so will make it easier for others to find you, and I promise to visit all links posted.

*Note: I'm going to do this once a month to start out... :)

 
 
Beautiful Creatures
By Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

Why I love it:

Simplistic, beautiful... I love the covers to this entire series. They really speak to the darkness within the books as well.




What do you think?

WWW Wednesday

WWW Wednesdays was started by MizB over at Should Be Reading,

To play along, simply answer the following three (3) Questions:
1. What are you currently reading?
2. What did you recently finish reading?
3. What do you think you'll read next?

Currently Reading

 

So far really enjoying this final book in the series. 

Recently Finished

 

Such a creeptastic book. I loved it.

What I Might Read Next

     

I'm really looking forward to reading the sequel to Daughter of Smoke & Bone, so if Malissa is ready when I finish up Beautiful Redemption then I'll read that one. If not, I'll read Losing Francesca, which I got for review recently for a book tour. :)

What about you? What have you been reading? What do you think you'll read next?

WWW Wednesday

WWW Wednesdays was started by MizB over at Should Be Reading,

To play along, simply answer the following three (3) Questions:
1. What are you currently reading?
2. What did you recently finish reading?
3. What do you think you'll read next?

Currently Reading

 

Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

Recently Finished

 

Tragic by JA Huss

 What I Might Read Next

  

Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor

Beautiful Redemption by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

What have you been reading?

Smiles,
B

Cover Love: Top Ten Tuesday Favorite Covers

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week they provide a Top Ten topic for you to create your list, then you share it on their post so others can find you. :)

  ♥ Top Ten Favorite Covers of Books I've Read ♥

I had fun going back and looking on Goodreads to browse covers of books I've read. I also tried to think about books I read prior to using Goodreads. That being said, since not all books seem to hit me, this probably isn't a comprehensive list. ;)  Nonetheless... in no particular order...

Splintered by AG Howard

I love the colors and how it all just 'pops' out at me. It's simply breathtaking, really. 

The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff

Creeptastic! This was the first book I ever bought based solely on the cover - I had *no* clue what the book was about, I just knew I had to own it.

The Space Between by Brenna Yovanoff

This was a gift from Malissa, but I probably would have done the same as with the previous Yovanoff book - had to own it. :)

 

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

I love the simplicity. The mockingjay is a character all on its own and it's just perfect. No other cover could do this series justice in my eyes.  

Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor

I love the masquerade look and once you read it you see a glimpse into part of the story. I love it.

 

The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson

I love this. I mean, really, who doesn't want to be laying with a ghost over you in the mist?

 

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

Simply gorgeous. All four of these are wonderful and I'm sad to see them redone. As they usually are when movies are made. :(

 

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

*This* cover. This is the one I have on my shelf and I still love it. I really wish they had kept with this theme when making the rest of them.

 

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Another simple one, yet so meaningful again. I liked it before I read it but loved it after I read it.

 

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

This cover is so haunting to me. Her eyes are so sad, and she has no mouth exposed. Perfect cover for a perfect book. 

What books have you read whose covers you just adore?

Smiles,

B

Unintentional Dust Collectors

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week they provide a Top Ten topic for you to create your list, then you share it on their post so others can find you. :)

  Top Ten Books I HAD to Buy... 

But are Still Sitting on My Shelf

As I've said before... I'm an impulse buyer, mostly with just books. Oh, and Amazon... really? Spend a few more dollars and get free shipping? Sure... I'll just tack a book on that order. Why not? Therefore... These books are still on my shelf, yet to be read, unfortunately becoming Dust Collectors. (All unintentional... I swear... I want to show each book I own as much love as the next... and I will... I promise... someday...)

Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult

House Rules by Jodi Picoult

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

Beautiful Redemption by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

Looking for Alaska by John Green

Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis

Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys

Some of these have been on my shelf for a few years, some only a few months, the latest buy being Out of the Easy. That was one of those Amazon add-on's. :)

What books have you bought that you haven't gotten around to reading? 

Smiles,
B

Top Ten Favorite New-To-Me Authors I Read In 2012

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week they provide a Top Ten topic for you to create your list, then you share it on their post so others can find you. :)

Out of all the new authors I have read this year the following are the only ones I liked enough to mention. I don't know that I would call all of them my favorite, but definitely ones worth mentioning. All authors names will link directly to their website or Goodreads website (David Levithan's website came up "internal server error" and I didn't want to post a possibly broken link... *shrug*).

1.Maggie Stiefvater
Oh, Maggie, how do I love thee? Stalkerish? Maybe. I'm okay with that. What's funny is that for as much as I have loved the books I have read by her, I have not read them all. Not even half. I've read a mere total of two. But those two... man were they great. It makes me look forward to reading The Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy and the Books of Faerie trilogy, though.  And anything else she comes out with.

2. Lauren Oliver
I got lost in the world created in Delirium. I really enjoyed the characters, the setting, the idea of love being a disease. Definitely looking forward to Requiem coming out in March. :)

3. Kami Garcia
Oh my... Beautiful Creatures, Beautiful Darkness, Beautiful Chaos... beautiful writing. I can't wait to get to Beautiful Redemption. I also look forward to reading some of her solo work. 

4. Margaret Stohl
Oh my... Beautiful Creatures, Beautiful Darkness, Beautiful Chaos... beautiful writing. I can't wait to get to Beautiful Redemption. I also look forward to reading some of her solo work.(I was just going to write See: Kami, but that seemed more lazy than need be. ha!)

5. Elizabeth Wein
Although I'm sort of cheating with this, as I'm still reading Code Name Verity, I am absolutely loving the writing and the story. I guess I can't really say I don't like or shy away from historical fiction anymore. I've been adding quite a few to my 'read' list. 

6. David Levithan
My best friend loved Dash & Lily and I had been wanting to read it for a while. So thankful I did! Turns out not only did I love the story but I loved the writing as well. :)

7. Sara Zarr
How to Save a Life was such an amazing story. It felt true, real, and honest. My library won some books and a Skype visit with Sara Zarr and I wanted to read the book with the teen book club. Such a great read.

8. Rachel Cohn
My best friend loved Dash & Lily and I had been wanting to read it for a while. So thankful I did! Turns out not only did I love the story but I loved the writing as well. :)  (Yes, I copy/pasted from David's note... lol)

9. Anne Elliott
I ran across Almost as a free Kindle purchase. I probably wouldn't have bought it otherwise; the description sounded just okay. I was very pleasantly surprised. It was well written and had a much better story than the description led me to believe. I will definitely read more by this author.

10. Kathryn Stockett  
I shied away from The Help for quite some time. Historical fiction? Not my cup of tea, typically. But this part of history is a bit more interesting to me and after so many rave reviews and recommendations from friends, I bit the bullet. And I am so glad I did. I was transported to a time I never lived in and felt like I lived it. Kudos to Kathryn Stockett and a wonderful debut novel.

Of course if you've read anything I've written before, you'll know that Maggie Stiefvater is probably my favorite new author I've discovered this year. :)

What about you? Any new authors you've discovered you want to share? Let me know in the comments, or create your own post and paste the link. :)

Thanks for stopping by.

Smiles,
B