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Check out this paperback

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Although this one doesn’t bother me in the way that this hardcover-paperback cover change did, I’m really not feeling this one.


I love the somewhat cold feeling this cover has. It absolutely fits with the story. It’s eye-catching, as well.

But then they needed to go and do this for the paperback:

Now, I saw this in an advertisement for Penguin paperbacks in the latest VOYA, so it might not be 100%. I really, really hope not. Covers with people are overdone, and I really enjoyed this particular title because the readers make up their mind about Mia in so many ways. The paperback gives us an image of her, and frankly, it reminds me a lot of 13 Reasons Why, and by doing that, I have a different image of what the book will be about. It sounds like suicide, doesn’t it, with that image and the title?

Here’s the Australian cover, too. Another one I’m not a huge fan of, but this one I don’t care for because it seems too childish:


Do you have a preference? I think the face-on-the-cover has been overdone, and I found the hardcover of this title so refreshing and different.

Double Take, Part XXI

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I made a very similar double take post before, but this one is an exact match.

Dreaming of Amelia by Jaclyn Moriarty will be published April 2010 by MacMillan UK.

Now for the doppelganger:


The Mermaid’s Mirror by L.K. Madigan will be published in October 2010 by Houghton Mifflin (I’m not 100% sure on the publisher on this one, but I’m going to guess it’s the same publisher as her first book Flash Burnout).

I hope someone catches this one. If you remember the double take of The Mark and The Girl with the Mermaid Hair, the publisher changed the cover of The Mark in order to avoid this double take. I ended up liking the new one better, actually.

Which one of these two do you prefer? I like The Mermaid’s Mirror just a little more — it is more realistic and the colors are very cool, where the other one looks a bit cartoonish.

Bag ladies

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I’ve discovered a new trend — headless bag ladies!


Who Do I Talk To? by Neta Jackson was published by Thomas Nelson in September 2009.


The Fixer Upper by Mary Kay Andrews was published by Harper in June 2009.


Rich Again by Anna Maxted was published by St. Martin’s Griffin in December 2009.

Three types of bags, three headless ladies. I think that Rich Again did it best, but I’m partial to the dress, the shoes, and the great orange background that will stand out on a shelf.

What do you think? Seen any heads looking for their bag ladies lately?

Double Take, Part XX

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I love when these pop up in unexpected places. The contrast (or not!) in subject matter this time is too good.


Deadline by Chris Crutcher was published in September 2007 by HarperCollins/GreenWillow. Nice, very memorable cover.

Compare that bad boy to this one:

Conquer Back and Neck Pain: Walk It Off! by Mark D. Brown was published June 2008 by Sunrise River Press. This is a non-fiction, adult title.

The images are just flipped 180 degrees, but it’s the exact same one.

What do you think? One book’s about a boy knowing he’s going to die and the other is a non-fiction book about how to get over aches and pains in your back and neck. This one’s too good to be true.

Double Take, Part XVII

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I both love and hate this one. Love because it’s creepy and hate because it’s creepy. Alas, here we go:

The Eternal Kiss was published July 2009 by Running Press Kids. It’s a collection of short stories.


Wicked Vampire by Nina Bangs (what a name!) was published September 2009 by Leisure Books.

The cropping and coloring are different, and it’s interesting in the second book that the mole (maybe it’s a piercing) was taken out. Maybe this was intentional so there wouldn’t be the double take.

Do you prefer one over the other? Wicked Vampire reminds me a lot of the True Blood-cover of the first Sookie Stackhouse title.