Covers in the World: Mastermind

English & Thai covers:

The English one is so pretty, but I'm not a fan of the way the title bulges in the middle on the Thain cover.

German, Dutch & Portuguese covers:

Dutch cover is amazing, the Portuguese one is ok, and the German cover is just zzz...

English & Spanish covers:

Both are pretty! I don't know if I feel like these covers fit they book though...?

Turkish, English & Russian covers:

Ffffff that Russian cover freaks me out! The English one is fine; feels more like a stylish modern furniture magazine cover though. The Turkish cover is my favourite out of them all. Beautiful! Fits the book perfectly.

Czech, English, Portuguese

Czech cover is kinda boring, as is the Portuguese one. This English cover in the one I have, and I actually really like it. It's prettier in real life, however.

Covers in the World #4: The Darkest Minds

American covers:

It seems most people like these covers a lot, but I don't really get the appeal. Maybe one day... They're not ugly, don't get me wrong, but I'm not impressed.

Australian cover 1:

I'm sorry, but this is rather boring. A close-up of a girl's face? Very creative...

Australian covers 2:

Yes, please! Pretty colours, pretty backgrounds aaaand they match! Send them my way!

German covers:

I was already tired, but I think these covers might actually make me fall asleep.

French covers:

Oh, I really don't like that. I can't for the life of me remember what that type of filter/picture is called, but it's not my cup o' tea. Not at all.

Indonesian covers:

Do I prefer these to the American? Nah. But they're nice.

Polish covers:

I don't know. While they're boring, they're also classy. I like the colours and the kind of mysterious dark/horror vibe I get from them. I'll say I like them :)

This was the fourth post in my blog series called Covers in the World. Did you like it? Hate it? What country's covers did you like best? Leave a comment and tell me. Or don't. It's your choice.

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NEED TO SEE THOSE COVERS!!!

  

Heartless (Marissa Meyer)

Oh yes, the queen of fairy tale retelling is coming back after the end of The Lunar Chronicles with a story about the Queen of Hearts (from Alice in Wonderland) before she turned evil and wicked. Before she became queen. Are you excited? I am!

Dream On (Kerstin Gier)
One of my personal most anticipated books of spring 2016. The second book in the Silver trilogy will come out in March next year and I'm really looking forward to it!

Three Dark Crowns (Kendare Blake)
Kendare Blake, author of Anna Dressed in Blood and its sequel Girl of Nightmares, is releasing a new book in fall next year. A new series, actually. It's YA fantasy and you should really check it out on Goodreads, because it sounds like it's gonna be awesome.

  

The Unexpected Everything (Morgan Matson)
Oh yes, there's a brand new YA contemporary stand alone coming our way from Morgan Matson. It's called The Unexpected Everything (a phenomenal title) and seems to be kinda cute. I can't wait to see the cover :)

Lady Midnight (Cassandra Clare)

Aaah, I'm so excited! This is her third series she's writing set in the Shadowhunter world. This series will be called The Dark Artifices and I'm freakin' pumped!

The Raven King (Maggie Stiefvater)

The fourth instalment of the Raven Cycle will most likely have a stunning cover as the rest of the series. I need to catch up on these books! I've only read the first novel so far.

  

Furthermore (Tahereh Mafi)

The author of the Shatter Me trilogy is releasing a middle grade book... sometime. There's no date given yet, not even a year.  What I do know is that there's going to be some fairy tale theme to the book and that the main character is as good as albino, something that will be a hinder to her in the colourful world she was born into. Sounds so cool!

Stars Above (Marissa Meyer)

More from Meyer! Stars Above is a collection of novellas centred around The Lunar Chronicles. So far, it seems there'll be five short stories in this baby.

This Savage Song (Victoria Schwab)

Woohoo! Schwab is releasing a new young adult series, and the first book seems to be coming out in early May of 2016. As far as I know, there'll be elements of fantasy, paranormal, and monsters in this book. Sounds super intriguing, and I do love Schwab so much. I can't wait to see the cover!

  

Twilight of the Gods (Sarah J. Maas)

There are NO clues as to when this is being published, what it's about, or how the cover will look. We can only guess that it involves some sort of gods. Let's just trust Maas does it good. I know, deep down, I'll probably read it no matter what it's about. Seems to be a stand-alone on Goodreads.

Journey's End (Rachel Hawkins)

Rachel Hawkins, the author of both the Hex Hall trilogy and the Rebel Belle trilogy, is coming out with her middle grade debut. It's about a supernatural mystery set in the Scottish Highlands! Yaaay! It's supposed to come out in 2015, but how believable is that at the moment? Not very likely, unfortunately.

Soldier (Julie Kagawa)

The third part of the Talon series will be released in about April of 2016. I have yet to read a book by Kagawa, but I own the entire Iron Fey series. I'm looking forward to seeing this cover.

The Book Sacrifice Tag!

Top of the mornin' to whoever's reading!

