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Judging June Challenge 2017
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Amanda
Anna
Baz
Brenda
Carolyn
Deborah
Diana
Dree
Jacm
Jane
Janine
Jennifer
Kerri
Li'l Owl
Loren
Lynxie
Mary
MaryG2E
MichelleG
Mima
Nicola
Odette
Patty
Phrynne
Rachael
Renee
Ria
Ronja
Sally
Sharon
Sue
Suzie
Tien
Valerie
Veronica
Vickie
Zoey
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Read a book with:-
1. A beautiful cover.
4 stars2. A cover you don't like.
3. A colourful cover.
4. A really appropriate cover.
AA 4 stars5. A cover that you love. Tell us why!
6. A boring cover.
AA7. A flowery cover.
4 stars8. A scenic cover
5 stars9. Reader's choice. Tell us why you chose this cover:)
AA 4 stars
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9/9
Read a book with:-
1. A beautiful cover -
AA
2. A cover you don't like -
3. A colourful cover -
4. A really appropriate cover -
5. A cover that you love. Tell us why! -
6. A boring cover -
Jeopardy in July by Barbara Venkataraman7. A flowery cover -
8. A scenic cover -
9. Reader's choice. Tell us why you chose this cover:) -
Seeing as I am travelling in June - I'll go for 3 books - EasyA Beautiful Cover:
Memories of May by Juliet Madison - Aussie AuthorA Cover I don't like:
Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet EvanovichA Colourful Cover:
The Dragon Finds Forever by Kristen Painter
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Hope you enjoy Hester and Harriet Phrynne - I loved it and I have the second in the series
near the top of my TBR pile
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As are yours! Some great titles there!
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A Beautiful Cover:
Memories of May by Juliet Madison - Aussie A..."You'll be have way too much fun to read ;)
I'm going to try for 6:✔ 2. A cover you don't like
Size Zero by A.C. Moyer (doesn't fit the title or give any idea of the book) 2★✔ 4. A really appropriate cover
The Secrets She Keeps by Michael Robotham 5★✔ 5. A cover you love
y|22878941] Tell Me Why by Sandi Wallace AA. 4★✔ 7. A flowery cover
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover 4★✔ 8. A scenic cover
A Gem of a Problem by Irene Sauman AA 3.5★✔ 9. Reader's choice
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold. 4★
I'm in - let's try for 3 to start withRead a book with:-
The Recipient by Dean Mayes AA
Hillary: Tail of the Dog by Angel Gelique
Welcome To Orphancorp by Marlee Jane Ward AAMight add others if I get to them.
Read a book with:-✔1. A beautiful cover.
After Darkness AA✔2. A cover you don't like.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn✔3. A colourful cover.
The Girl Who Chased the Moon✔4. A really appropriate cover.
The 6th Target✔5. A cover that you love. Tell us why!
Stillwater Creek AA it makes me think of lazy Summer days spent near the water.✔6. A boring cover.
Still Life✔7. A flowery cover.
The First Rule of Swimming✔8. A scenic cover
A Fortunate Life AA ✔9. Reader's choice. Tell us why you chose this cover:)
Handle with Care Heading into Winter this cover depicts a Wintry scene
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I see what you mean about your number 2. Lynxie. I always think great big eyes on a cover are creepy:)
Phrynne wrote: "Some great covers so far!I see what you mean about your number 2. Lynxie. I always think great big eyes on a cover are creepy:)"
It's not the worst I've seen, but I still don't like it. :)
Hah! Fun challenge. I'm adding it to my challenges book.
Easy Challenge for me
Loretta Hill 
Kate Morton 
Daphne du Maurier
I agree with you about the covers for Janet Evanovich's books, Sally! They're all so similar and boring.
Awesome challenge! Easy level for me. 3. A colourful cover:
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty AA
The colours burst out of the grey background
4. A really appropriate cover
The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall Smith
Well it's a full cupboard !
