Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Cover Up: Recent Reads #10

This feature I will just gab, remark, feature book covers. 

For this cover up I will be comparing two different editions of the same book, from books I've read recently. I will try to do this every couple weeks or so. Can be from a different country, or just a different edition in general

City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
Cassidy Blake's parents are The Inspecters, a (somewhat inept) ghost-hunting team. But Cass herself can REALLY see ghosts. In fact, her best friend, Jacob, just happens to be one.
When The Inspecters head to ultra-haunted Edinburgh, Scotland, for their new TV show, Cass—and Jacob—come along. In Scotland, Cass is surrounded by ghosts, not all of them friendly. Then she meets Lara, a girl who can also see the dead. But Lara tells Cassidy that as an In-betweener, their job is to send ghosts permanently beyond the Veil. Cass isn't sure about her new mission, but she does know the sinister Red Raven haunting the city doesn't belong in her world. Cassidy's powers will draw her into an epic fight that stretches through the worlds of the living and the dead, in order to save herself.

American Cover                                               Other American Cover   
    City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1)                               City of Ghosts    

I like the one on the left better. I feel like it fits the story so much more.

The Stranger Game by Cylin Busby 
The Stranger Game is a dark, suspenseful, and twisty young adult novel—perfect for fans of Lauren Oliver and E. Lockhart—about fifteen-year-old Nico Walker, whose sister returns home after a four-year disappearance.
When Nico Walker's older sister mysteriously disappears, her parents, family, and friends are devastated. But Nico can never admit what she herself feels: relief at finally being free of Sarah's daily cruelties.
Then the best and worst thing happens: four years later, after dozens of false leads, Sarah is found.
But this girl is much changed from the one Nico knew. She's thin and drawn, where Sarah had been golden and athletic; timid and unsure, instead of brash and competitive; and strangest of all, sweet and kind, when she had once been mean and abusive. Sarah's retrograde amnesia has caused her to forget almost everything about her life, from small things like the plots of her favorite books and her tennis game to the more critical—where she's been the last four years and what happened at the park on the fateful day she vanished. Despite the happy ending, the dark details of that day continue to haunt Nico, and it becomes clear that more than one person knows the true story of what happened to Sarah
American Cover                                               Turkish Cover   
    The Stranger Game                               Yabancılık Oyunu    

I absolutely love both of these covers. I think for the book itself I like the one on the left better. In general the one on the right is absolutely beautiful.

Revival by Tim Seeley
For one day in rural central Wisconsin, the dead came back to life. Now it's up to Officer Dana Cypress to deal with the media scrutiny, religious zealots, and government quarantine that has come with them. In a town where the living have to learn to deal with those who are supposed to be dead, Officer Cypress must solve a brutal murder, and everyone, alive or undead, is a suspect.
American Cover                                               German Cover
    Revival, Vol. 1: You're Among Friends                               Revival 1: Unter Freunden 
  
 I don't have a favorite or preferences. I think they're both really great. 

I Hate Fairyland by Skottie Young
From superstar writer and artist Skottie Young (Rocket Raccoon, Wizard of OZ, Fortunately, The Milk), comes the first volume of an all-new series of adventure and mayhem.
An Adventure Time/Alice in Wonderland-style epic that smashes its cute little face against grown-up, Tank Girl/Deadpool-esque violent madness. Follow Gert, a forty year old woman stuck in a six year old's body who has been trapped in the magical world of Fairyland for nearly thirty years. Join her and her giant battle-axe on a delightfully blood-soaked journey to see who will survive the girl who HATES FAIRYLAND.
American Cover                                                     German Cover 
    I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 1: Madly Ever After                                  I hate Fairyland, Band 1 (Luxus Edition)    

I don't like the one on the right at all. I love the one on the left.

Who would have guessed that four minutes could change everything?
Today should be one of the worst days of seventeen-year-old Hadley Sullivan's life. Having missed her flight, she's stuck at JFK airport and late to her father's second wedding, which is taking place in London and involves a soon-to-be stepmother Hadley's never even met. Then she meets the perfect boy in the airport's cramped waiting area. His name is Oliver, he's British, and he's sitting in her row.
A long night on the plane passes in the blink of an eye, and Hadley and Oliver lose track of each other in the airport chaos upon arrival. Can fate intervene to bring them together once more?
Quirks of timing play out in this romantic and cinematic novel about family connections, second chances, and first loves. Set over a twenty-four-hour-period, Hadley and Oliver's story will make you believe that true love finds you when you're least expecting it.
American Cover                                                  Dutch Cover
    The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight                               De statistische waarschijnlijkheid van liefde op het eerste gezicht   

I can't pick, I absolutely love both of them.
                 

4 comments:

  1. Whoa, that German edition of Revival is really creepy. I love it!

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  2. I like all the covers on the left (although, The Stranger Game is kind of a tie for me) except for I Hate Fairyland. I like the one on the right. Great post, Ash! :)

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  3. I love all of the covers on the left, especially the Victoria Schwab one. That one is just perfect!

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  4. I like both covers for Revival. The German cover for Fairyland is really bad! Someone sucked out the colour and the soul of the book!

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