The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

25.7 - Chaitra's task: Judge a Book By Its Cover!

For this task, choose ONE option and read TWO books from the same option.

Option A - Dismembered: Read two books with covers showing a person/animal with a body part missing. If your cover shows multiple people, all of them should show dismemberment! No whole people allowed on the covers, sorry. You may use the same missing body part on both covers, i.e., both covers can show only hands, but it is not necessary
What works:


Option B - There's That "Thing" Again: Read two books with the same main "object" on the covers. The cover should be all inanimate - no people or animals on the cover, not even their shadows. For the purpose of this task, I'm classifying vampires and other varied undeads as living. Plants, trees, flowers etc are acceptable.
What works:
& cupcakes
& chess piece
& bed
Required: Name the main object that appears on both books

Option C - Aargh My Eyes!: Read two books with loud, neon-ish colors on the cover. Anything garish is welcome here!
What works:


Option D - No-Nonsense: Read two books with minimal artwork and plain, unobtrusive titles on a solid colored cover.
What works:


Option E - Yeah, I Would Totally Buy That: Read two books with covers you consider beautiful. This one is based on your opinion - hot guys are perfectly ok. :D

Required:Mention the chosen option. Since this is a cover hunt, please post the link to the covers.

Have a great challenge!

Approved for Option A - Dismembered



- I'm giving this the benefit of doubt because it's a little difficult to figure out if either of the people are cut off by the cover.

Won't Work for Option A - Dismembered

- they're silhouettes of whole people.
- even though a body part is obscured by something, it's still within the cover.
- whole person.
- a few whole people can be seen.

Approved for Option B - There's That 'Thing' Again!

and - trees on both covers.
and - mountains on both covers.
and - paw prints on both covers.
and - tea pot on both covers.
and - One shoe on both covers.

Won't Work for Option B - There's That 'Thing' Again!
& - while there are clouds in the second cover, they're not the main object, the chairs are.
, , , , , because they have people/birds/animals in them.
& - The second cover has birds below the moon.

Approved for Option C - Aargh My Eyes!



Not Approved for Option C - Aargh My Eyes!

...

Approved for Option D - No Nonsense



Won't Work for Option D - No Nonsense

- No artwork, but the titles are huge.
- Small artwork, but large titles.
- Fairly huge artwork, even though it's subdued.
- Not a solid colored background.

This help thread is open!

Trees work for "things?"

and

Oh sorry--- I see trees above! :-)

Love this challenge. So much fun!

Kathy G. wrote: "Trees work for "things?"

and

Oh sorry--- I see trees above! :-)"

Yes Kathy, trees work! :)

JennRenee wrote: "Love this challenge. So much fun!"

Thanks JennRenee! :)

ohhh good task - now to figure out

For option a: and

JennRenee wrote: "For option a: and "

Yes!

Dee wrote: "ohhh good task - now to figure out"

Thanks Dee!

and would both work for option A - correct?

Looking at and for Dismembered. Can you let me know if these work?

Will these work for option A?

and

Dee wrote: " and would both work for option A - correct?"

Yes!

Kate wrote: "Looking at and for Dismembered. Can you let me know if these work?"

Yes, both do. :)

Jennifer wrote: "Will these work for option A?

and "

Absolutely! :)

Would any of these work for option A?

, , , , or

How about and
or for Option A -
Dismembered:?

Bea wrote: "Would any of these work for option A?"

Bea, , , , work. is borderline, as I think both their legs are obscured by the table to a degree that I can't figure out if the cover cuts them both off, so I'll give it the benefit of doubt. If you do use it, can you mention it was approved in the thread? :)

Sheila wrote: "How about and
or for Option A -
Dismembered:?"

All work!

excellent , thanks Chaitra

Chaitra wrote: " is borderline, as I think both their legs are obscured by the table to a degree that I can't figure out if the cover cuts them both off, so I'll give it the benefit of doubt. If you do use it, can you mention it was approved in the thread? :)"

Thanks, Chaitra. I will choose two of the others that I listed, since looking at the book in question, I am not sure if I see blue below the table or it is my imagination. My motto: when in doubt, leave out.

& for Option D for beautiful covers.

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: " & for Option D for beautiful covers."

Jayme, both covers are lovely. But the beautiful covers option is E. :)

sorry meant E not D.

Bea wrote: "Chaitra wrote: " is borderline, as I think both their legs are obscured by the table to a degree that I can't figure out if the cover cuts them bo..."

Sure Bea! :)

Would work for dismemberment? You can't see the feet of the person on the cover, but I'm not sure if that's sufficient. I mostly thought it would work because of all the arms in the background.

Thanks,

Denise

Hi Denise,

This is a hard one. I stared at it for a while and felt that the guy's legs would be visible if it wasn't obscured by the fire, so I'm going to have to say no, sorry!

Would work for dismemberment ?

Chaitra wrote: "Hi Denise,

This is a hard one. I stared at it for a while and felt that the guy's legs would be visible if it wasn't obscured by the fire, so I'm going to have to say no, sorry!"

No problem - that's why I asked. I have some other options that I can use. Great task!

I haven't decided which option to take yet but I'm wondering about these 2 books:

for Option D

for Option C

Just wanted to check that these both work for option A.
&

I LOVE this task Chaitra!!!! I'm a "cover lover" and do judge books by their covers LOL

Do these two books work for Option B Chaitra?

Object is the Moon:
and

Chaitra wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Will these work for option A?

and "

Absolutely! :)"

Thanks Chaitra!!

Skandia wrote: "Would work for dismemberment ?"

Sure will!

Andrea wrote: "I haven't decided which option to take yet but I'm wondering about these 2 books:"

Both work for their respective options. In fact, I would say even works for C, because the yellow is bright enough to hurt my eyes. :)

Sam wrote: "Just wanted to check that these both work for option A.
& "

Yes they do. :)

♥Robin ♥ wrote: "Do these two books work for Option B Chaitra?

Object is the Moon:
and "

Hi Robin, thanks for liking the task!
works, but won't because I can see there are a number of birds flying right below the moon. However, they're both really lovely covers, so you could always go with option E. :)

Denise wrote: "No problem - that's why I asked. I have some other options that I can use. Great task! "

Thanks!

Thanks Chaitra!! I totally missed the birds LOL as I was focusing on the size of the moon on both covers.

♥Robin ♥ wrote: "Thanks Chaitra!! I totally missed the birds LOL as I was focusing on the size of the moon on both covers."

They're really easy to miss, lol.

For option D, would work?

Yes it would Sandy!

Are these o.k. for the Dismembered option?

and

Ann A wrote: "Are these o.k. for the Dismembered option?

and "

Yes, they are. :)