5. A cover that you love
Un appartement à Paris by Guillaume Musso
I just really like the simplicity of the silhouette and the skyline, it's very striking
I'm in too. I'm travelling too but I think I can go for six.I'll add books as I work out my list
1. A beautiful cover
by Anthony Doerr2. A cover you don't like.Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J.K. Rowling 3. A colourful cover. Will Grayson, Will Grayson
by John Green4. A really appropriate cover. How to Make Gravy
by Paul Kelly AA6. A boring cover Violent Exposure
by Katherine Howell AA9. Chocolate Cake for Breakfast
by Danielle Hawkins It's so quirky it just LOOKS like it would be fun to read plus there's the title. How can I resist?
I'm going to go for three - Easy
Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology AA 
The New Year's Quilt 
Optimists Die First a favourite YA author and button on cover. I collect buttons
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I'm in. Titles to come soon.Hard challenge - 9 books (at least three Aussie authors)
Read 8/9
Read a book with:-
A beautiful cover. 
A cover you don't like. Death Masks by Jim Butcher 4 stars
A colourful cover.
A really appropriate cover.
A cover that you love. Tell us why!
A boring cover. 
A flowery cover.
A scenic cover.
Reader's choice. Tell us why you chose this cover:)
I'm opting for the EASY level, i.e. 3 books, and my tentative list is as follows:1. A beautiful cover: The Forgotten Pearl by Belinda Murrell
3. A colourful cover: If Blood Should Stain the Wattle by Jackie French
5. A cover that I love: Dead Again by Sandi Wallace
I love this cover because I am familiar with the historic house in the photo, plus the sepia tones accurately reflect the history and the landscape of the area where I lived for several years.
Level: Easy - 3 books (at least one Aussie author)Completed 2017-Jun-26
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Option 4. A really appropriate cover: The Dry by Jane Harper AA | 2017-Jun-14
Colors are evocative of the drought condition and the rather somber tone of the book - hard times due to the drought, and people in the town are very disturbed by the deaths of the Hadler family.
Option 6. A boring cover: 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith | 2017-Jun-20
The black and white illustrations of Iain McIntosh do add a lot to the chapters of the book, but I just want something more for the cover. Also most of the cover is just plain red!
Option 1. A beautiful cover: The Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab Nye | 2017-Jun-26
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Level: Medium - 6 books (at least two Aussie authors)
Completed 2017-Jun-30
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Option 2. A cover you don't like: Trumps of Doom by Roger Zelazny | 2017-Jun-27
cover art just seems kind of childish and silly
Option 3. A colourful cover: Blood and Circuses by Kerry Greenwood AA | 2017-Jun-28
Option 9. Reader's choice: Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper | 2017-Jun-30
I think the cover of Stella by Starlight is striking! I couldn't bring myself to use it for "Beautiful Cover" and I couldn't use it for a "Cover that I Love" because it shows the scene from the opening of the book where Stella and Jojo see the burning cross, meaning the Ku Klux Klan has come to their town of Bumblebee, North Carolina, USA (in 1932.) So, it's not possible to say that I love the picture of the Klan threats or that I think it's something of beauty. But, other than that, I DO think the cover illustration by Sarah Jane Coleman is just beautiful.
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Option 5. A cover that you love:
Tell us why!
Option 7. A flowery cover:
Option 8. A scenic cover: The Rope by Nevada Barr ??
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June Judging Books by the Cover Challenge I'll go with hard 9, 3 Aussie Authors
1 June -30 June
Progress 8/9
#1 Beautiful Cover
The Weight of Night by Christine Carbo#2 Cover I Don't Like
Scared Yet? by Jaye Ford#3 Colorful Cover
#4 Appropriate cover
#5 Cover that I Love
I love the wilderness and all it's wild creatures. The peace & quite is exhilarating! If and when you are lucky enough to witness nature's animals in their home, it's moving beyond words!
