Do I Have That OTHER Book TAG

Do I Have That OTHER Book TAG challenge, similar to a previous one (link) where you try to find a book for each prompt.

The Questions

1. Do you have a book with a fox on the cover or part of the plot?

- Aesop's Fables

2. Do you have a book that was published the year you were born, or within a 3-year radius?

- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

3. Do you have a book with music as a weapon or magic?

- The only music one I could think of is If I Stay, but that's definitely not in the context of weaponry

4. Do you have a series with mismatched covers?

- Oh most definitely. One I dislike the most is my Gallagher Academy collection because of the height changes in different paperbacks (and I also have one book as a hardcover!)

5. Do you have a book with a shapeshifter?

- Imposter has a "Variant" who can change appearances to become someone else

6. Do you have a book signed by the author?

- A couple! I think my first one was Torch Against the Night

7. Do you have a book with a mostly red cover?

- My copy of Catching Fire is pretty much completely red

8. Do you have a book between 287 – 306 pages?

- River Secrets has 290!

9. Do you have a book with a main character who wears glasses?

-Well the first one that popped into my head was Harry Potter, but other than that I'm not sure at all

10. Do you have a book with a title that has the same number of letters as your first name?

- Cress! That took a while to find

11. Do you have a book with cybercrime/technology as a plot point?

- Cinder and Ella

12. Do you have a book written in another language or translated to English?

- Some books in Finnish, though they are all translated like Ylpeys ja ennakkoluulo (Pride and Prejudice). Then there's the Ruby Red trilogy was originally in German and I have the English translations

13. Do you have a book written by an Asian author?

- The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang I believe

14. Do you have a book with a moon on the cover?

- Hans Christian Andersen Collection

15. Do you have an illustrated children’s book?

- I have a Dr. Seuss collection

16. Do you have a collection of fairy tales or myths?

- Grimm's collection

17. Do you have a sci-fi/fantasy with an alliance between races?

- I'd say Snow Like Ashes counts? It has different alliances between people from different Seasons

18. Do you have a book with a narrow front cover? (paperback with a front cover that is slightly trimmed shorter/narrower than the rest of the book)

- If I Stay

19. Do you have a book that includes the first chapter of the sequel?

- The Goose Girl

20. Do you have a book with a broken spine?

- Divergent, my one and only one with a cracked spine

Bonus Question: Do you have a book that covers 3 or more of the above prompts??

- Well Harry Potter wears glasses, the third one was published the year I was born and I have the illustrated edition, but the illustrated edition was published way later. But it is in Finnish though! Oh, and would Remus or Tonks possibly be counted as shapeshifters?

Read on lovelies,

S

The Aesthetically Pleasing Book TAG

The Aesthetically Pleasing Book Tag

1. Best color combo on a book cover

Not just because of the colors, but the Wayward Children series covers also portray the feeling of the book so well

2. Best typography/font on a book cover

3. Best simple cover

The banner is actually the book jacket and underneath is just a feather, a coin, and a spool of yarn

Another good one:

4. Best end pages

The Wrath and the Dawn duology, with its beautiful colors

7. Best back cover

My Hunger Games foil editions just have a quote on the back of each cover

5. Best map

The map in The Kiss of Deception - though maybe not the best, one I really like nonetheless

6. Best naked hardback

My Finnish edition of Pride and Prejudice, though it doesn't have a book jacket at all...

10. Best spine

Barnes and Noble edition of the Complete Fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen

8. Best chapter headers

Harry Potter signature edition

9. Best illustrations

I don't think there's another answer than the illustrated Harry Potter books

11. Favorite cover on your shelves

What a tough one!

And maybe not favorite, but I got hardback's so that I could get these covers

- even though I prefer paperbacks and rarely like covers with faces on them.

Also, that way I didn't need to wait too long!

Read on lovelies,

S

Book Cover pt2: Dislikes

Book cover likes and dislikes

I think we all have those things we find really off-putting on covers, and things that draw us in so here are the picks for my least favorites:

I really don't like it when the authors name is bigger than the title, but the thing is that's what sells - the name. Another think I usually don't like is people on the cover, especially photos of ones

Case in point:

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Enigma: I've talked about this book before, not in the best light, but I mean that cover. I, yeah, I'm just gonna leave it at that.

