Since I didn’t get around to posting this week’s TTT, I decided to post it a little late because I loved the theme. I’m only doing 8 covers for today, but next Tuesday I promise to have an awesome TTT up! Top Ten Tuesday is an original book meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s theme is book cover trends I like and dislike. I really enjoy doing TTT’s because they’re never hard, and they’re tons of fun! So I’ll start with types of book covers I like first:

#1: Out of my Mind by Sharon M. Draper: I love this book cover because the picture has a very meaningful link to the book. The title isn’t something cliche like “Fish Out of Water,” but the picture still represents the MC, Melody, and her feelings as she can’t talk or even move. Love this!!

#2: The Minnow by Diana Sweeney: I’ve never read this book, but I absolutely, positively love the cover. (Well who doesn’t?!) It kind of has… I don’t know, a bit of mysterious look to it. I love that.

#3: Mandy by Julie Andrews Edwards: I really love illustrations like this. While I’m normally not too keen on cartoon-ish looking drawings for the cover of a book, I love this illustration because it’s so beautiful. I think I’d hang the picture on a wall or something. The illustration isn’t too cheesy; it looks more like a painting you’d buy in a store.

Some covers I dislike…

#4: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell: Like I said before when I was talking about Mandy, I don’t really like cartoon-ish illustrations… especially for this one. I think it goes well with the title, but I don’t know. I just don’t really like these types of covers.

#5: Love on a Dime by Cara Lynn James: Great story!! … bad cover. I really don’t like covers with pictures of the MC, or a person in general. 😛 They’re too cliche, and not… very… intriguing. Just… no. If I ever publish a book, you will never see me have a cover like this.

#6: The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen: Again, a little cliche. I do like the fact that the picture kind of blurs the face of the person… I think this one is sort of in the middle. Too cliche, though… “the truth about forever”? With a girl pulling petals off a flower? Definitely a little too much.

I really like using the word cliche =) Oh well. Back to

covers I like…

#7: Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay: Of course this one was a no-brainer because it always pops into my mind as a cover I definitely like. It’s a very simple design, but the rose with the letters flying off gives it a very… elegant, classic look, in my opinion.

#8: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak: I love this cover. When I see it, I think of the “domino effect.” To me, it really says a lot about the book.

It seems I have a sort of constant theme for all the covers I like – I want them to say something important about the book, but cliche (I really need to stop using that word!) covers that make the book appear cheesy don’t really catch my eye.

Stick around tomorrow for Stacking the Shelves =)