That's all, folks!

3/20/13

For the past year, I have been struggling with both my new passion in nutrition and with attempts to rekindle my old passion in book reviewing. I still love these books and genres, but after three years, reading transformed from a hobby to a job that stressed me out. It didn't help that the community changed and I fell out of the loop.

I will still maintain my twitter account. If you want to chat with me, or if you want to talk books (because let's face it, I'll never STOP reading!), then feel free to follow me on there if you haven't already. Let's tweet!

https://twitter.com/Book_Faery

I thank everyone who has supported me and this blog over the years. Specifically: Alice, Amanda, Book Dragon, and Binah for guest reviewing.

For those of you who are still interested in my thoughts regarding books, I WILL be keeping my GoodReads account active. I will be updating that. So I guess you can say I'm not completely gone :)

http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3322973-tori-book-faery

So that's all, folks! It's been a fun and amazing journey, and I thank you all for listening to my thoughts about books. I hope we all can keep in touch elsewhere :)

xoxo
Tori



Monday, January 23, 2012

Cover Wars: Masque of the Red Death VS Dearly Departed

Cover Wars
(inspired by Kate's Throwdown Thursday at The Neverending Shelf)

Cover Wars is a weekly post occurring every Monday at Book Faery.
Two covers will have a "face off," and it will be up to the readers to
decide who is the victor and who is the loser.  This is a great way for
readers to have their voice be heard, while also promoting new/old books
in the process.

Last week we had a showdown between Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard and Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins.

The Winner:
Something Strange and Deadly!



Masque of Red Death VS Dearly Departed



Dearly Departed has been featured in a Cover War before, but I felt like these two just had to face off. Which do you prefer?

Posted by Amanda (Good Choice Reading) Posted by Amanda (Good Choice Reading) Posted by Amanda (Good Choice Reading)

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Posted by Amanda (Good Choice Reading) at Monday, January 23, 2012
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  1. I like Dearly, Departed better. Red Masque is cool, yet I like the other better somehow. Perhaps it's because we can see the girl's face and can make her more humane in a way and connect with her. Don't really want to get into all the psychological babble!

    But when I first saw the DD cover I loved it! You can kinda tell it's gonna have a dark eerie feel (the shadows) and have a twist of steampunk as well (her dress--not literally her dress, but her overall look).

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    1. It's the parasol that gives DD its steampunk vibe ;)

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  2. I think they are both gorgeous :) But oh, Dearly, Departed is the prettiest :D Loves that book. And the cover is just so gorgeous :)
    <3

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  3. My vote goes to Dearly Departed. There is too much text covering the picture of the second book.

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  4. DD. The red in MASQUE looks kind of tacky :/

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  5. Hmm...this is kind of a tough one for me. I really do like both, but I'm digging the more haunted & gothic look of MASQUE. I do see what you're saying about the red looking a bit tacky because of the bizarre placement, but then again it's so much more stark. On the flip side, DD is cleaner! Ugh, I like them both *headdesk*

    ♥Isalys

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  6. Oooh, tough choice! But I'm going with Masque because the face in profile is such an integral part of the story itself. The blacked out face implies danger and mystery and something sinister going on. Versus Dearly Departed which I don't think tells us much about the story save that there's a Victorian element.


    Smiles!
    Lori

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  7. I vote for DD. Nora's way prettier<3

    And the new layout came out nicely! I like that you have one sidebar now :)

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  8. While I think they are both beautiful I have to say that I love Dearly Departed more. Great choice for comparison!

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