Top Ten Tuesday #376

Hi everyone! I hope you’ve all had a good week since I last did one of these, I was at YALC on Friday and Sunday and had an amazing time. I was a little worried about how things were going to go as my friend had to pull out last minute and I’ve never been by myself before but it actually worked out fine and I met some lovely people who took my very nervous and awkward self under their wing which I very much appreciated! I will be very happy to have Hannah back next year though, it was definitely strange being there without her.

Anyway, it’s Tuesday, and so that means another Top Ten Tuesday, courtesy of Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. This week our topic is Book Covers That Look Like Summer suggested by Ellie @ Curiosity Killed The Bookworm (thanks Ellie!), and I thought I might have to change this one, as I did a Summery Book Covers post last year but it turns out that I do have enough that I’ve read, or on my TBR with Summery Covers that I can do a Summery Covers 2.0 post. So here we go:

1. Mad Honey-Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

The yellowy/orange colour of this just screams summer for me, and bees always feel very summery as well, so those two things in combination makes this a perfect summery cover (even if it’s releasing in the autumn!).

2. The Rose Code-Kate Quinn

The bright yellow colour of the cover just screams summer to me, even if the content of the book wouldn’t necessarily fit with the traditional “light” summer reads.

3. It Only Happens In The Movies-Holly Bourne

Again, its the colour here, the buttery yellow is just perfect for evoking bright summer days. I think the book itself would probably fit quite well into the kinds of books people usually put on their summer reads list as it’s a rom-com of sorts (though I think it challenges a lot of the tropes of the genre? I don’t know it’s still on my TBR!).

4. The Bronzed Beasts-Roshani Chokshi

This would probably work quite well for autumn as well, as the leaves look kind of autumnal, but I do think the vibrant reds and oranges also work well for summer!

5. Summer At Hope Meadows-Lucy Daniels

It says it there in the title, so it’s not surprising that this book would have a lovely summery cover (thought the greens and blues and the florals would probably work well for spring too)! I loved the Animal Ark books as a kid, I feel like reading them was a right of passage for every animal obsessed British kid!

6. A Restless Truth-Freya Marske

This cover could probably also work well for spring with the vibrant yellows and greens, but I think it does just as well for summer too. The yellow in particularly is just that perfect shade of buttery yellow that always reminds me of summer.

7. The Mask Falling-Samantha Shannon

Again that vibrant yellowy/orange of the cover just feels very summery! Ironically though, the actual events of this book take place in the dead of winter! I still need to finish this one, I think I made it through about 300 odd pages last year but stalled out because of reading slump, so I’m dying to get back to it and find out how Paige’s latest adventure ends.

8. We Were Liars-E. Lockhart

This one felt like a no-brainer as summer is so important to the plot of the book. The cover also evokes that with the three people in the ocean, as the ocean is always closely linked to the summer for me (obviously it’s there all year round, but not many people like swimming in the ocean in winter!).

9. Beauty Queens-Libba Bray

This is not my favourite cover ever, book covers with people on them are always more miss than hit for me, but it does work for the theme with the girl dressed in a bikini and what looks like an ocean vista background behind her.

10. Forever In Blue-Ann Brashares

I did go with a different one this time, but a summer cover list wouldn’t be complete without a Sisterhood book! Summer is so important in the context of the story, and the covers always reflect it, this one with its pretty pastel colours, and the hints of the ocean and seashells on the cover.

So there we have it, 10 more summery covers for you! What do you think? Do you agree with my choices? Do you think they fit into any other seasons as well? Have you read any of these books? Let me know in the comments!

I’ll be back next week with another Top Ten Tuesday, and it’s a freebie! Since we just had YALC, I thought I’d share my Top Ten Favourite Books I’ve Bought At YALC (though the list will probably end up being slightly shorter than ten as there are many books from YALC I ended up giving away because I lost interest, and a few that I got there that I didn’t end up liking!).