Colleen Cowley's Blog - Posts Tagged "covers"
Keen book covers
I've paid a lot more attention to book covers since I had to give input on one. Here are a few I really liked:
The Chaos of Stars' cover is immediately eye-catching, with the added bonus of details worth a closer look. I love the way the details intertwine with the title. And the stars have a dreamy half-drawn, half-photographed look to them.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children -- awesome title, by the way -- has a cover that puts you in the shoes of the main character as he first sees this black-and-white photo of a girl. I did a double take. Wait -- is she floating? (It's in the same category as Hourglass for that reason.) The cover sold me on reading this book.
Love, love, love the art for If You Go Into The Woods. The lettering, the evocative leaves, the spooky bird.
None of these shows the main character. Maybe that's part of what makes them memorable in a sea of attractive-people covers.
What covers do you like best?
The Chaos of Stars' cover is immediately eye-catching, with the added bonus of details worth a closer look. I love the way the details intertwine with the title. And the stars have a dreamy half-drawn, half-photographed look to them.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children -- awesome title, by the way -- has a cover that puts you in the shoes of the main character as he first sees this black-and-white photo of a girl. I did a double take. Wait -- is she floating? (It's in the same category as Hourglass for that reason.) The cover sold me on reading this book.
Love, love, love the art for If You Go Into The Woods. The lettering, the evocative leaves, the spooky bird.
None of these shows the main character. Maybe that's part of what makes them memorable in a sea of attractive-people covers.
What covers do you like best?
