{"id":430,"date":"2018-10-09T23:30:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T21:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/readerwitch.com\/?p=430"},"modified":"2018-10-09T23:30:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T21:30:24","slug":"beautiful-covers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readerwitch.com\/2018\/10\/09\/beautiful-covers\/","title":{"rendered":"I judged the books by their covers and ordered the best ones! \ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\udcda\ud83c\udf1f"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I live in a place where there are no big bookstores (or libraries or books in English) I usually survive on Kindle. It’s quite rare that I order physical copies, first of all because they take ages to arrive here. Recently though I’ve started craving beautiful books in beautiful covers. I’ve done my research and that’s the list I came up with. Let me know if you read any of them but PLEASE write nothing even remotely similar to spoilers! \ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\ude05<\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock<\/em>\u00a0by Imogen Hermes Gowar.<\/strong><\/a>\"the_mermaid_and_mrs_Hancock.jpg\"
\nI ordered it because Umut<\/a> said it\u2019s good. More than that she said Ova<\/a> thinks it\u2019s good. If they both think it’s good, it’s going to be fantastic!<\/p>\n

2. Bitter Orange<\/em>\u00a0by Claire Fuller.<\/a>
\n<\/strong>\"Bitter_orange\"
\nFirst of all, look at the cover \ud83d\ude0d!<\/p>\n

Again, Ova said it\u2019s good so the book is travelling my way.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0A 50th-anniversary Deluxe Edition of The Master and Margarita<\/em> by Mikhail Bulgakov.<\/a>
\n<\/strong>\"The_Master_and_Margarita\"
\nI saw this edition in the video blog of Helene Jeppesen<\/a> (which Umut recommended. That’s how much valuable info you can get from good bloggers!)<\/p>\n

Isn’t it gorgeous?! \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n

That’s the right cover for the amazing book, the book about magic born in a place where mere thinking of such manner could cause you big troubles. The friends were telling him to stop writing it, they were scared for him. But he went on. As a result he wrote a book about the devil paying a visit to Soviet Moscow, and a misunderstood philosopher we all heard about but call a different name. Is it already obvious that The Master and Margarita<\/em> is my book of books? I’ve never read it in English though. That will be my first time.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Spinning Silver<\/em> by Naomi Novik.
\n\"Spinning_silver\"
\n<\/strong>This book marks an important step for me. The cover, the description and the writing\u00a0 are so beautiful that I decided to purchase my first fantasy book in decades. I’m planning to rent a cabin in winter mountains and to read it near a fireplace while watching snow behind the window and breathing in crispy air from the outside. It sounds so idyllic it’s almost a cliche but it is actually quite organisable and I hope I’ll be able to do it.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0The Essex Serpent<\/em> by\u00a0Sarah Perry.<\/strong>
\n\"The_Essex_Serpent\"
\nAgain, the cover is what first attracted me but the reviews are also great so hopefully it will be another beautiful book in my collection.<\/p>\n

6.My Cousin Rachel<\/em> by Daphne du Maurier.<\/strong>
\n\"My_cousin_Rachel\"
\nI haven’t ordered this one yet because I first need to consult NS Ford<\/a>, Daphne du Maurier expert, to find out if the book is worth reading. Is it? \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

And look what I’ve found (and instantly ordered) while googling the previous book:
\n7.\u00a0 The Birds And Other Stories<\/em> by\u00a0Daphne du Maurier.<\/a><\/strong>\"the_birds\"
\nOh my god! \ud83d\ude2f\u00a0Do you see what I see on the cover?!\u00a0\ud83d\udc40\u00a0Isn’t it awesome?!<\/p>\n

The waiting for Santa a.k.a. postman has started. When I finally have all the books, I lay them around in a circle, sit in the middle, admire them and take tons of photos! \ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude04\u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The books I ordered because of their beautiful covers and great reviews. Continue reading I judged the books by their covers and ordered the best ones! \ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\udcda\ud83c\udf1f<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[87,90,126,132,177,218,284,285,358,457,486],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/readerwitch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/readerwitch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/readerwitch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readerwitch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readerwitch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/readerwitch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readerwitch.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readerwitch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readerwitch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readerwitch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}