Inspired by What She Reads, Pure Imagination Blog, and Stacked.I admit I’m a book cover snob. Who isn’t though?
Book covers are the first thing that attracts readers to a book. A good cover can draw someone is, just as a bad cover can easily draw someone away. It can essentially make or break a book. Holy, Mother Cover! is where I showcase the book covers that stand out (or make me cringe) and discuss cover changes.
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I’ve been feeling a bit nostalgic about amusement parks. It’s been a while since I’ve been to one (and by a while, I mean a lonnnng time ago). And you know the one thing you can find there? The ferris wheel! Fun fact: I’ve never been on a ferris wheel.
Similar to the maps theme, the good ferris wheel book covers were a bit hard to find. I swear they were hiding from me (except the ones I picked for this post).
THEME: Ferris Wheel!
My favorite cover? Out of these five, it’s hard to pick; I like certain aspects of each one.
- In Four, I love the sparks coming from the ferris wheel.
- In What I Had Before I Had You, I like that it’s simple and that it’s like any normal day at the boardwalk.
- In The Wicked Girls, it looks very ominous like bad shit will happen.
- In The London Eye Mystery, I love the way the ferris wheel is angled, so that it’s as if you’re like the figures in the cover looking straight up at it.
- In Joyland, I love that it looks very 1950s horror-esque, and I’m a big fan that it was painted.
Best ferris wheel? Hands down, Four. Look at it! I realized that the majority of these covers have ferris wheels that are off in the distance or cut off so you can’t see the entirety of the wheel. Ha.
I love this feature as you already know! Four narrowly beats out The London Eye Mystery, which has a really perspective to it — I love how it’s designed on an angle. My 3rd favorite is definitely Joyland, I love the vintage, natural feel the cover has and I really need to get to it ASAP.
-Jon from Bookish Antics
The London Eye Mystery looks so cute! I love the perspective we get it’s like being on there and looking up!
I haven’t been on a ferris wheel too.
I like The London Eye Mystery because of weird angle.
As for more covers with ferris wheels there is a list on goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/76435.Ferris_Wheels_on_the_Cover
When I was a child I enjoyed going in Ferris Weels, but my fear of height makes that I avoid them nowadays. There aren’t a lot of covers out there with Ferris Wheels out there or maybe I never stumbled onto them, before this post I had only seen the Four cover.
The cover for What I Had Before You is absolutely lovely. And I love The London Eye Mystery’s interesting angle. But seriously, this theme is so creative! :D