Our new English teacher is Irish (but he has a disappointingly weak Irish accent), so I'm trying to get familiar with the Irishness and stuff. Of course, I take help from Jacksepticeye ;)
Anyway, speaking of YouTubers, today I'm doing a tag that was originally created by a BookTuber on YouTube. Her channel is called Ariel Bissett and she's pretty great, so you should definitely check her out.
The tag is called The Book Sacrifice Tag and instead of celebrating the good books out there, this was made for the bad books that we didn't like. I'm gonna get a few different scenarios and some questions and I'm going to answer them to the best of my abilities.

1) An Over-Hyped book: Let's start this off with a Zombie Apocalypse! Let's say you're in a book store, just browsing, when BAM! ZOMBIE ATTACK! An announcement comes over the PA System saying that the military has discovered that the zombies' only weakness is over-hyped books. What book that everyone else says is amazing but you really hated do you start chucking at the zombies knowing that it will count as an over-hyped book and successfully wipe them out?!
I pick the last book I finished; Tiger's Cruse by Colleen Houck. I had such high expectations for this book, this series, and the reviews on Goodreads looked very positive and it had a high rating and it's rather popular. Plus the story had so much potential, being set in India which could've given the story a sort of uniqueness in the YA world of books. But nope! The main character was infuriating and the rest was just crap. I most likely will not continue on with the series as I've heard the second book doesn't get any better.

2) A Sequel: Let's say you've just left the salon with a SMASHING new haircut and BOOM: Torrential downpour. What sequel are you willing to use as an umbrella to protect yourself?
I'm leaning towards either Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins or Crossed by Allie Condie. But I have a bind-up of the whole Hunger Games Trilogy, so that would mean sacrificing the whole series and that's a big no-no. Therefore I choose Crossed by Allie Condie, the sequel to Matched. This is a dystopian trilogy where I enjoyed the first book, but nothing happened in Crossed. It was so boring! I know the last book is pretty hefty as well, so I won't be finishing this series.

3) A Classic: Let's say you're in a lecture and your English teacher is going on and on about how this classic changed the world, how it revolutionized literature and you get so sick of it that you chuck the classic right at his face because you know what? This classic is stupid and it's worth detention just to show everyone how you feel! What Classic did you chuck?
Now, I haven't read a whole lot of classics. I own a few and I've read even less, but I think I have a good answer. I'll have to pick Dracula by Bram Stoker. While this was a fascinating book to read as a whole, it took ages to get through. It's rather big and almost nothing happens for big parts of it. I really liked the beginning, but then it went downhill from there. I know some sexism is to be expected from classics from so long ago, but I didn't feel comfortable at all when the men were too obvious about the female lead character being weaker because of her gender.
I would feel bad about throwing this at my teacher because it's so big, but what can you do?

4) Your least favourite book of life!: Let's say that you're hanging out at the library when BAM global warming explodes and the world outside becomes a frozen wasteland. You're trapped and your only chance for survival is to burn a book. What is the book you first run to, your least favourite book of all life, what book do you not fully regret lighting?
Oh, such a tricky question! I better pick a big one, don't I, so it burns for longer. Ah, I don't want to pick Tiger's Curse again, so I say The Awakening by L.J. Smith. I despise the whole Vampire Diaries series, but I have to pick one so this'll be it. I wasn't a huge fan of the TV-series, but the books were worse.

So that's it! I hoped you enjoyed and that you never get into any of these situations in real life where you have to sacrifice books.

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Covers in the World #3: Ingo

British covers 1:

I adore these covers! I like The Tide Knot the least (the cover), but at the same time that's also my favourite book in the series. They really bring forward the feel of the books and are pretty loyal to the contents.

British cover 2:

I wouldn't buy it, but it's kinda pretty with the orange and blues.

British covers 3:

Covers that match are always nice. Thumbs up from me!

Canadian covers:

~Sooooo prettyyyy~

Indonesian covers:

I like the first two, but the others are a bit boring. Nice and atmospheric colours and all fit the contents.

I'm really sorry the resolution for The Deep is so bad, but I honestly couldn't find a better picture. It's supposed to be a whale swimming around in the depths of the ocean. I think...

German covers 1:

I can't decide whether I like them or not. I think maybe I do? Or do I? Ah!

German covers 2:

Oh, I can practically feel the creativity that never went into making these covers. So boring. And what's with the blue lips? First and third covers are basically the same.

Finish covers:

Nope. Keep the aquarium fishes out of my sight, please!

Thai covers:

Once again I'm split. No, I don't like these. It's a gut feeling.

Swedish covers:

Argh, I hate what they did to the cover of The Deep! So ugly compared to the original. Sapphire looks like a giant next to the whale, and she doesn't even look like Sapphire!

Well, this sure was a boost of nostalgia. I'm currently reading the series aloud to my nine-year-old little sister. She's too lazy to read for herself, but I'm trying to get her interested. Harry Potter proved to be a bit boring as she already knew what would happen from the movies. I think we'll wait with those. But she seems hooked on Ingo so far!

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