Cover Crazy #7

This is the cover of Saving June, by Hannah Harrington.

• I'm a real nut for vintage-type things. Not really clothing, but more like photo-effects. Not only does it imply the past, but it can also show dreaming. Just looking at this front cover makes me feel a bit absentminded.
• Nature is a good way of making us want to feel free. That girl lying in the wild grass looks relaxed, and free...
• This final point is rather basic, but quotes can be useful for front covers. Especially ones with praise for the book. Sure, they could possibly be made up, but how can you resist a book that's been given dozens of medals and praises from God and J.K Rowling-like authors? I certainly can't.

Cover Crazy #6

This is the cover of Awaken, by Katie Kacvinsky.

• The first thing I noticed about this cover was the sunflowers inside the glass jar. Sunflowers are known for happiness. Jars are used to keep things; trap things. Happiness is trapped. As simple as that.
• The pixellation of the background is effective. It gives a surreal element to this picture. The jar of sunflowers looks so real, but the background looks almost fake.
• Fonts are a very important factor to me, especially the font for a title of a book. For example, would you find the font: Ariel very interesting for a front cover? The answer is not really. But the word 'Awaken' appears handwritten. It makes me think that this book is sentimental in some ways.

Cover Crazy #5

I'm a little disappointed that I didn't get to read this edition of Wintergirls. Oh well. Gives me more of an excuse to rave about it!

• Wintergirls. What's the first thing you think of when you hear the title? Cold, icy, grim, shivering, frost. You can decide for yourself what the girl is looking through on the front cover.
• The girl's eye. Huh. Just one, not the other. The other is either covered by hair or a thick slab of ice. One eye... Unbalanced... Helpless... Needy... Desperate... In trouble. It all comes together neatly. There is something wrong with this girl, and something needs to be done.
• Just looking at the image on the top-left gives me shivers. I'm all about colours and how well they fit together. In this case, I can mainly spot turquoises, blacks and sky-blues. But there is also the dash of pink from the girl's lips and white from the author's name. But there is a reason why these are called cold colours.                                                

Cover Crazy #4

This is the book cover of the young-adult novel, Tris & Izzie. I came across it on my good friend Jude's blog, In Between Writing and Reading, and I totally fell in love with it! But really, the cover looks exquisite, doesn't it?

• From afar, I thought that those fluttering red/orange things were autumn leaves, but when you look at the picture closely, they are in fact rose petals. It really gives you an impression that the book is a romantic one.
• The couple sitting on the boat are in love, or rather... the male is, but the female is not quite content. What's going on here??
• The colour scheme of deep reds and pastel fit together seamlessly. Put together with a dash of blue, and voila! You have a book cover that anyone would crave for.                                                    

Cover Crazy #3

This is the UK edition of Where She Went. To be honest, I really do prefer the cover of this edition to the US one.

• The female pictured right in the front. Her hair is windswept, and her expression is dreamy and/or lost. She may be looking for something.
• The backdrop of New York city. Glittering lights, busy, bright and bold. It contrasts to the peaceful girl in the front.     
• A mysterious grey 'mist' surrounds the girl. It's almost as though she's shying away from us, or has something to hide.                                                    

Cover Crazy #2

3 Things I like about this cover:

• There is something with me and simple book covers! They're so beautiful in their simplistic way. I suppose that it's not very appealing to see a book blaring a billion fluoro colours at your face and a person here and a person there and...

• There is nothing more striking than colours. And awe-inspiring colours they are. The colour scheme is especially important, and in this case, the lilac and the orange have merged to create a palette of summer sunset shades. (It also helps that my favourite colour is purple.)

• The feet. Who ever finds feet attractive? Well, certainly not me. And it's not like these are Cinderella feet either. Just your normal, average trotters. But, looking at the pair of feet gives me a sense of dreaminess. It appears that the owner of these feet is pondering by herself, without a care in the world. Wouldn't that be nice?

Cover Crazy #1

I've only just started Cover Crazy, so here is my first one...

3 things I like about this cover:

• The white background. It helps focus the observer's eyes to the main object of the cover. In this case, it is the title.

• That splash of colour, literally. Since there is such a plain backdrop, you have to rely on the colourful factors to make a good first impression.

• The cover suits the plot very well, as it's about a young boy who has only lived in one room for his whole life. Thus, the empty looking cover page.