Obsessed With Covers #13: They All Fall Down, The Edge of Falling & The Museum of Extraordinary Things

Y'all know how much I love a pretty cover. I think about...40% of the books that end up on my shelves (be they physical or digital) do so because of the covers. Call me shallow but you have to admit that a pretty, shiny cover will catch your eye faster than a dull, boring one. Two, simple rules that I'll follow:

• 1, 2 or 3 (no more than 3, though) covers per week;
• books should be new-ish; no more than 2 years old.

Oh, before I share the covers that made me drool or want to stare at them for hours and hours, I have to say something. This is a semi-original idea. Why semi? Because almost every book blogger has something similar. The only thing I came up with was the title. If by any chance there's another blogger with a similar feature with the same title, I assure you I'm not stealing your idea. I'm just THAT bad with titles. Believe me, I'd love to be smarter and have a witty name for this feature, but I don't. So, no copyright infringement/theft/steal or anything of the sort was desired. All I can say is sorry :P

First of all, who watched the Oscars last night? I didn't get to see the whole thing unfortunately, because it was very, very late in Italy (the whole thing started at 2 am in my neck of the woods and I fell asleep *pout*). I did get to see about half of it and can I just say that Jared Leto's speech and Pink's version of Somewhere Over The Rainbow where my favorite moments of the entire thing.

Anyway, here are some of the covers that I've seen recently that I believe are amazing:

This is an incredibly creepy cover. Between the dead/unconscious women with their faces shoved in red plates that look more like pools of blood and the creepy mummy that looks more like a living plant, this is one scary cover art. Oh, and the way the women hold hands, like they did some magic ritual before makes the thing even scarier.










They All Fall Down - Roxanne St. Claire

I'm deathly afraid of heights. The only thing that tops my fear of heights is my fear of falling from heights (therefore I will never do skydiving in my life) and of spiders. This cover has two of my fears in it and, while it takes me a few seconds to remind myself that it's a photograph and it's not real, I have to admit that it is gorgeous. And the red shoes. I love those shoes. They remind me of Dorothy's shoes for some reason. I have this book on my TBR list, mainly because I really want to know if the girl will fall or not, or if she's going home. Or maybe the falling part is just a metaphor? Anyway, great cover.

The Edge of Falling - Rebecca Serle

This isn't a creepy cover, I know, but it is stunning. There's just something about it that catches my eye every time I look at it. Maybe it's the lights or the stars... I really don't know, but I look at it and it seems like such a...peaceful scene. I haven't read the book, so I don't know if the story is peaceful or not, but the cover looks like that to me.










The Museum of Extraordinary Things - Alice Hoffman



What covers did you see recently that you loved?

Guess who's back??

That's right! ME! *tackle-hugs everyone* So, I finally finished with my exams. They were hellish and long and stressful but I'm over them *phew* I only have three exams left for summer, but they're doable and I'm not worried about them. I would've taken them during this exam session, but I caught a nasty cold and I was feeling like crap most of the days and I have a fever almost every day *sniffle* Thank God I'm fine now. But it kept me from studying, so I couldn't take those exams :(

I also am starting to work on my thesis and it's going to be a great adventure and I love the subject. In a nutshell, it's about the social implications of using technology to communicate and the various outlets to do this, one of which is blogs (I do not feel like I'm cheating here, I'm using personal experience :P ).

I also managed to read some books in the last week, books that I've been dying to read for some time. I'll share reviews and thoughts starting next week.

Also, who's excited about the Oscars? *points at self* Yep, that would be me. I can't wait for Sunday, especially since one of my favorite people in the world (that's Jared Leto) was nominated for an award and I hope he gets it. Saw Dallas Buyers Club and I loved it and it was heartbreaking.

What else is new? *taps chin* Oh, I have to start searching for an internship soon, which is included in my school requirements and I'm trying to find one that suits me and that is near my home because it won't be a paid one. *pouty face*

Anyway, I am back (well, sort of). I'll be posting since Monday. I'll probably not be able to answer comments during the week though, because I'll be buried in school work, but I will answer comments and emails in the weekends.

I hope you had a great month and I can't wait to read my favorite blogs again (I feel like I've missed so much in these past few weeks and I probably have). Also, tell me what you've been reading. I'm looking for inspiration and recommendations :D

Book Launch: Avalon by Mindee Arnett

Author: Mindee Arnett
Title: Avalon
Series: Avalon
Blurb:

Of the various star systems that make up the Confederation, most lie thousands of light-years from First Earth—and out here, no one is free. The agencies that govern the Confederation are as corrupt as the crime bosses who patrol it, and power is held by anyone with enough greed and ruthlessness to claim it. That power is derived from one thing: metatech, the devices that allow people to travel great distances faster than the speed of light. 

Jeth Seagrave and his crew of teenage mercenaries have survived in this world by stealing unsecured metatech, and they're damn good at it. Jeth doesn't care about the politics or the law; all he cares about is earning enough money to buy back his parents' ship, Avalon, from his crime-boss employer and getting himself and his sister, Lizzie, the heck out of Dodge. But when Jeth finds himself in possession of information that both the crime bosses and the government are willing to kill for, he is going to have to ask himself how far he'll go to get the freedom he's wanted for so long.

With pulse-pounding action, a captivating mystery, and even a bit of romance, Avalon is the perfect read for hard-core sci-fi fans and non–sci-fi fans alike.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mindee Arnett is the author of one other book for teens,The Nightmare Affair. She lives on a horse farm in Ohio with her husband, two kids, a couple of dogs, and an inappropriate number of cats. Her dream home, though, is aboard a spaceship.

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