#6 Boring cover
#7 Flowery Cover
#8 Scenic cover
Mortal Fall by Christine Carbo#9 Readers Choice
I like the matt white cover with a realistic scene in the hole in the center.
Still working/deciding on mine, Phrynne =o)
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Sally906 wrote: "Hope you enjoy Hester and Harriet Phrynne - I loved it and I have the second in the series near the top of my TBR pile"Like you have read the first and the have the second on my work desk ready to start tomorrow .
I think I can do this one!Judging June Challenge
Easy level
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Working on these!1. Beautiful cover. The Claimant by Janette Turner Hospital AA
2. Cover you don't like. Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak Too Dark for me & just plain unattractive!
3. Colourful cover. Spirits of the Ghan by Judy Nunn AA A bright cover
4. A really appropriate cover. Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier Picture of the famous painting after which the book is named.
5. Cover I love. Mount! by Jilly Cooper. I love it because it is cheeky & sexy & makes me laugh!
6. Boring cover. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Can't get much more boring than this!
7. Flowery cover. Kaffe Fassett's Bold Blooms: Quilts and Other Works Celebrating Flowers by Kaffe Fassett
8. Scenic cover. The Lavender Keeper by Fiona McIntosh AA
9. Reader's Choice. The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict. This is a poignant picture of a lonely woman looking off into the distance, possibly thinking about what might have been.
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Starting with Easy, may upgrade to Medium depending on how I go! Click star rating to see review once published and linked. AA = Aussie author.Easy Progress: 3/3
#1 Beautiful Cover: Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre (1978)
— ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ I haven't even fully read the blurb, but the book won the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards, and then I saw the cover, and decided that yep, reading it!
#2 Disliked Cover: Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood (1989) (AA)
— ★★★☆☆ Compared to the other much more charming hand-drawn version, the edition of my library book has the media tie-in cover. I generally dislike media tie-in anything, this cover in particular. I'm even going to pretend that I'm reading the other edition on Goodreads... Incidentally, I've tried to read this book 2 times previously but could never focus. I'm determined to finish it this time.
#9 Reader's Choice: The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski (1993)
— ★★★★☆In a hypocritical twist, I've chosen another book with a media tie-in cover, and this time I don't mind it. This edition has the cover of the video game adaptation that I enjoyed playing very much. I hear Netflix is going to make a mini-series out of the book soon, too, so I think it's high time I give the original book a go!
Medium Upgrade Progress: 3/3
#4 Appropriate Cover: Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (2003) — ★★★★☆
#6 Boring Cover: No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (2005) — ★★★★☆
#7 Flowery Cover: The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood (2015) (AA) — ★★★★☆
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Ok, my list is coming along. 1. A beautiful cover.?
2. A cover you don't like.
AAI can't even say why I don't like this cover and it is really annoying me.
3. A colourful cover.
by Douglas Coupland (can you get worse than shoking pink?)4. A really appropriate cover.
by Paul Robert Walker5. A cover that you love. Tell us why!
by Anne McCaffrey6. A boring cover. ?
7. A flowery cover.
by Barbra Leslie AA8. A scenic cover ?
9. Reader's choice. Tell us why you chose this cover:) ?
I'm amazed that there are hardly any duplicates among the covers people have chosen! So many books, so little time...... (sigh)
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Brenda wrote: "There are some great one aren't there! I like looking at the "don't like" ones ;)"Me too! There are a couple of covers that people didn't like that I didn't mind, and one I even quite like! :P
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YES! I'm in for EASY three, thanks.1. A beautiful cover.
2. A cover you don't like.
3. A colourful cover.
4. A really appropriate cover. Into That Forest by Louis Nowra AA READ 3*
5. A cover that you love. Tell us why!
6. A boring cover.
7. A flowery cover.
8. A scenic cover News of the World by Paulette Jiles READ 3.5★
9. Reader's choice. Tell us why you chose this cover:) Still Alice by Lisa Genova READ 5*
I like the beautiful blue tones of the butterfly which is gradually disappearing, and the title lettering that uses all upper case except for the letter i in both words, as if the heart of the "I" (Alice) is still here . . . fading, but still here. ALiCE
It will be interesting to see if people end up enjoying the books with the covers they don't like, and vice versa.
