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Double Take, Dead Flower Style

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With thanks to one of our loyal readers, Terry, comes this double take. They aren’t exactly the same, but the are of the same theme.


You Are Not Here by Samantha Schutz


Such a Pretty Girl by Laura Wiess

But wait! In addition to the dead flowers, we have a nice collection of pretty sad looking flowers, too:

Flowers in the Attic & Petals on the Wind by V. C. Andrews
If There Be Thorns & Seeds of Yesterday by V. C. Andrews


Kissed by an Angel by Elizabeth Chandler

I think I like the single dead flower the most. Maybe it works with the title a little bit more for me. I also feel like I’ve seen this theme worked through a few other covers. In a world of a million black covers, I’m not sure how much it stands out.

Can you think of any others?

Double Take, Royal style

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Putting one’s hand over one’s heart sets a tone, y’know? This is especially true when it happens twice!


The Education of Bet by Lauren Baratz-Logsted was published by Houghton Mifflin in July 2010.

Whisper My Name by Jane Eagland was published by Young Picador in August 2010.

It’s the same photo, just cropped differently and colored differently. I prefer the first because the color’s a little more vibrant and it stands out a little more (and it has a much less annoying font going on).

Which works better for you?

Double Take, Farm Style

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Who doesn’t love a lazy day in the hay?

Scot Gardner’s Australian Bookmark Days just screams of summer, doesn’t it? This one appears to be just an Australian release.

Michelle Hout’s sweet Beef Princess of Practical County brings us the same photo cropped differently and with the blue sky behind it. I liked this book — it’s a good one for your middle and early high school girls who like a clean story about family and farm life.

I like both covers for different reasons. I like both the close in and the panned out shots here, since they work for each book.

Do you think one does it better?

Double Take, Part XXIV

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We are probably all familiar with Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies series. It looks something like this:


It’s a great cover that stands out. I love that the series is consistent looking and they all pop on the shelf.

Here’s the UK cover. I quite like this one, too:


I love the light blue and the tin of body parts.

And it has a twin in Sarah Harvey’s 2010 release of Plastic, a title from Orca Publishers:

They mirrored it but kept the same background color, which I think is an interesting choice.

I think both covers work quite well. The aqua against the silver tray stands out, and I love that the doll parts show off more than one skin color.

Do you have a preference?