BEST COVERS OF THE MONTH: JUNE 2017 (Part I)

"Books are carnival rides for your imagination." 

Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons

COVER CHARACTERISTIC (#17): MARILYN MONROE

"We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle."

TOP 10 TUESDAY (#22): SERIES I'VE BEEN MEANING TO START

"The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones." 

Joseph Joubert

FANDOM MASHUP (#5): CHARACTERS I WOULD LIKE TO GAZE AT THE STARS WITH

"I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars." 

Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

COVER CHARACTERISTIC (#16): SWAMPS

"Hell is a swamp, to me - not as something fiery, but as something dank, moist, and wet."

Avey Tare

TOP 10 TUESDAY (#21): WORST FICTIONAL FATHERS

"Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes."

Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

BEST COVERS OF THE MONTH: MAY 2017

"If you cannot judge a book by its cover, surely we should not judge an author by one book alone?" 

E.A. Bucchianeri

COVER CHARACTERISTIC (#15): CLOCKS

"Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting." 

Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance

TOP 5 WEDNESDAY (#17): BOOKS FOR MY HOGWARTS HOUSE

"You could be great, you know, it’s all here in your head, and Slytherin will help you on the way to greatness, no doubt about that." 

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

TOP 10 TUESDAY (#20): TRUE CRIME BOOKS I'VE RECENTLY ADDED TO MY TBR LIST

"The unknown is scary. It’s unknown for a reason. That's why normal people don't go there."

Geoff Green, Paying for the Past