City of Bones: You know what? I don't think I need to explain myself with any of these...

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Read on lovelies,

S

Also anyone else notice how my favorites had a color scheme of lightness and colors,

and on the other hand these are darker.

Getting Rid of a Sticker and its Residue

Today was supposed to be a review of Sea Witch by Sarah Henning, but life got in the way and I'm still in the middle of reading it.
So instead here's something different!

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I'm sure a lot of us has experienced this. Every once in a while we buy a book and it has a sticker on the cover (promotion, sale, used copy... too many reasons) and we peel it off - and the residue stays. And. It. Won't. Budge.

At this point you try to rub it creating goo lumps eventually just smearing the mess. Then we might google, but we can't just risk the book. But I've done it so you don't need to!
So for getting rid of a sticker and its residue read on.

Before continuing on with your own testing, try the possible materials on a bit of the cover first to make sure it won't be harmed!


1) Getting the sticker off

- Take a blunt object with an edge (ex. a ruler), but nothing too sharp so you won't puncture the cover

- Start with the corner of the sticker and once it lifts up use the edge of the ruler to push the sticker, until you can pull it with your fingers

- Note: in case of multiple stickers, finish with one sticker completely before starting another so nothing sticks to the goop while you work

At this point the materials to use differ based on the cover material type.


For non-absorbent covers
(ex. leather, cloth, plastic covered, some of the velvety feeling ones, most naked hardbacks):

2) Get something alcohol based, or not
- You can use perfume or nail polish remover, or even just oil
(I even managed with non-alcohol based nail polish remover)

- Add a few drops to a piece of paper and start rubbing the sticker

- You can finish off with a dry or damp (with water) paper to get rid of any moisture left


For other covers
(ex. most hardback jackets, paper, non-shiny I guess):

2) Rubbing

There's a couple ways of doing this, but each work because of friction and the residue will start to clump up

- Take an eraser (or even just a piece of paper) and rub the sticky parts. Don't use a crumbly one and do note that this will cause lots of crumbs to clean off, but the stickyness will be gone

- The I'd-even-say-iconic way would be to try blotting the sticker's residue with the sticker itself, but this would take quite a long time. So instead take a piece of tape and instead of blotting it stick it on (while still holding the ends) and rub it against the book

What not to do:

- Don't use heat on it like you can with wood, it will curl the pages

- If you're using any liquids, don't leave it on too long, it might soak through the cover

- Also with liquids try not get any of it on the book pages, because though they will dry they might end up curled

Another warning: it does get worse, before it gets better!

Read on lovelies,

S

The Aesthetically Pleasing TAG

This tag was created by Book Syrup, the original video here

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I. Best color combo on a book cover

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I’ve said it before and I'll say it again: Isla and the Happily Ever After is one of my all time favorite covers with it's colors, contrast, simplicity and details.

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II. Best typography/font on a book cover

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Slightly cheating, but in 1984 the fact that the text has been drawn over fits the book so perfectly

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III. Best simple cover

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I could go with some of the white covers that I love, but I think The Hunger Game foil edition counts as simple - since it only has one color and all...

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IV. Best endpages

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Fairest by Marissa Meyer has a gorgeous illustration on the inside of the sover

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V. Best map

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Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson

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VI. Best naked hardback

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Niemi by Juha Hurme has such a beautiful cover,

though the dust jacket itself covers only a third of the cover anyway

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VII. Best back cover

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The Harry Potter signature editions have the perfect pictures to match the story in an almost water color style

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VIII. Best chapter headers

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What If? has illustrations that technically aren't for the chapter headings, only, but I'm counting it

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IX. Best illustrations

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Eliza and Her Monsters has illustrations drawn into it in a sketched style that the main character in the story draws for her stories

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X. Best spine

I couldn't choose one, but this is one of my favorite section on my rainbow shelves

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XI. Favorite cover on your shelves

Um, any of the above? If you want another answer check out last weeks post!

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Read on lovelies,

S