Are you guilty of judging the book by its cover? I have to admit sometimes I do that! I asked because the The Artsy Reader’s Top Ten Tuesday today is a Cover Freebie (choose your own topic, centered on book covers or cover art).
Instead of just sharing the 10 covers I adore the most, all of them I have read once or more, I also want to share today some verses from each book to give you a sneak peek of the world inside their lovely skins.
1. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
“Life has to end. Love doesn’t.“
2. Manuscript Found in Accra by Paulo Coelho
“Only he who gives up is defeated. Everyone else is victorious.“
3. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
“Our first relationship with a male is with our fathers. It affects how we relate to men forever.“
4. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
“I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them.”
5. Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
“I think grief is like a really ugly couch. It never goes away. You can decorate around it; you can slap a doily on top of it; you can push it to the corner of the room—but eventually, you learn to live with it.“
6. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
“Because horror on Earth is real and it is every day. It is like a flower or like the sun; it cannot be contained.“
7. The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom
“All humans are musical. Why else would the Lord give you a beating heart?”
8. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
“The thing I realize is, that it’s not what you take, it’s what you leave.”
9. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn’t supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.“
10. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
“My mother had always told her kids: if you’re about to do something, and you want to know if it’s a bad idea, imagine seeing it printed in the paper for all the world to see.“
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Share the book covers you love below and your TTT, too!
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A Reading Writer 
Some very nice book covers. https://pmprescott.blogspot.com/2020/09/ttt-091520.html
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Thank you, Patrick!
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The Lovely Bones has such a great cover.
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I agree, Lydia!
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The similarity I see between all these covers is the simple, almost graphic, art, or none at all. Simple and dramatic! My list: https://www.bookshelfjourneys.com/post/ttt-great-book-covers (someday I’ll have to learn how to insert a link in a comment)
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Ah! Your eyes are sooooo keen! Thank you! 🙂
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I love that you paired the covers with quotes!
Here’s my Top Ten Tuesday!
Happy Reading! 🙂
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Grateful you liked that, Kait! Thank you!
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Such great quotes! I’ve read several of these and the ones you chose hit hard.
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I judge books by their covers! I love the cover of All The Bright Places. I’ve only read it once, though. I don’t think I could survive it again.
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I am with you on that one, AJ! Thank you!
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As always, I look forward to your Top Ten Tuesdays dearie. Love your book choices and the quotes. 😀
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thank you, dearie!!!
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Haha, I know I’m not supposed to, but I do think it’s human nature to judge a book by its cover, unfortunately 🙈. That being said, I love the cover of The Lovely Bones. It truly is lovely and just haunting enough to hint at the tragic story within.
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Haha. I think we are all guilty! And yes, The Lovely Bones lingers. That tragedy stays with you.
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