I am going to try for Hard1. A beautiful cover.
Three Amazing Things About You by Jill Mansell READ 4*2. A cover you don't like.
The Jump by Martina Cole READ 2*3. A colourful cover.
Jilted by Rachael Johns(AA) READ 3*4. A really appropriate cover.
Stars Across the Ocean by Kimberley Freeman(AA) READ 4*5. A cover that you love. Tell us why!
The Ship of Brides by Jojo Moyes Love the 40s fashions and colours READ 3*6. A boring cover.
Joe Cinque's Consolation by Helen Garner(AA)7. A flowery cover.
A Hundred Small Lessons by Ashley Hay(AA) READ 3*8. A scenic cover
MacKenzie Crossing by Kaye Dobbie(AA) READ 4*9. Reader's choice. Tell us why you chose this cover:)
Talk Of The Town Rachael Johns(AA) Who doesn't like a handsome man! READ 5*
Valerie wrote: "It will be interesting to see if people end up enjoying the books with the covers they don't like, and vice versa."Good point, Valerie! I've been sucked in more than once. I looked up the artist who designed the Still Alice cover, and she has her preliminary design there, which is just a rather small butterfly with no particular significance.
Phrynne wrote: "I am really enjoying checking out all these covers!"My thoughts exactly! Very fun!
Brenda wrote: "There are some great ones aren't there! I like looking at the "don't like" ones And the boring ones!
I like reading the explanations!
1. A beautiful coverPast the Shallows
byFavel Parrett(AA)2. A cover you don't like Our Endless Numbered Days
by Claire Fuller3. A colourful cover The Barbershop Girl
by Georgina Penney4. A really appropriate cover The Light Between Oceans
by M.L. Stedman(AA)5. A cover that you love. Tell us why! Mr Wigg
by Inga Simpson(AA) because I love the simplicity of this cover, it needs no more than the silhouette of the peach tree to invite you in...6. A boring cover. Me Before You
by Jojo Moyes...if I hadnt read al the hype about this book the cover would not have caught my attention...7. A flowery cover. Walking on Trampolines
by Frances Whiting8. A scenic cover The Good Daughter
by Honey Brown(AA)9. Reader's choice. Tell us why you chose this cover The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt it again is a simple yet unique cover, I just love the torn paper effect and the sneak peak of a goldfinch, oh and it's a cracker of a (huge) novel!
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Read a book with:-1. A beautiful cover:
2. A cover you don't like:
by John Marsden (AA)3. A colourful cover:
Josephine Moon (AA)4. A really appropriate cover:
by Maeve Binchy5. A cover that you love:
6. A boring cover:
7. A flowery cover:
8. A scenic cover:
9. Reader's choice:
Haven't got a lot of time on my hands so I'm just going to go for easy.3/3 Finished!
1. A really appropriate cover:
2. A colourful cover:
3. A scenic cover:
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Spirits of the Ghan (other topics)Mount! (other topics)
The Other Einstein (other topics)
In Cold Blood (other topics)
The Lavender Keeper (other topics)
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Truman Capote (other topics)
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We are always told not to judge a book by its cover but this month the challenge is to do exactly that!
Easy challenge - 3 books (at least one Aussie author)
Medium challenge - 6 books (at least two Aussie authors)
Hard challenge - 9 books (at least three Aussie authors)
Minimum of 3 books chosen from the list below.
Read a book with:-
1. A beautiful cover.
2. A cover you don't like.
3. A colourful cover.
4. A really appropriate cover.
5. A cover that you love. Tell us why!
6. A boring cover.
7. A flowery cover.
8. A scenic cover
9. Reader's choice. Tell us why you chose this cover:)
Don't forget our guidelines HERE
And some sources for ideas:-
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...